An overburden of financial stress is becoming worryingly commonplace during this economic downturn, with somewhere in the region of thirty five percent of adults agreeing to this in a recent survey.
Occasionally short periods of stress can be considered a ‘good’ thing, motivating and helping us with focus and drive. Financial stress and worries however are [...]
These are not the reasons we do Lactate Threshold Training.
What is it?When muscles contract vigorously for long periods, the circulatory system begins to lose ground in delivery of oxygen (necessary for energy production). In these conditions the breakdown of glucose is converted to lactic acid. As the lactate is produced in [...]
These days, interviews don’t come easily. When you get The Call, make the most of your time — and go for it!
1. Investigate the company’s culture, markets, and finances. But resist the temptation to show off what you’ve researched: “I just read that you’re about to embark on a new product line”) unless [...]
It happens to countless homeowners around the end of the year – you make the annual visit to your attic to collect the holiday decorations and what do you find? Spots and blotches covering the bottom of the roof sheathing.
Worse yet – it turns out to be attic mold!
What does energy conservation have to do [...]
The quality of your life is directly related to your standards. A standard is a personal rule or expectation about the level of excellence you require in something, and when you raise your standards you change your life.
In my work as a professional coach, I’ve found that most people haven’t taken time to define [...]
Selling Against Goliath?
How to Take on the Big Guys and Win
By Dave Stein, Author of How Winners Sell
If you sell for a smaller company that competes against the big guys, the age-old story of David and Goliath might come to mind. In this story, the giant, Goliath, was beaten in a fight by the [...]
Here is a great way to create affirmations that may be helpful to you. Here’s how it works:
You start off the affirmation with “Today I choose…” then fill in a quality or thought habit that you want to condition into your thinking. Then repeat it often during the course of the day, [...]
I’ve been able to distinguish 3 main categories that people fall into, regarding the subject on writing articles. Allow me to share them with you.
Here we go!
Category #1: The absolute hard way of writing articles.
Let me pick a topic for an article: “Brest Cancer.” This subject is a very serious matter and one that will [...]
One of the biggest milestones in our children’s education is when they learn how to read. You’ve probably asked yourself, "When is the best time to teach my child to read?" You can research this until you are blue in the face, but the answer is really very simple. You’ve already started, [...]
Looking for work can be difficult, frustrating, anxiety-provoking, and demeaning.
There are few situations we encounter in life where we feel so powerless. Not only do we have a sense that we have little control over the outcome, but we also feel judged. We become objectified, presented like a colt at a yearling auction or a [...]