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  • Difficult Conversations — Book Summary

    this post (and perhaps the book) if you are preparing for a difficult conversation or experiencing communication options that meet both sides’ needs Look into standards about what should happen Talk about how to keep communications

  • Weekly Wisdom Newsletter #34

    Published Date: Sunday, July 16, 2019 Hi All! Here are this week's chosen learning points: Morning Routines: The morning should actually start the evening before, when you decide for the next day what to wear, how you'll feel (yes you can decide that), and your major goals. (Source) Encouragement: One important thing we don't do enough in relationships is proactively telling the other person what's great about them. (Source) Active Listening Technique: All you get to do is paraphrase what the other person said and then add "Is there more?" There will always be more, so do this 2 more times. By the end, you'll find that instead of wanting to win the argument, you realize the other person is coming from a place of hurt, which helps bring out your compassion. (Source) Here are this week's recommended actions: Each evening, decide what you'll wear the next day, how you'll feel, and 1 goal for the next day. Tell someone what's great about them. If you're in a difficult conversation, try the "Is there more?" technique. If you think someone else would find this newsletter useful, please forward it to them. Thanks, and have a wonderful week ahead!

  • Weekly Wisdom Newsletter #23

    Published Date: Sunday, March 31, 2019 Hi All! Here are this week's chosen learning points: Work Happiness: The three things people need to feel fulfilled at work are mastery, autonomy, and purpose. Mastery is about getting really good at your craft. Autonomy means having control over how you do your work. Purpose is about feeling like your contribution matters. (Source) Action and Intention: "Action without intention is meaningless. Intention without action is impact-less." - Jay Shetty How to THINK: If you're angry or unhappy, THINK before speaking. That is, make sure what you say is True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, and Kind. (Source) Here are this week's recommended actions: Think about how you can increase any of the three factors mentioned in bullet #1. Identify something you do that feels meaningless. Set an intention for it to become meaningful. Identify an intention you have but haven't acted on. Take the first step and get the ball rolling. The next time you feel angry or unhappy, go through the THINK acronym before you send off that email or text. If you think someone else would find this newsletter useful, please forward it to them. Thanks, and have a wonderful week ahead.

  • Weekly Wisdom Newsletter #33

    Published Date: June 9, 2019 Hi All! Here are this week's chosen learning points: Saving Money: Instead of saving a little bit here, a little there, pick areas where spending is important or very joyful to you and spend extravagantly on those areas, but cut back mercilessly on everything else to make up the difference. (Source) Workplace Satisfaction: A workplace is fulfilling if you feel connected to a bigger purpose, you like the people, you can be yourself, and you have growth opportunities. (Source) Negotiations: Use the Wish-Want-Walk method to be less nervous and more prepared for negotiations. Be clear on your wish (best-case scenario), your want (realistic case), and your walk scenario (unacceptable case). Seems obvious but most people don't do it. (Source) Here are this week's recommended actions: Identify areas where you will not cut back money on (e.g., health, education) and areas where you'll cut mercilessly (e.g., entertainment, clothes, indulgences). Try the wish-want-walk method. It can be informal like with friends or formal like at work. If you think someone else would find this newsletter useful, please forward it to them. Thanks, and have a wonderful week ahead!

  • 10 Reasons We Get Angry and Their Solutions

    I could have communicated better and told her in advance, "I need to work extra this period of time, Solution: Be aware of your needs and then communicate them clearly No one can read other people's minds , so it is OUR responsibility to get clear on what we want and then communicate it clearly to the other that most people, including my past self, are not aware of how they wish to be loved, so they can't communicate Even though they misunderstood me, I know I had kind intentions, and I know I can improve my communication

  • Start with Why - Book Summary & Application

    Trust would be a common currency. Image Source When we communicate, we tend to communicate what we are clear about. Here’s how Apple actually communicates: “We believe in challenging the status quo and thinking differently Image Source When WHAT we do grows, we need a proportionate increase in how loudly we communicate our How you communicate to a date is also important.

  • The Most Important Thing in Life: Character

    As the common expression goes, “How you do anything is how you do everything.” As the common Navy SEAL expression goes, "Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast."

  • TCM: Common Treatments from a Practitioner

    Elements Profiles Food and Cooking The Five Major Organs The Nine Body Constitutions The Body Clock Common Medicine Hospital Sleep Tips from Traditional Chinese Medicine Emotions and Health This article is Part 7: Common Some common examples include cinnamon, ginger, ginseng, liquorice, goji berries, and chrysanthemum.

  • The Ducks And The Eagle

    Perhaps it's things related to our health, relationship advice, communication methods, career advancement

  • Bubka's Secret to Success

    conflict with someone and I notice that my emotions are disturbed, I try to leave the situation and communicate even visualize myself doing this, then chances are my emotions are still too disturbed, so I shouldn’t communicate

  • Life Lessons From The Boy And The Heron

    To give a simple example, the western world heavily emphasizes communication. Communication is a method, not an attitude or intention. If we communicate with the intention to defeat others in an argument, then our bad intentions will taint our communication skills, and our strong communication skills would just create more conflict.  If we have good intentions but lack communication skills, then at least the results won't be harmful,

  • On Advising Others For Big Decisions

    That means we need to patiently communicate with our parents about this decision and not rush to make But since this is a very big decision, you should try to patiently and sincerely communicate with your If you listen to them just because 'a good child is supposed to listen to parents', but you didn't communicate Of course, before you communicate with them, it's important that you meditate on your intentions first For example, if your parents' opinion right now is for you to stay in the marriage, but you haven't communicated

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