Communication is the single most important tool we have available to us as humans and if we can understand how to communicate with each other, we can do anything! Knowing how to effectively communicate will not only change your life, it will change the lives of others around you.

I had heard 1,000 stories of burnout before and really never thought it would happen to me. I didn’t know I was falling apart. I didn’t realize I was working to avoid other areas of my life. I didn’t know that there is a difference between passionately working for long hours because you love it and compulsively working in an anxious state because you “have to” in order to make yourself feel better. One is a behavior, the other, a mentality. I think I had both.

Feedback. Evaluation. Criticism. Judgment. Do all those words mean the same thing?

One of the most helpful things you can do for your organization is to analyze and scrutinize ALL recurring meetings to determine their feasibility, relevancy, and need.

Individually, we are a delicious amalgamation of our values, our personality, our life experiences, our top strengths, our bottom strengths (a.k.a. weaknesses), our communication habits, and our belief systems.  We use these traits to our advantage when looking for a partner, when making friends, and when learning how to cope with stress.  So why don’t we use this information when trying to find a job that we love?

Through the years, I have come to realize that one of the easiest ways to avoid unnecessary conflict is to wait for favorable conditions to occur.