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Are You "Addicted" To Your Inner Critic?
If you've read self-help literature, you've probably heard about the "inner critic"—the inner voice that denigrates us and dredges up painful memories for us to relive. We're often told we need to develop more positive beliefs about ourselves to deal with the critic. I believe there's another dimension to the issue. I suggest that most of us are addicted to conflict, and that the critic is something we create within ourselves to fight against. Kicking this "conflict addiction" is the key.
Are You "Throwing It All Away"?
Some people worry that, if they change career fields, they'll be "throwing away" the skills, experience and goodwill they built up in their previous field. In this article, I illustrate why this fear is unfounded.
Are You Shaking Hands "The Right Way"?
I recently read an article on how people should shake hands in business interactions to appear assertive and in control. To me, there's an irony in writings like these, because the authors learn what they teach by observing people who aren't self-conscious about their body language. In this article, I suggest that coming to terms with that self-consciousness--not imitating others' body language--is a better way to make a good impression.
But You'll Be 'Unemployed'!
If you're in a conventional 9-to-5 job and thinking about starting your own business, one of the fears you may have experienced is the worry that you'll be, for all intents and purposes, "unemployed" if you strike out on your own. In this article, I tackle that fear and show why it shouldn't stop you from pursuing your goals.
Do You Have The "Personality" For The Career You Want?
Personality tests are becoming increasingly popular among people entering the workforce and those seeking career transitions. If we choose a career that others with our personality type tend to enter, and avoid those careers they stay away from, the theory goes, we’re likely to find job satisfaction. However, if we select a career based on our current fears and aversions rather than overcoming our hangups, we risk ending up unfulfilled because we aren't living up to our potential.
Do You Need To "Justify" Your Choices In Life?
Often we feel the need, particularly when we are making a career transition, to "justify" the choices we make to others, or to defend them against others' criticism. In this article, I discuss ways to overcome that need and make the choices, both in your career and other areas of your life, that you feel are right for you.
Five Reasons To Be Grateful For "Difficult People" In Your Life
Much has been said about how being grateful for what we have, and our life experiences, can empower us. In this article, I suggest that it's particularly important to be thankful for the people with whom we've come into conflict in our lives, and offer some reasons to appreciate those people's presence.
How To Stop Work From Feeling Like Work
In this article, I suggest that our work starts to feel oppressive and stifling when we become too identified with what we do. When we take our working roles too seriously, anxiety about our performance sets in and crowds out our joy. The way to remedy this, I suggest, is to stay connected with your body as you work, and thus with your deep rootedness in being. In this state of connectedness, even your routine tasks start to feel like "play" again.
Never Tell Me The Odds!
People thinking of starting a business or making a career change often get hung up on "the odds" of succeeding in their new field. They worry about the number of competitors, the percentage of new businesses that fail, and so on. That sort of information, however, leaves out a critical dimension: the character of the people working in one's field. The character and values of both yourself, and the others in your chosen field, are a better indicator of your prospects for success.
No, Not That High School Dream Again!
Most of us have had anxiety dreams--often recurring ones--about going back to school. Although these dreams are such a regular feature of our dreamscapes, we often dismiss or laugh at them instead of looking for their deeper meaning. In this article, I suggest that, through school anxiety dreams, our unconscious minds are trying to show us that, no matter how stressful or difficult the situations we get into, we have the strength to survive and keep loving ourselves.
What's So Special About You?
At some point in our lives, we've all felt the desire to be "special"--to stand out from others--in the hope of winning praise and recognition. If we design our lives with this goal in mind, however, we're likely to end up unhappy. Whatever we accomplish, we'll never be more than human beings, and accepting this is key to finding peace in our lives. Choosing a career and lifestyle based on what we actually want, rather than a need to be unique, is more likely to bring us happiness.
Would You "Survive" A Career Change?
Even when we know we want to make a career change, the thought of giving up what we do right now can feel life-threatening. We can become so identified with our careers that leaving them almost feels like removing a part of our bodies. In this article, I discuss some meditative techniques for overcoming that fear and becoming able to pursue your true calling.
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