I believe a "Love & Respect Your Spouse" day is called an anniversary. Other than your anniversary, EVERY day should be used to please your spouse. Surprise them...and love them.
By the way, men and women are so vastly different. It's easier for guys to respect women and women to love men. Guys should spend additional time loving women and women should spend additional time respecting men.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Brutal Empathy – Is this new word combo distorted?
Are the two traits mutually exclusive or are they essential elements in professional development coaching?
A sociopath will use Brutal Empathy to think and feel vicariously through another person. However, the sociopath will have a cruel and harsh "bent" about those thoughts and feelings so the view is distorted and twisted. Unfortunately, this phrase is a form of "NewSpeak", which was brought up in the novel '1984'. This "NewSpeak" strives to make the distorted and twisted a new normal. Quite frankly, I would not want someone coaching me that used Brutal Empathy because they wouldn't have my best interest in mind.
A sociopath will use Brutal Empathy to think and feel vicariously through another person. However, the sociopath will have a cruel and harsh "bent" about those thoughts and feelings so the view is distorted and twisted. Unfortunately, this phrase is a form of "NewSpeak", which was brought up in the novel '1984'. This "NewSpeak" strives to make the distorted and twisted a new normal. Quite frankly, I would not want someone coaching me that used Brutal Empathy because they wouldn't have my best interest in mind.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
How do you stop ramblers from stealing your time?
Listening to someone who rambles on and on can drain your time. But there’s a quick technique you can use to stop ramblers in their tracks.
Once you feel the person has reached the real point of the conversation, say: “Let’s make sure I’ve got this. You’re saying” …
That’s a subtle signal that the point’s been made – and the conversation can end.
Source: How to Survive – and Thrive – in Accounts Payable, by SkillPath Seminars
Once you feel the person has reached the real point of the conversation, say: “Let’s make sure I’ve got this. You’re saying” …
That’s a subtle signal that the point’s been made – and the conversation can end.
Source: How to Survive – and Thrive – in Accounts Payable, by SkillPath Seminars
Thursday, January 5, 2012
How do you give feedback to a superior who is excited about a brilliant idea and eagerly wants to hear you agree?
I would make it your goal to see how your superior’s idea could work. Work with him/her and work through any inherent problems. One of two things is going to happen: You'll get sold on the idea that it may actually be brilliant OR your boss will lose excitement because of any unfixable inherent problems.