Self Improvement

How Do I Enhance My Personal Brand?

We all have our own personal brand, and emotional intelligence, based on accurate self-awareness, is the foundation.

Your personal brand leaves a first impression and a lasting impression. Your personal brand is composed of your work experience and education, the benefits those talents provide, your interactions with customers and coworkers, your values, and your personality.

So, what is your background? What have […]

How Do I Enhance My Personal Brand?2023-09-05T12:50:33-05:00

How Do I Enhance My Self Awareness?

I’m sure people say you’re good at your job, you’re competent, you’re smart, and you’re pretty funny. How do you know if what they are saying is true or whether they are just being nice? How does a person know themselves, really?

We often see ourselves in the reflection of others, a mirroring of the judgments of those around us. This […]

How Do I Enhance My Self Awareness?2023-08-31T12:06:42-05:00

Listening: Are There Different Levels of Listening?

 

It is important to apply critical thinking skills, however, people might start to think you’re kind of critical.

Critical listening is valuable and centers on understanding a message and evaluating it.  Then determining whether to accept or reject the message based on a standard of judgment upon which to conduct a careful analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of a […]

Listening: Are There Different Levels of Listening?2020-06-29T06:10:47-05:00

Emotional Intelligence and Empathy: How Does Perception Checking Help?

 

If you have a diverse team at work with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, it is sometimes a struggle to understand what people mean by what they say.  Be the person that helps everybody understand each other better.

Feelings are internal reactions, and we can tell what people are feeling only from what they tell us, and from their overt […]

Emotional Intelligence and Empathy: How Does Perception Checking Help?2020-04-28T08:23:33-05:00

Emotional Intelligence and Empathy: What’s the Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy?

 

I’m at that age now, where I see my friends more often at their parents’ funerals, than at other social events.  I’m filled with many mixed emotions.  It’s confusing.  I’m not sure if I feel sorrow or if I feel sorry for them.  I go to the store and pick up a sympathy card, but I don’t see empathy […]

Emotional Intelligence and Empathy: What’s the Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy?2020-04-28T08:10:25-05:00

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