Tag: Self-awareness
Why overthinking is bad for your productivity
While many problems are resolved by giving them careful thought and deliberation, overthinking does not lead to new insights or understanding, instead it saps your energy, time, motivation and creativity. Are you a over-thinker? Here is how to stop your overthinking
What is your leadership style?
We all have a go-to leadership style consisting of default set of markers when it comes to enhancing the morale, performance and motivation of people we are leading or managing. Understanding your leadership style is essential to identify and describe your individual unique characteristics when it comes to effective leadership or management.
Mindfulness
How self-reflection improves your sense of self
Difficult situations demand careful consideration of our actions, decisions and behaviour.
As we experience change in the way we work, educate and communicate in new normal, it is important to pause and self-reflect as we inch back toward modified life to eliminate unproductive choices or habits.
How to manage your anger effectively
How tolerant are you with yourself and others when it comes to feelings of anger and frustration?
Anger becomes an useful emotion once you learn how to manage it effectively. Here are some strategies to express your anger constructively
How to deal with cognitive dissonance
Are you stuck with your conflicting attitudes and beliefs? Conflicting cognition can be mentally exhausting and anxiety-inducing which most of us tend to ignore. Resolving it creates clarity in our decision-making.
How to start living with gratitude
One habit that can help you become emotionally and mentally more resilient in uncertain times like what we are experiencing now.
Self-reflection
Choose happiness over unhappiness
What if your very efforts to find happiness are actually preventing you from achieving it? Everything in our lives from work, for defining success or making a difference, is presided over by some rules we happen to set for ourselves which are often not in alignment with our underlying objective of achieving happiness.
Are you self-sabotaging?
We often self-sabotage by overindulging in unhealthy habits that get in our own way of accomplishing things that are important to us. Here is how to take conscious control of your self-sabotaging patterns that are currently influencing your choices, decisions and actions.
How to identify your personal productivity style
“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning and focused effort.” – Paul. J. Mayer Do you often finish your workday feeling like you weren’t able to accomplish everything on your list? You start each day with a plan, to get so much done, a goal, … Continue reading How to identify your personal productivity style
Perceptiveness
How to expand your empathic potential
"Empathy is like a Universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble.”- Simon Baron-Cohen Our relationship with others determines much of our happiness and success in life. How you get along with your coworkers, superiors, friends and family often depends on your interpersonal skills, and at the root of good interpersonal skills is empathy … Continue reading How to expand your empathic potential