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4 Simple Steps to Become (Even More Of) Your Best Self This Year
Tired of abandoning your New Year's resolutions a few months into the year? Follow these 4 simple steps to turn your resolutions into lasting success! -
4 Healthy Habits to Reduce Stress and Put “Happy” Back in Your Holidays
The holiday's are upon us, and with them comes pressure to make everything perfect. Here are 4 tips to stay balanced this holiday season. -
5 Scary Boss Behaviors that Cause Quiet Quitting
Being a leader nowadays is scary. With “quiet quitting” blowing up on social media and people leaving in droves, you want to make sure that you’re not the source of the problem. Here are 5 Scary Boss Behaviors to avoid. -
Reinventing Yourself – Part 2 (Four Key Passions)
Last week’s post on reinventing yourself mentioned four key Passions you must discover to recalibrate your internal compass and ensure that your next incarnation is more aligned with your authentic self. Here, in more detail, is what they are and ...
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Reinventing Yourself – Part 1
Like many accomplished professionals, you may have embarked upon your career path for reasons that have little to do with your true passions. I have had numerous clients who became accountants, doctors or lawyers due to family values or pressure. ...
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Stressed in the City Part 3 – Taking Stock
Stress has become such a common part of life, that people are often not even aware how high their level of stress might be. No matter where you live, answering the following questions will provide you with insight into where you sit on the stress continuum.
Use the following scale to assign yourself points on each question and then add up the numbers for your overall... -
Stressed in the City Part 2 – Closing Your Integrity Gaps
In my last post I revealed the secret of leveraging your strengths to enhance your energy and immunize yourself against stress. To continue, I am introducing another key stress reduction strategy – closing your Integrity Gaps.
What exactly is an Integrity Gap? Integrity Gaps exist whenever our actions are not in alignment with our most deeply held values, principles and beliefs. Ever had that tight feeling... -
Stressed in the City Part 1 – Leverage Your Strengths
Many stress experts tout things such as exercise, meditation, journaling, and walking in nature as solutions for managing stress. These are great in theory – and even in practice – but what if you just can’t find the time to fit anything more in? How can you optimize what you are already doing to increase energy, reduce stress, and avoid adding one more thing into your...
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Ikigai and Aging Well
Japan, along with many other countries in the developed world, is experiencing a marked increase in the percentage of its population that is over fifty. With this changing demographic comes and increased interest regarding what it takes to not only live longer but to live better. One of the most comprehensive research projects in this area was led by Dan Buettner and his group, Blue Zones,...
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Being Jouzu – Leveraging Your Talents for Success
Any foreigner living in Japan quickly discovers the word jouzu, a Japanese word that means skillful or talented. When uttering any relatively coherent Japanese phrase, kind Japanese listeners eager to encourage your linguistic brilliance often exclaim “Anata no nihongo wa jouzu desu!” Like me, many of you might bask in this fantasy of fluency for a few seconds before quickly exclaiming, “iie, jouzu ja nai!” as...
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