* No give and take: It’s common to want to give of yourself to the person you love, but be mindful of whether the other person is doing the same thing. If you are giving all the time, and they are taking all the time, you will soon start to resent your partner. *The talker: …
It is difficult being a kid. You get congratulated for your first words, and then you get told that children should be seen and not heard. Your first steps get publicized all over social media, then you get in trouble for wandering off. Sometimes children feel like they cannot do anything right, so it is …
“People don’t change” is a common saying, but a person changes a lot over time. Are you the same person you were 10 years ago? Do you make decisions the same way you did, and feel the same about everything that goes on? Our personalities are mostly a culmination of beliefs that we have formed …
Speech is an important sign of maturity, and a trait many people forget to look for in a potential partner. Of course, when you first meet someone you want to date everything they say seems to be cute, but how they talk can tell you a lot. Do they put other people down? Do they …
As parents, we like our children to think we are invincible and the smartest person in the world. However, if our purpose is to raise children that can function in society and get great careers, that may not be the best thing to do. So, telling our children that we were wrong shows them that …
The quote “absence makes the heart grow fonder” is very true of relationships. And sometimes it is even true of broken relationships. We tend to forget about the things that helped cause the end of the relationship and concentrate on the things that made us fall in love. So, the best question to ask before …
Entrepreneur Magazine has a pretty good article on how introverts can use their special skills in the business world: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/329961. It has great points on how to help introverts bring out their best, but I would have liked to see this article do more to help introverts as leaders. Read my book, Leadership for Introverts, …
You may not want to hear this, but if you are with a person who refuses to talk about the future, then there is a good chance you are with a person who does not see a future with you. It will not do any good to push them to talk about it; in fact …
I still remember the day I had a very difficult meeting scheduled. Two people I were responsible for had miserably failed to do some important tasks and, as a result, a large project was held up. I woke up that morning dreading the day to come. I visualized the meeting being absolutely terrible, and I …
Feel like nobody listens to what you say? There are three actions you can use to be taken seriously. Take others seriously (meaning: Listen). We tend to talk more when it seems like other people don’t take us seriously, spending more time explaining what we mean by what we say. One way to be taken …