Posts for "Personal Development"


Essential Tips For Developing A Prosperity Consciousness

From Motivated Sista
May 18, 2011 at 10:36 am
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity ’til he has tasted adversity. ~Sa’di (Musharrif-uddin) How often do you think about prosperity? For us goal-setters, ... (more)

Is Publishing Right for You?

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
May 12, 2011 at 8:00 am
My colleagues at the Intuit blog have been filling my RSS reader with terrific content, and when I saw Pat O’Bryan’s post about the advantages of book publishing, I had to ... (more)

Is Publishing Right for You?

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
May 12, 2011 at 8:00 am
My colleagues at the Intuit blog have been filling my RSS reader with terrific content, and when I saw Pat O’Bryan’s post about the advantages of book publishing, I had to ... (more)

Is Publishing Right for You?

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
May 12, 2011 at 8:00 am
My colleagues at the Intuit blog have been filling my RSS reader with terrific content, and when I saw Pat O’Bryan’s post about the advantages of book publishing, I had to ... (more)

Know Your Default Leadership Settings

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
May 9, 2011 at 8:00 am
At the Harvard Business Review Leadership Blog, Linda Hill and Kent Lineback have some excellent suggestions for understanding your “default” settings as a manager, ... (more)

Know Your Default Leadership Settings

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
May 9, 2011 at 8:00 am
At the Harvard Business Review Leadership Blog, Linda Hill and Kent Lineback have some excellent suggestions for understanding your “default” settings as a manager, ... (more)

Know Your Default Leadership Settings

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
May 9, 2011 at 8:00 am
At the Harvard Business Review Leadership Blog, Linda Hill and Kent Lineback have some excellent suggestions for understanding your “default” settings as a manager, ... (more)

How To Stop Fighting Yourself

From Motivated Sista
April 25, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Today I overheard something interesting. One of my coworkers came to my area to buy a honey bun from the little store that my employee association runs. The store was out of honeybuns ... (more)

Letting Go of Control

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 15, 2011 at 10:29 am
I don’t know if I would describe myself as a control freak, but I am definitely not comfortable with uncertainty.  I typically like to know exactly what’s going to happen, ... (more)

Letting Go of Control

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 15, 2011 at 10:29 am
I don’t know if I would describe myself as a control freak, but I am definitely not comfortable with uncertainty.  I typically like to know exactly what’s going to happen, ... (more)

Invest In Yourself

From Money Under 30
April 12, 2011 at 8:26 am
Have you invested recently…in yourself? If so, leave a comment describing how you invested in yourself, how much it cost, and what you think you’ll get out of it. (Share how ... (more)

Be Great at Any Task

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 7, 2011 at 8:00 am
I enjoyed Tony Schwartz’s blog post on Harvard Business Review, Six Keys to Being Excellent at Anything.  The post is based on the advice Tony extols in his new book, The ... (more)

Do You Dread Sunday Nights?

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 4, 2011 at 8:00 am
There have been times in my life that I’ve been unhappy at my job, and I recall that Sunday evenings were always the worst.  The precious weekend was over, and now I’d ... (more)

4 Ways Entrepreneurs Hold Ourselves Back

From Motivated Sista
March 25, 2011 at 1:34 pm
The other night, as I was talking myself through a self-imposed hurdle, I was inspired to write this post. I’m familiar with what it takes to start a business and each ... (more)

Studying the Post-Recession Careers of Millennials

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 23, 2011 at 6:15 pm
Earlier this year, I joined the Career Advisory Board, a panel of academic, corporate, and career experts sponsored by DeVry University.  Our goal as a group is to provide ... (more)

A Shift In Focus

From Motivated Sista
March 12, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Today I realized that I’ve been playing kinda small, and for that I apologize to you guys. For as long as I remember, I’ve been passionate about entrepreneurship. ... (more)

The Workout

From Last Born Child
March 8, 2011 at 4:11 pm
My friend is a fitness fiend. She runs, she works out, she boxes, she kick boxes, she does yoga, Pilates and Silat. I am not. I'm in relatively good shape (shout out to good genes) ... (more)

Does Gender Determine Workplace Strengths?

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 7, 2011 at 9:00 am
I recently enjoyed reading Marcus Buckingham’s book, Find Your Strongest Life.  The book explores some of the innate differences men and women experience working in the ... (more)

The 5-Week Thrilling Heroics U.S. Tour: Help Me Make the Most of It!

From ThrillingHeroics.com
March 4, 2011 at 8:06 am
Alright, so it’s official! I’ve purchased tickets halfway around the globe and I will be traveling the U.S. for about five weeks, between March 14th and about April ... (more)

Position Yourself as a Thought-Leader at Work

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 3, 2011 at 9:00 am
Regardless of your role in your organization, establishing a solid expert platform achieves two purposes.  It promotes your visibility in the new field, and it also forces ... (more)

15 Reasons I Love Not Fitting In

From Motivated Sista
February 24, 2011 at 1:12 am
For most of my life, I’ve been told that I don’t fit in. Really, this is ok. I struggled against being told that I’m different, I tried and tried to be like ... (more)

’3 Managers: 3x Experience’ – Does three managers mean three times the experience?

From Reckitt Benckiser
February 18, 2011 at 7:54 am
If you’ve ever purchased a household cleaning product, you’ve most likely seen performance claims such as: No. 1 on Stains. Kills 99.9% of Germs. 5X Better ... (more)

Top 10 Blogs For Your Goals

From Motivated Sista
February 17, 2011 at 11:46 pm
I don’t quite remember what life was life for me before I discovered blogs. I’ve learned so much from reading blogs – I’ve become a better blogger (thanks, ... (more)

Should You Start a Business?

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
February 16, 2011 at 9:40 am
Whether you are thinking about starting a new business or overwhelmed and overworked by an existing business, there is a lot to consider.  Business strategist and deal maker ... (more)

Elders Don’t Always Know Best

From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
February 14, 2011 at 9:00 am
Usually I tell young professionals to respect their elders, because I don’t see enough of that behavior these days.  The danger of this advice, however, is that young ... (more)