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The Value of Knowing Your True Values
Quickly, off the top of your head, make a list of up to 20 things about life that are really important to you. Here are some examples to get you started: professional credibility, physical fitness, conscious parenting, community service, marriage, personal integrity, nature, compassion, friendship, academic achievement. Take a break for a few minutes, and come back to the list, adding anything that might be missing. Strike out any items that you feel should be important to yo
November 24, 2009
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Stop Procrastinating, Start Getting Things Done
Writing thank-you notes can be one of those annoying chores you always put off. Imagine having to write more than 100 of them for wedding guests. The more youâre nagged torndo it, the less motivated you feel. I rarely ask clients why they avoid doing something. Instead, I focus onrnhow many strategies we can devise to get the task done. The following approaches might be helpful. DEFLATE THE TASKrnIs the undertaking too overwhelming even to contemplate?rnWhen I asked a clien
November 24, 2009
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Who Says Youâre a Poor Public Speaker?
Presentation skills â the very term suggests that weâre not naturally capable of communicating our ideas well. So, are some of us born lacking these skills? Or do they become blocked by traumatic childhood spelling bees and dictatorial supervisors? Whatever the case might be for you, I hope youâll find the following not-so-typical tips helpful for bringing out your best when presenting. Whatâs already appealing about your style?rnShare one of your stories with a close
November 24, 2009
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Help Your Child Succeed In School
Emphasis on childhood education dominates parenting in affluentrnsocieties, and perhaps nowhere more so than in Hong Kong. But dornpoor grades necessarily equate with intellectual capability orrncontribution? Not if you measure success according to the likes of Albert Einstein, Helen Keller and Thomas Edison, who all rose from early mediocrity to achievement. About a year ago, a clientâs cooperative, bright young daughterrnsimply didnât want to learn to read. This went on
November 24, 2009
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Attract Who You Want
Iâm constantly surrounded by helplessness and incompetence.rnIt was a familiar refrain from an executive friend of mine who felt responsible for fixing everyone and everything around him. The women in his life were always emotionally fragile, damsel-in-distress types. His bosses never saw his greater vision for the organisation. Swarms of colleagues were nearsighted, bumbling fools. From his perspective, all the people in his life needed to be saved from themselves, and he
November 24, 2009