About Writer Susan Dunn is a coach, speaker, writer and author and a regular enrichment lecturer for the Royal Caribbean cruise line. She helps clients weather the storms of transitions. Visit her on the web at www.susandunn.cc .
9 Myths About Being Single More than 48% of US households are headed by unmarried individuals. The American Association for Single People projects that by 2010, 47.2% of adults will be unmarried. Being single does not mean b...... Similar Editorial : Single or Double Opt by F. Terrence Markle. | Source : Ladies
How To Learn What You Need To Learn In Order To Succeed It used to be a college education was enough, and then you would learn a few job skills and be on your way. People often stayed in the same job, much less career, for their entire working life.In today’s fast-paced workplace, the college education is just the beginning, and you must continually learn new skills. And what can you expect of your college education? If it was a good one you will have...... Similar Editorial : The More you Learn by Travis Millward. | Source : Success Strategy
Achieving Happiness In Life You’re the CAPTAIN of your ship. Be empowered means having a deep sense of confidence that you can take charge of your ship and handle whatever comes up. Use your personal power and intentionality to keep your ship on course through stormy waters.And every good captain has a CREW. Who will you have with you on this voyage? A good mate - a life partner; a navigation officer - a coach or other...... Similar Editorial : Achieving Your Goals by pilkster. | Source : Life Guide
Soft Skills For Global Challenges Have you heard of the BT Global Challenge? It’s known as the world’s toughest yacht race because it’s sailed “the wrong way” ‘round the world—against prevailing winds and currents. All kinds of waves and weather conditions are likely to be encountered. The originators have designed it crewed by amateurs: “The identical fleet ensures that only the seamanship, skill and determination of the people...... Similar Editorial : Developing Your Soft Skills by tjacowski. | Source : Party Conversation
EQ--for The Agony And The Ecstasy “The Agony and the Ecstasy” is the title of a novel about Michelangelo, by Irving Stone. When I encountered the title in middle school, I decided to read the book to find out what “agony” and “ecstasy” might be like, states of existence apparently available to uber-humans like Michelangelo. I was sure I had not experienced them. It may have been a misperception, or it may have been a vocabulary...... Source : Party Conversation
How To Get Organized I belong to a yahoogroup of coaches and right now the topic is how to get organized. One coach writes that he’s using Outlook Express for his email and email address list, Time & Order for his address book, calendar, datebook and to-do list (synchronizing, he says, between PS and daytimer), and MindMappit for brainstorming/lists.” Someone replies that they’re an infj and to remember to focus on...... Similar Editorial : Be Organized at Work by Ernie Fitzpatrick. | Source : Record Conversations
What Can I Do? How Can I Get What I Want? Aunt Bettie agreed to look after my house while I went on vacation. She isn’t my Aunt Bettie, she’s Etta’s Aunt Betty. Etta is my neighbor across the street, who’s a doctor, and Aunt Bettie, who is in her late 70’s, comes over and takes care of Etta’s garden. When I returned from my vacation, Aunt Bettie had taken my hanging basket across the street to care for it, and things otherwise looked fine...... Source : Record Conversations
The Dignity Of Labor I love artists, because I’m a wordsmith and they say things I can never say. Here are two of my favorite paintings about work, both by Caillebotte: http://www.webstrategies.cc/caillebotte1.jpg ;http://www.webstrategies.cc/caillebotte2.jpg .My mother was full of aphorisms. I grew up with “All work has dignity,” and “It doesn’t matter what you do. If you’re a [floor scraper], be the best one you can...... Similar Editorial : White After Labor Day by Patricia Woloch. | Source : Record Conversations
The Easy Way To Get Your Point Across “Metaphor” meant in Greek “carry something across” or “transfer.” The classic definition is comparing two things without using the words “like” and “as” but lately we use it more broadly, as a vivid statement that makes a point.Using metaphors is a master coaching skill, and useful for anyone who wants to influence or help others. It makes something very clear in a few words, and does it by going...... Similar Editorial : 8 Point Checklist by Tom Levine. | Source : Creative Critical Thinking
Brin In The Coach, I';m Ready To Play I get letters …emails, that is. Inquiries from prospective clients. They ask the only questions they know how to ask in seeking a coach, admittedly a hard thing to do when you’ve never had a coach, and their questions reveal as much to me, in this joint-interview process, as my answers reveal to them.While you’re looking for your Ideal Coach, the Coach is looking for his or her Ideal Client. Here...... Similar Editorial : Need a Book Coach by Judy Cullins. | Source : Creative Critical Thinking
Let's Say You're A Dog. Are You So Competitive You'd Eat A Carrot Seems like a girl always learns something out on the farm! Yes, it’s a farm tale and I’m going to change the names of the animals to protect the guilty!I spent last weekend down in Lower Alabama where my friend from high school owns a farm. On the neighboring property there lives a donkey we’ll call “Jake.” On my friend’s property there lives a dog – his dog – we’ll call “Spot.”Okay, not too...... Similar Editorial : Lets Fly Our Flag by Cyndi Roberts. | Source : Learn Creativity
EQ Relativity Somebody asked me, “Can there be too much emotion?” Heavens no! It fuels every great thing ever done. Make no mistake what it can accomplish.“Hey!” shouts Conway Twitty, beginning that great C&W classic, “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man.”Lo-retta Lynn joins right in, every bit his equal, “Louisiana woman, Mississippi man, We get together every time we can, The Mississippi River can’tkeep us apart...... Source : Learn Creativity
Overcoming Challenges Of Life Every now and then we’ve probably all had moments of thinking we couldn’t do something because we were too old or too young, too dumb or too smart, too threatening or too intimidated, too experienced or too naïve. We may also have thought we couldn’t do something because of physical, mental or emotional limitations. At the same time, we may have people telling us we can’t because of the same...... Similar Editorial : Overcoming Resistance by Judith Richardson. | Source : Definition Of Effective Communication
