I will apologise for my existence no longer.
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How do you know when it’s time to let someone go?
Transactional relationships are very good and very useful: they make the world go around. You don’t need to become besties with every supermarket checkout person you meet, you just need them to do their job.
And you won’t build transformational relationships with every person you come across, but if you can do it with the right people you will find that previously unimaginable horizons will open up to you.
You will discover what loyalty and commitment really feel like and how creating those elusive win-win situations is a truly worthy goal. You will marvel at the depth of compassion in someone who genuinely wants the best for you, rather than what looks like a good choice at the moment.
The people with whom you have transformational relationships are the pillars in your life, enabling you to do things you could never achieve alone – both at work and in life.
Learn the difference between transactional and transformational, so that you can cultivate a little bit of transformational into most relationships and recognise a good thing when it comes your way.
Continue Reading5 tips from a copywriter on writing cover letters that get read instead of trashed
We used to live in communitites where we’d spend most of our lives with familiar people. Since we started moving to the cities, we’re faced with the challenge of convincing people we’ve never met to take a chance on us and give us a job.
To make that happen, you want to make sure that people remember you. One of the cardinal rules of good copywriting is to be a part of the conversation before you actually come face to face with a potential employer. You can only be memorable, if you make your communication memorable.
Get some of the best advice out there on how to land that dream job in this article.
Continue ReadingIs it absurd to smile when you don’t feel like it?
A smiling face is truly a beautiful face and a simple smile is the door to opening your heart to compassion.
Everyone recognises and understands a smile because a smile is the universal language of kindness and friendliness. With hundreds of languages around the world, the smile speaks them all.
A smile is the shortest distance between two people and when you smile you get smiles in return. Not only is a smile a powerful gesture to show others, but also a way to have an effect on your own mood.
When you smile, even if you’re alone, your brain will be primed for oxytocin because it will begin to expect good things; your face is smiling, that must mean something fun is about to happen, right?
Besides being the prettiest thing you can wear, a smile is like free therapy. So, go on, smile while you still have teeth!
Continue ReadingWhy do all children deserve to have good self-esteem? Set your kid up for success in life with this amazing advice
Behind every child who believes in themselves is a parent who believed in them first.
Strong self-esteem is the best defense your children can have against life’s challenges. But it isn’t passed on like a family heirloom and cannot simply be given, you need to teach your children how to build it in themselves.
It is far easier to build up the self-esteem of a child than it is to repair it in an adult. Having low self-esteem is like driving through life with the hand-brake on and you will never truly thrive until you discover the potential within yourself and realise that you can do the things you believed you couldn’t.
Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works. Self-esteem is the real magic that shapes your child’s future.
Every child is a star and has the right to sparkle.
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