All Entries in the "Personal Growth" Category
Managers – The 5 Managerial Dilemmas
The Wall Street Journal Blog put together a list of five problems managers face – these are common dilemmas that manager category personnel in the workplace routinely face, which they have to be adept at handling. Here are some of the common problems managers face, and their solutions – 1. Poor people skills One of [...]
Turning 30? It Could Be the Best Time of Your Life
Turning 30 can be a milestone that many may not welcome and yet it bears thinking about. However, there are many benefits that the 30’s bring along. Some women who are in their 30’s share their thoughts – One 30 something thinks this is the best time of her life – she is financially secure, [...]
Nice Ways to Say No
For some reason, it is always easier for men to say no; they are just being assertive – women on the other hand are expected to be nice and cooperative and more helpful; if they aren’t, they are given unflattering labels. Women tend to be people pleasers and less confrontational and so end up being [...]
Is Envy Hard Wired Into Us?
Yes, says a Spanish economist, who thinks that we are genetically predisposed to be envious and that this is a part of our evolutionary inheritance. There are evolutionary reasons for us being envious of one another, and there are economic reasons and results of being envious, says a researcher from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. [...]
Turning Negativity Into Positivity
There is an old story about farmers in a region not making a clearing of trees by cutting them down. They simply form a human circle around the tree and render it with the choicest of abuses, daily. This makes the tree wither and die. Such is the power of negativity. There are many negative [...]
Things To Consider Before Making Major Decisions
It could be a change of career, marriage, migrating to a new place, leaving a bad relationship or changing your college course. All of these are examples of major decisions that need to be thought of carefully and prayerfully before finally making a choice. It is so wrong to make decisions out of impulse and [...]
Men And Women Are Different Due To Nurture And Not Nature
The answer to that eternal question, “Why are men and women so different” is a unique one according to recent research – They aren’t that different! The popular perception of one being from Venus and the other from Mars as also the assumption that one can read maps and the other can multi task and [...]
What You Say About Others Says A Lot About You, Say Researchers
Be careful what you say about others, because this is very revealing of your own self, say researchers. US researchers say that describing others in positive terms reflects a person’s own positive attitude. It has been found, that our perceptions of others reveal much about our own personality. It was found that those participants of [...]