Pumping Up Your Nursing Self-Discipline Muscle by Flexing Your Will (and Won’t) Power
Like an athlete in training for a major competition, it took several long years of study, self-discipline and financial sacrifice to train to be RN. In order to study and pass your nursing exams, you made many disciplined decisions to dedicate your time, money and effort in order to achieve this goal. And now that you’ve achieved your admirable objective, do you find that you’re still showing that same steely resolve and fierce willpower in your job?
7 Tips For Improving Your Phone Skills
Growing up, I remember the day when my friend Billy began answering his telephone with the greeting, “talk.” Tired of the standard, “hello,” Billy, who at the time was going through a horrendous stage of teenage rebellion, got creative. When asked why he chose to use such an abrupt greeting Billy said, “The reason why anyone calls is to talk. So by saying ‘talk’ I’m just encouraging them to do what they called to do.” (more…)
The Four-Second Rule for Improved Communication
“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” Chances are you’ve come across this phrase sometime during your life. This piece of advice has been passed down for generations for a good reason–it’s excellent advice. (more…)
Taking Back the Playground: Coming to Terms with the Bully in You
Alright, here’s what nobody wants to admit- there’s a little bully in all of us. And while you might not be called Darth Vader behind your back (yet), we all, to some degree, whether we realize it or not, have participated in bully-esque behaviors.
Being able to recognize these behaviors at an early stage can help you fortify all of your relationships and, as an added bonus, it may keep you employed.
11 Things That Hurt Women’s Career Success
In order to succeed at work, it is important that we be conscious of our behaviors. Women in particular tend to engage in eleven common behaviors that prevent their success in the workplace. Identifying and modifying the following behaviors will help women build successful career communication.
Sometimes “Helping” Doesn’t Help at All
Many times when family and friends try to “help” children (ages 13 and up) they are actually making it easier for them never to learn how to help themselves.
This baffling phenomenon is called “enabling,” which takes many forms, all of which have the same effect — allowing a person to avoid the consequences of his or her actions. This in turn allows children to continue merrily along their way, secure in the knowledge that no matter how much they mess up, somebody will always be there to rescue them from their mistakes. (more…)
