Self-Accountability: Stop the Blame and Take Control

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How do you develop self-accountability? What does it really take to assume ownership of your life and hold yourself accountable for its outcomes? To cultivate self-accountability, you must release your beliefs that things in the external world have control over your life. External factors can’t shape positive results in your life—you are the only person able to create the life you want through your actions. Here is how to encourage self-accountability and assume ownership of your life.

Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise

Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise

What is Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise about? How can Anders Ericsson teach you how to master any skill? To truly improve at a skill, you need to change how you practice. Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise explores how humans develop skills and the process by which peak performers in music, athletics, and countless other fields develop their abilities. Continue on to learn more about Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool.

How to Find the Courage to Talk About Your Feelings

How to Find the Courage to Talk About Your Feelings

Do you find it difficult to talk about your feelings? Do you try to keep your emotions bottled up and process them internally? We tend to avoid our feelings, especially in difficult conversations, because we feel they get in the way of progress, or are embarrassing, or don’t matter. It’s also scary to talk about your feelings as it leaves you feeling vulnerable.  Here’s why it’s important to talk about your feelings and how to do it constructively.

The 3 Power Moves to Manage Difficult Conversations

The 3 Power Moves to Manage Difficult Conversations

How do you hold and manage difficult conversations? What can you do to keep the conversation on track and not let it escalate into an argument? In business and in personal matters, difficult conversations come up all the time. But if we can learn how to manage difficult conversations more productively, our relationships and our lives will improve tremendously. Here are three “power moves” that can help you manage difficult conversations in spite of the other person’s lack of cooperation.

How Good Work Habits Improve Corporate Culture

How Good Work Habits Improve Corporate Culture

Why do you need good work habits? How can good work habits help transform a corporate culture? Good work habits are important for you personally, but you can also be effective in helping you transform your workplace. Having a positive corporate culture informs good work habits and vice versa. Read more about having good work habits and how they can improve corporate culture.

Erik Erikson: Psychosocial Theory of Development

Erik Erikson: Psychosocial Theory of Development

Who is Erik Erikson? How is Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of development different from Freud’s Psychosexual theory? Erik Erikson (1902-1994) was a German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst who is best known for his theory of psychosocial identity development. Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory marked a shift from Freud’s Psychosexual Theory in that it conceptualized psychosocial development across the entire lifespan instead of just childhood. Here is an overview of Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory.

Start Every Day With a Sense of Accomplishment

Start Every Day With a Sense of Accomplishment

Do you want to know why making your bed is important? Why do the Navy SEALs try to start each day with a sense of accomplishment? Does it really make a difference? When you make your bed first thing in the morning, you start the day with purpose and confidence. You have a sense of accomplishment, and regardless of what else happens during the day, you will feel pride. This is how you set yourself up for success. Keep reading to learn how starting your day by completing a task can give you a sense of accomplishment that will last