Here’s your Monday Motivator – hand out candy! There’s a good reason for this – read on for your weekly motivation.
Monday Motivator: A Kudos Bar
Category: Relationships and Influence
Seven Ways to Stand Up for Yourself
Keeping with our focus on assertiveness this month, I’d like to share some tactical ways for you to stand up for yourself. After all, isn’t that one of the ways … Continue reading Seven Ways to Stand Up for Yourself
Great Points Podcast: The Thing about Asserting Yourself…
As we strive to assert rather than attack, and even when we hone our assertiveness skills to the max, there are risks. Listen to this podcast for perspective…!
Want to be Assertive? Here are Some Tips…
This month’s focus on being assertive has brought some great questions about the line between assertiveness and aggressiveness, and requests for tips. As a reminder, assertiveness involves honoring yourself while … Continue reading Want to be Assertive? Here are Some Tips…
Monday Motivator: Start Something!
Here’s your Monday challenge: START SOMETHING! I love this Seth Godin quote: “The easiest thing is to react. The second easiest thing is to respond. But the hardest thing is … Continue reading Monday Motivator: Start Something!
The Difference between Assertive and Aggressive…
This month we’ve been pontificating on the need to be assertive, and how it differs from being aggressive. Here is some FFT (Food for Thought): Assertive behaviors… Assertive people are … Continue reading The Difference between Assertive and Aggressive…
Samples of Clear Boundary Statements
To conclude this month’s emphasis on boundary setting, several of you have asked for examples of clear boundary statements. Just remember, before you make any such statements, it is important … Continue reading Samples of Clear Boundary Statements
Monday Motivator: Define Your OWN Behavior
This month we have been talking about boundaries. A great way to think about setting boundaries is to see it as defining your own behavior, not someone else’s. So, this … Continue reading Monday Motivator: Define Your OWN Behavior
The Thing about Boundaries…
Usually, we think about setting boundaries when something isn’t working quite right either physically or emotionally. A coworker being rude to you at work… People speaking too loudly outside your … Continue reading The Thing about Boundaries…
Setting Boundaries with Difficult People
Boundaries can help us honor ourselves. Setting boundaries may not always come naturally or easily. But learning to set our own healthy boundaries is a way of establishing personal freedom. … Continue reading Setting Boundaries with Difficult People
DeBunking The Dreaded One Hour Meeting
Whether a meeting should take a half hour, fifteen minutes, an hour or 90 minutes, you can almost bank on that meeting taking the dreaded one hour. Listen to this Great Points podcast on how to debunk the dreaded one hour meeting.
