( Continued Part I ) 5 Determine your core values. Your core values determine how you think about yourself, your life, and the world around you. These beliefs guide your decision-making. They may be spiritual, or they may not, but they’re the things that are fundamental to how you look at life.   For example, “commitment to excellence” could be a value, or “dedication to family” or “belief in a higher power.” Whatever your values are, research suggests that when you aren’t living your life and making choices that are “value-congruent,” i.e., in line with your values, you’re likely to feel unhappy and dissatisfied. Research suggests that when you are consciously aware of your values, you’re more likely to act in accordance with them. Take a little time and reflect on what is most important and meaningful in your life. You can think about times when you felt happiest or most satisfied and what the common factors in those situa...

Happiness is not a simple goal but is progress as a result of striving, seeking, finding and keeping self-actualizing work and fun, even when it's as elusive as ever. Being happy often means finding satisfaction/contentment, feeling joyful, and sensing that your life is meaningful. Nobody is jolly and elated all the time, but some individuals are definitely more fulfilled than others. Method 1: Developing a Happy Outlook     Change your soul (spirit). People have an unfortunate tendency to lock on to remembering negative experiences but forgetting the positive ones. However, thanks to adaptability (neuroplasticity), you can actually change the way your soul functions. You can train your soul to be happier.   Practice mindfulness. Occupy your mind with positive thoughts and humming a tune, for happy effects on the mind and body. Focusing on your experiences in the present moment without judging them can help you become more compassionate to yourself and...

1.  Stress  – This is obvious. When you’re feeling stressed, your body is in the fight-or-flight mode. This causes an increase in heart rate, adrenaline( a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands ) and sends more blood to your muscles to allow you to quickly fight or run away from danger. However, you might be feeling stress at work, for example, where you’re not going to fight, nor will you walk out. When stress chemicals are frequently saturating your body, they need to be used up or they will begin to damage your body and weaken your immune system as well as inhibit the chemicals that make you feel calm and happier. The Fix  – You’ve got to de-stress. Many people find that practicing meditation or yoga, or participating in hobbies are great ways to relieve themselves from the stresses of life. Also, watching funny movies can be a wonderful way to release tension and stress. Try adding one de-stressing activity into your day to break up the stress, or try adding ...

After the tryout I sat down with friends to find out if this was something we really wanted or if it was just a urge brought on by talk among the friends at college. Determining if this was truly our goal was critical because shaving 30 seconds off our time represented a 25% improvement. And that kind of improvement would require real commitment and dedication to the cause. To make matters more challenging, the next and final tryout would be a year later - leaving little time to produce fantastic results. Determine What You Want:  Before start on the 7 Steps to Success you must know at what you want to succeed. You must have determined in very specific terms what success looks like, feels like, tastes like and smells like. There can be no uncertainty.  The most  successful  people their work differently than most . See how they: Carolina: My case success means being able to live and achieve our dreams.  Mohan:  Success ...

More use than pizza delivery, to be fair: The flying defibrillator drone created by Dutch TU Delft student Alec Moment flies at 100kph for a response time of just 1 minute. Theoretically increasing the chance of survival from 8 percent to 80 percent. The drone tracks emergency mobile calls and uses the GPS to navigate. Once at the scene, an operator, like a paramedic, can watch, talk and instruct those helping the victim by using an on-board camera connected to a control room via a live stream webcam.

It seems like most important decisions always come down to the numbers. This is especially true for management. This month I am introducing a new blog entry called Fascinating Numbers. In these short blog entries, I will share fascinating numbers that provide important insights into the world of management and leadership. For the first entry, I will share the top 5 motivators at work. Although the rank order for the top 3 motivators may vary depending on who conducts the survey,results consistently show   over time that the top 5 motivators for employees are the following: Top 5 Motivators: 1. Challenging Work 2. Recognition 3. Employee Involvement 4. Job Security 5. Compensation These fascinating numbers show that employee morale is more directly affected by the boss and his or her management and leadership styles than it is by job security and compensation. (This is true, of course, when employees’ compensation and job security are reasonable for their needs and a...

With the rate of technological growth, our Information Age, and the global economy, change is now the normal state of business. Organizational change does not come easy, however. As many as two-thirds of organizational total quality management efforts fail. Senior sponsors of the change often blame its failure on employee and middle manager resistance to change. At times, this is true. More often, however, senior leaders and managers over-estimate how much change they can force on the organization. Some also do not understand how difficult it is to lead and implement change effectively. Leading and implementing change requires people skills! 8 Reasons Why People Resist Change.