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Self Improvement

How to Give Constructive Criticism & Why It Benefits Relationships

By Sydney on June 13th 2011 in Relationships 6 comments

Our lives are filled with many different types of relationships, and constructive criticism is invaluable in all of them. This is a 5 part series I’ve put together that highlights tips on how to give constructive feedback and why it benefits 4 major relationship categories (family, significant other, friends, and manager/mentee). Now let’s get started. [...]

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Symptoms of Stress: Is Stress Ruining You and Your Relationships?

By Sydney on June 6th 2011 in Health 10 comments

Anyone who hasn’t experienced a stressful period at least once in their life is either completely kidding themselves or living a very sheltered lifestyle. I’ve witnessed and experienced how stress can strain and ruin relationships, create health problems, and cause serious emotional changes such as depression and rage. I carry a lot of stress myself [...]

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Break Free from the Vicarious Lifestyle That May Be Holding You Back From Success

By Kristoph Matthews on May 12th 2011 in Self Improvement 9 comments

I remember the first time I saw one of my favorite movies, “The Pursuit of Happyness,” starring Will Smith. The film recounts the story of Chris Gardner, a salesman in San Francisco who falls into poverty and is left to provide for his son as his wife leaves him. He sets out to perform the [...]

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How To Avoid Distraction in 5 Easy Steps

By Sydney on May 9th 2011 in Productivity 10 comments

Anyone that works in an office will be well aware of the time wasting opportunities offered up by the internet. What starts off as ‘research’ soon degenerates into an online shopping spree or a game of follow-the-news-lead. I’m the perfect case in point as, whilst in the process of writing this opening paragraph, I’ve already [...]

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What is Veganism, What Do Vegans Eat, and What’s All the Fuss About?

By Sydney on April 10th 2011 in Health 8 comments

All in all, I’d consider myself a fairly healthy person. I avoid soda, try not to drink too much caffeine, limit the amount of fast food I eat, squeeze in some exercise, and try to eat a balanced diet. But lately I’ve been doing a lousy job, and I can feel and see the effects. [...]

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A Short Guide to True Authenticity: Break Away From The Herd

By Ronnie on March 22nd 2011 in Philosophy 24 comments

We’re all sheep. Where the herd goes, we go, good or bad. But It doesn’t have to be this way. Society tends to condition us to fit a certain template. We have all at one time or another been pressured and influenced to become a person we thought we should have been, as opposed to [...]

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The Aches & Pains of Overlooking Proper Ergonomics

By Sydney on March 6th 2011 in Health 8 comments

Over the last several weeks the primary thoughts that have been repeating over and over in my head are “wow…my neck is really killing me,” along with “jeez why are my shoulders SO sore,” and “why does my back feel like there are forks stuck in my spine?” The pain and discomfort finally got so [...]

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Training the Trainer: The Benefits of Doing a Training and Assessment Course

By sachin on February 3rd 2011 in Self Improvement 1 comment

Just because someone is highly skilled in a particular field and or industry does not mean that they are good at teaching others or sharing their skills. It can often be the opposite case. Training and assessment skills are actually an area of their own and any professional even non-professional person who wishes to do [...]

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Words Mean Everything

By Ravi S. Kudesia on December 6th 2010 in Health 1 comment

What’s in a word? Whether we know it or not, the language we use has a powerful effect on our well-being. It impacts everything from healthcare to warfare. Words Create Health Consider the work done by Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer. She asked why when cancer goes away we call it a “remission” but when a [...]

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