Growing up, parents always encouraged their children to study and do their best in school. Aside from academics, children must also do well in extracurriculars like sports and art. However, only a few students can succeed academically or as athletes or artists. Many people end up being average performers in school but still manage toContinueContinue reading “Essential Skills They Don’t Teach You In School”
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How to Ennoble Instead of Empower
Many managers and team leaders often talk about empowering their employees. Empowering someone in their work means giving them the authority or power to do their jobs. However, what about taking things further? In this case, why not ennoble them instead? To ennoble someone in work, one must elevate or exalt someone in their position.ContinueContinue reading “How to Ennoble Instead of Empower”
How to Show Honest and Intelligent Effort
We sometimes don’t always exert our best effort in work. While many would like to say they’re “trying their best,” the reality is that sometimes we don’t always feel like doing our best. Regardless of the circumstances, we are responsible for performing our tasks at work to the best of our ability. While asking someoneContinueContinue reading “How to Show Honest and Intelligent Effort”
Finding Out Your Defining Moments
We all have good and bad moments in our lives. Throughout our limited time here on earth, finding someone who didn’t have a few defining moments that changed their life would be hard. A defining moment is an unforgettable occurrence in your life that changes the way you are and how you act. These momentsContinueContinue reading “Finding Out Your Defining Moments”
Reasons Why Your Family Is Your Foundation
It’s no secret that the family is the foundation of society. While numerous institutions are essential to our society’s future, nothing could replace the security and stability that a family can provide. While every family is different—some being more stable and secure than others—it’s hard to ignore the family’s impact on an individual’s growth. FamiliesContinueContinue reading “Reasons Why Your Family Is Your Foundation”
Taking Responsibility
Success in the insurance industry, and, for that matter, any industry that involves people requires developing long term relationships of trust and confidence. Both words are mutually exclusive of each other. Trust is complete assurance and certitude regarding the character, ability, strength or truth of someone or some thing. Confidence is a feeling of adequacyContinueContinue reading “Taking Responsibility”
Develop a Stream of Consciousness
After conceiving, believing and achieving, it becomes critical that positive thinking and positive expectation become part of your psyche. It is a laser focused awareness of the world around you. You train your mind to look for the good in the world; it becomes part of you and you act accordingly. We act the wayContinueContinue reading “Develop a Stream of Consciousness”
Go At Life With Reckless Abandon
Having learned to believe in yourself and knowing your capabilities, give life all you have each time, every time and life will give back to you all it has to give each time, every time. Think of the feeling you would have if you were positive that you were on the right path and excitedContinueContinue reading “Go At Life With Reckless Abandon”
To Thine Own Self Be True – Know Yourself – Trust Yourself
I have mentioned in the past that I don’t believe in coincidences. Things happen for a reason and when we take time to reflect, very often the reasons become known. More on that in a later blog. I do, however, believe in consequences. Everything we do, everything we don’t do, everything we say, everything weContinueContinue reading “To Thine Own Self Be True – Know Yourself – Trust Yourself”
Life’s Defining Moments
Think back to a time in your life when something happened, good or bad, that had a profound effect on you and hit you like a ton of bricks. Most often it happens in an instant of time and most times it is unexpected. Nevertheless, it was life-changing and, as a result, it deserves reflection.ContinueContinue reading “Life’s Defining Moments”