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Where do You Stand on Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence

by Lisa H. March 13, 2012
Strategies for Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence

TweetThere is no way to manage yourself better unless you know what makes you tick. Your mental and emotional health depend entirely on your ability to understand why you behave the way you do, and your power to effect the changes necessary if your behavior leaves something to be desired. Achieving self-awareness involves exploring your personality, values, beliefs, natural inclinations, and tendencies. When we have a better understanding of ourselves, [...]

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Why Losing is Winning in Disguise

by Lisa H. March 5, 2012

TweetHave you ever been to a soccer, baseball or basketball game where every kid got a trophy? How did you feel about it? Did you think it was fair? Should every kid be a winner or should they be taught from early on that there are winners and losers and that they can be either at any time. I have had mixed feelings about this phenomenon; I used to think [...]

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Don’t Be One of Those People Who Wondered What Happened

by Lisa H. February 24, 2012

TweetThere are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. I have made things happened, watched things happened and wondered what happened. My advice to you is not to be one of those people who wondered what happened. I have a friend who has been teaching at the local high school for the past 8 [...]

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6 Reasons Why You Should Start a Blog or 6 Reasons Why You Should Start a Freakin’ Blog

by Lisa H. February 17, 2012

TweetI am going to be adding a new section to Getting to Zen. It is going to be on  blogging, marketing and entrepreneurship. I have learned so much about these topics over the past two years and want to share it with you. In the first year I struggled with whether to include articles on blogging, marketing and entrepreneurship on a personal development blog, but have come to embrace entrepreneurship [...]

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Keeping Your Emotions in Check at Work

by Lisa H. February 15, 2012

TweetFor the past two weeks I have been on an emotional roller coaster. It was hard to keep things in perspective while dealing with an infant, the stress at work and lingering back pain. There were times I thought “this is too much, I can’t handle it” and times that I felt in control. As of late, work has been a major stress for me. Basically, I said yes to [...]

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A Look at Ineffective Leadership Styles: A Team Can Only Be as Strong as it’s Leader

by Lisa H. February 5, 2012

TweetThere have been several times on the blog that I have written about leadership, but none up until this point have directly been about ineffective leadership styles. Leadership is an interesting subject for me since leaders come in all forms. There are leaders that you can’t miss–they lack complete subtlety in their style–a drill sergeant comes to mind when I think about this type of leader. And then there are [...]

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Dealing with Rejection: Relationships and Success-Put Nothing In–Get Nothing Out

by Lisa H. February 2, 2012

TweetI said that 2012 was going to be a year of fearlessness and so far it has been–more on the front of social fearlessness; basically, dealing with rejection. I have made more meaningful connections with other bloggers in the last three weeks than I have done in two years. I had finally reached the point where I was sick of allowing fear to dictate what I did and didn’t do. [...]

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Facing the Music and Calling Myself Out

by Lisa H. January 30, 2012

TweetI don’t want to be so hard on myself in this post, but also don’t want to let myself off the hook. Other than posting articles, not much else was done with the blog in 2011. 2011 was filled with trial, tribulation and ultimately transformation. In March we welcomed our first son. :-) To say that his arrival completely changed our lives is an understatement. I can’t begin to describe [...]

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