Tag Archives: personal strengths
Listing Your Strengths
Keeping a journal will help you clarify your thoughts and feelings as you look at all aspects of your life. As you begin to make an inventory of your assets, include what you have done and the value you have created in the past – as student, family member, career associate, community volunteer, friend. Now think about what you are currently doing in your life that you feel proud about – the gift of time that you give as a Sandwiched Boomer to you growing children and aging parents as … Continue reading
Making Your Own List
Now that the year is ending and the ’00 decade is coming to c close, pundits have been opining about all kinds of topics. You can find a list of the 10 films of 2009 most likely to be nominated for an Academy Award, the 20 most interesting books, or the 50 best songs of the decade. In addition to spending some of your spare time reading through these lists, how about taking some personal time this week to create your own list – of your 10 most important assets? … Continue reading
Practice and Train for Success
The crew of the Maersk Alabama is preparing to head home, with Captain Phillips soon to join them. Americans are cheering their actions and those of the Navy Seals who rescued Capt. Phillips. So how can you incorporate their heroic behaviors into your life? Respect your job and take it seriously. Capt. Phillips is an alumnus of the Merchant Marine Academy where, undoubtedly, he was trained about what to do in numerous emergency situations. He had a plan to protect his ship and crew and immediately instituted it when the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, Captain Richard Phillips, challenges, heroes, job, personal strengths, Sandwiched Boomer
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Acknowledge Your Progress in Fulfilling Your New Year’s Resolutions
Today we give you our final tips to help you keep your New Year’s resolutions. Give yourself credit for what you are accomplishing. You deserve rewards all along the way – for making the decision to change, for taking the first step, for achieving each objective. Acknowledge the difficulty of your mission and congratulate yourself when you reach your goal. Accept that you are not perfect and that you will fail sometimes. Your path with likely not be a straight line, rather one with several ups and downs. Make a … Continue reading
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