Every single word or sentence has the power to move people toward you or away from you. Using the right words can inspire, embrace, acknowledge, intrigue, validate, and include others in a positive way. Words are powerful things. They can uplift and they can burn. They can cause confusion and they can create clarity. WordsContinue reading “One Word Can Make A Difference”
Tag Archives: self-improvement
Introspection
We’ve all gone through that phase when people, friends or family, have a change of attitude towards you. Most often we tend to say “it is not my problem!”. S/he has a problem and hence the change in behaviour. When it is the other way around, we may tend to withdraw, switch off, keep tellingContinue reading “Introspection”
Clap for Yourself and Others!
Jealousy is a normal emotion that everyone experiences. If you’re not careful, however, jealousy and envy can grow into resentment and bitterness. And those destructive emotions could lead to a vicious downward spiral. Social media seems to amplify resentment. Spend two minutes scrolling through Facebook or Instagram and it’s easy to become convinced your friendsContinue reading “Clap for Yourself and Others!”
Being the Sunshine
One of my favorite quotes is, “Stay close to the people who feel like sunlight.” I don’t remember when I first read it, but over the past few years, it has taken on a significant importance in my life. I’ve always tried to value quality over quantity. I have a tendency to swiftly and infinitelyContinue reading “Being the Sunshine”
9 Types of Silence
When you choose how to use your silence, you have the opportunity to align with, shift, and possibly transform the thinking of the person you are with. You must consciously choose how you are holding your stillness. Some of the 9 types of silence can hurt your connection with others more than help it. When inContinue reading “9 Types of Silence”
Are you good at accepting both compliments and criticism?
If I had to ask if you are good at accepting criticism, what would your answer be? Most of us would answer no. Let’s face it, it’s human nature to not love criticism, even when it comes in the constructive variety. Fewer of us are good at accepting compliment as well because as much as we mightContinue reading “Are you good at accepting both compliments and criticism?”
The Man in the Mirror
When I read this quote, I immediately thought of the famous golfer Bobby Jones. In the 1925 U.S. Open, as Bobby set up to hit out of the rough grass, his ball moved ever so slightly, a motion that calls for a stroke penalty. He was the only one who saw it, and yet, heContinue reading “The Man in the Mirror”
Being the right person
Quite a few of my friends are at the stage of looking out for the right person to settle down with. Most of the time we are comparing ourselves to others, whether it is with our spouses or spouse-to-be, or families or colleagues at work, or friends. We catch ourselves saying wish I was onContinue reading “Being the right person”
What Consumes your Mind Controls your Life
When we work hard, day after day, we start thinking about work even when we’re away from it. There are many reasons why this happens, while one of the major ones is – quick impulsive decisions don’t consume our mind, while more challenging ones can turn our everyday life a nightmare. Similarly whenever you findContinue reading “What Consumes your Mind Controls your Life”
Where there is a will..
Long ago, in China, there lived a big businessman whose business was to sell combs. Now that he was becoming old and about to retire, he wanted to place the business into wise and able hands. So, he called forth his three sons and instructed them, that their assignment was to sell combs in theContinue reading “Where there is a will..”
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