personal development

Change: Can I Avoid New Challenges?

 

Change is a full contact sport.  You have to get in the game to develop the skills you will need to protect your career.

Avoiding new challenges and assignments will hamper your ability to thrive during times of change.

Just like dancing, you have to get out on the floor, feel the new beat, start to move with the melody, apologize […]

Change: Can I Avoid New Challenges?2020-03-20T12:46:16-05:00

Change: Do I Have To?

 

What might be adding to your disdain concerning change is your self-talk.

It is amazing how our psychological framing of change can have such an impact on how we accept change.

Whenever we use negative phrases like I “must do”, or I “have to do” or I “should do”, it creates a negative attitude and a reluctant reaction to change.  Trying […]

Change: Do I Have To?2019-02-15T12:33:52-05:00

Change: Why am I Acting Like a Victim?

 

Often, when there are lots of changes at work, people start to vent with their coworkers.  You know the old saying, “misery loves company.”  And after some carping, soon, nobody loves the company, any more.

People start to feel like victims.  It is natural to feel worried and concerned during times of change.  Often we blame others.

Sometimes, we throw a […]

Change: Why am I Acting Like a Victim?2020-03-20T12:46:17-05:00

Self-Esteem: What Are Self-Destructing Beliefs?

I’m sure you always try to do your best, as close to perfect as humanly possible. You may try to not show any weakness. You probably have a strong constitution. You work hard and fast. So, why don’t you feel successful all the time?

It could be unrealistic beliefs. These unrealistic beliefs may motivate […]

Self-Esteem: What Are Self-Destructing Beliefs?2020-03-20T12:46:18-05:00

Self-Esteem: What About Social Comparison?

Sometimes we feel like winners and sometimes we feel like losers. Sometimes we compare our progress, personally and professionally, to others, and feel awful. We start beating ourselves up, judging our weaknesses, and start feeling bad about ourselves. Comparing ourselves against our friends and rivals can affect our self-concept and self-esteem.

Social Comparison

This process […]

Self-Esteem: What About Social Comparison?2020-03-20T12:46:20-05:00

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