Listen To Yourself

Self-awareness is being able to listen to your feelings and understand what they are trying to tell you. You should always strive to be aware of your genuine feelings, regardless of what your mobile application might be telling you. More importantly, attempting to directly manipulate them or make believe they’re different than they really are on a consistent basis is delusional, Utopian and narcissistic. Before reading further, how often have you tried to control these feelings? Be honest with yourself and really think about it. If you want to make the best of your life, here’s how you do it: Be aware of what’s going on inside and around you. Face that reality and deal with it as openly, honestly and effectively as you can. Rinse and repeat. The bottom like is to be yourself, always.

Boosting Confidence

Are you confident? Did you know that confidence can be learned, practiced and mastered like any other skill such as web development or learning a language? If you are not confident in yourself, how can you expect anyone else to be? One of the tips to be more confident is to stay away from negativity and surround yourself with positivity. This means to start focusing on the good things in life and your career. Simple changes in your posture will also do you wonders. Standing taller and smiling will give the other person the impression of confidence. Also, make sure to make eye contact. It will show confidence and security. Never give up. Never accept failure. There is a solution to everything, so why would you want to throw in the towel? Failure can sometimes get us down and life is full of challenges and there are times when it's difficult to keep our self-confidence up. Sit down right now and make a list of all the things in your life that you are thankful for, and another list of all the things you are proud of accomplishing. Start practicing today.

Extending the Workweek Without Going Over 40 Hours

How is it possible that there are some people that can stretch the work week and get so much done without working more? It is possible, lets just get it out there. One of the things that you need to do is assess the meetings that you go to. People think that they need to show up to every meeting in order to stay visible but if nothing gets accomplished in that meeting then it was valuable time when you could have been working. Make sure that you know the agenda and the goals of the meeting. Otherwise, it is better to not waste your time. Secondly, have clear goals in mind for the week. If there are no goal, you will not be able to measure if the week was a success and if you were doing the things that you should have been doing. Lastly, if you really want to get things done, you have to ignore the extra chatter. You do not really need to be checking your email or other communication service every ten minutes. Make sure that you also stay away from the chatty people and those that take really long lunches.

Testing Friendships

So I came across this article about a man in Australia that intends to have coffee with each of his 1000+ Facebook friends. This is quite an interesting concept because most of the friends that are connected to your Facebook account, you do not really even socialize with. In fact, more people than you realize use it to creep on other people. This man is aiming to have about five coffee dates a week. I think it is a great idea to have these type of interaction with people that claim to be your friends. You could also learn something new that you wouldn't be able to otherwise using mobile applications and even talking over the phone. Would you even try to meet every single one of the people that are on your Facebook?

Inspiration in the Midst of a Writer's Block

So you are sitting there staring at the blank word document and you are starting to get nervous because you need to have several pages written for the video conference tomorrow and nothing is coming to you. The creativity is just not flowing and the frustration is starting to build. One of the suggestions is to read some of your old writings. They might trigger something new. You could also look through the slew of surveys and studies. Lastly, you could look at news stories and really dig deeper in the why of it. The best aspect of taking on a news story is that the material is already there and you need to add new insight to it and show the world the story through your perspective and view while raising question that the reporter might have missed. Any other suggestions on how to get those fingers typing the story flowing?