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The Creative Person's Guide to Goal Setting
Later today I have a needs-assessment phone appointment with a muckety-muck from Governor Nikki Haley's office. I'm hoping he doesn't ask me, "So, tell me about yourself." It's not my favorite question...
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FREE Download: Your 2013 Crazy Ambitious Goals Template
Not everyone enjoys the process of writing out their game plan, otherwise known as personal and professional goals. I just met someone the other night who was clear about her "not being good with...
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10 Favorite Supplies for Creative Achievers
Maybe your office lobby doesn't look like the one in the picture, but the way you feel in your space affects your performance. While my real office is at home, I spend a lot of time in Corporate Land...
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9 Things To Keep Your Energy Insanely Positive
You've heard that everything is energy. I don't get the science that well but it is clear that feeling higher energy makes you attractive, or even magnetic, while negative energy brings you, and...
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Find the Clarity inside the Conflict
You may be like me and try to avoid conflict, or you may embrace it, perhaps you're the kind of person who gets a thrill in winning conflict, but conflict is always there. After finally learning that...
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The Next Frontier in Your Achievement
I'm guessing you like to read, maybe not a fanatic about it, but you definitely like to learn. (Me, I'm planning a BYOB party - Bring Your Own Book! ) If you read much at Mixonian, you're learning...
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How Real Winners Interpret Messages
There's so much more to communication than speaking well, as important as that is! When you first learn a foreign language, you usually learn one word in the other language to correspond with an...
View ArticleThe Rising Cost of Rudeness
Received any rude emails lately? Or maybe no answer to your message? Have you witnessed any heavy-handed snarkiness? If you suspected that rudeness was on the rise, you're right, and the damage from...
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The Highest-Impact Most-Obscure Communication Secret Ever
Some folks are slow to learn. I taught and took communication classes for most of 1997 - 2009 and it was not until 2011 that I learned about this powerful communication tool. (One elderly Cambridge...
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How to Change the Subject Quickly and Tactfully
It could be because they're talking about walking corpse syndrome and you want to talk about movies. It could be because they know who can answer the question about your business. It could be that...
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The 7 Questions that Solve Any Problem
See, I told you communication was more important than you thought! This tool involved intrapersonal communication. That means communication with yourself, where, you probably have your most fascinating...
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The Secret Power of Young Musicians
Yesterday the 2013 Charleston International Music School Summer Festival performed both at Hollings Cancer Center and Benefitfocus. It's another incredible experience seeing these kids change their...
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Research Says Attitude Determines Your Achievement
I'm just back from Greenville, NC where I got to facilitate a supervisor training class. Of course, I had to share the Growth versus the Fixed Mindset; it's such an important concept to nail down. Have...
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Be Master of Your Day.....or it will master you!
Yay! Miranda is home for Fall Break. Being the daughter of her mother, she just chose the topic of "Optimism Makes You Healthy and Successful" for her upcoming persuasive speech. She also commented,...
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Time to Get Lucky
One of the most interesting studies I read during my six-year stint in graduate school was a basic study in psychology done decades ago. It had to do with people seeing what they expected to see,...
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9 Ways to Tap into the Energy of Gratitude
Gratitude is not only the way you express appreciation for what you have, but it's stating an expectation of amazingly good things to come. (And remember what you expect is generally what you...
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5 Weird Things to Be Thankful For
Grammatically speaking, the title should read "5 Weird Things for Which to be Thankful" to avoid the dangling preposition but I thought you wouldn't read it with such a fancy title. You're thankful for...
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The One Thing to Look Smarter These Holidays
There one thing is one thing you can do to look smarter these holidays....besides sporting geeky eyeglasses. This one thing also makes you more charismatic, more powerful and sexier! It's your...
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Writing the Best Thank You's EVER!
Did you get tons of fabulous gifts? Yay! Now it's time to write thank you notes! While giving thanks is always a good idea, some thank-you notes are definitely more wonderful than others. If you find...
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Symptoms of Low Self-Confidence and What to Do About It
You see the word "curate" a lot more these days; that's because the "new Normal" involves information overwhelm. "Curate" is normally a British noun referring to a clergy member, but it's also a verb...
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