Throughout your life you will always have time where you need to study to pass a course to progress forward to your goals. Whether it is high school, university, an apprenticeship, or a training course required for your career, you will need to show that you can learn the material and demonstrate your knowledge. Studying can be hard work, and you might be saying to yourself “I’m terrible at taking tests; I’m not going to do well in this course.” However, don’t give up just yet. No matter how academic you might be; here are some clever studying hacks which will … [Read more...]
Finding Time to Accomplish Your Goals
Have you ever thought that you would love to write a novel, learn to speak French, or perfect your drawing technique? Do you have other unfinished goals that you are thinking of right now? It is interesting how we all have passions and desires that we would like to accomplish in our lives; a legacy that we would like to leave that impacts others in a positive way. If you are like a lot of people, every time you think about these goals you tell yourself that you just don’t have the time to accomplish them at this stage in your life. Guess what? If you don’t make time to focus … [Read more...]
Workaholic Much? How to Leave Your Work at the Office
Do you find yourself sitting at the dinner table, lying in bed, or trying to relax on vacation while stressing out about your responsibilities at work? Is it hard to chill out and enjoy your hobbies without the stress of the workplace and your responsibilities in the back of your mind? In our culture the workplace is becoming even more important and with how email, cell phones, and other devices have made us more connected it is even harder to leave it behind at the end of the day. If you want to learn how to leave your work at the office and enjoy your free time more, here are a few tips. … [Read more...]
How to Deal With an Angry Person
In a perfect world we would all deal with our issues by calmly discussing them with each other and using logic and understanding to come to a fair conclusion. However, unfortunately this is not a perfect world and throughout your life you will encounter many people who will take out their anger and frustration on you. Perhaps it’s your landlord insisting that he has the right to change your rental agreement even when he doesn’t, maybe it’s your boss getting frustrated when something goes wrong at work, or it might even be a total stranger who you accidentally bump into while … [Read more...]
Who Needs a Little Dose of Humility?
You know you are intelligent, gorgeous, talented, hilarious and generally amazing. However, if you go around reminding everyone who you interact with how fantastic you are, you run the risk of sounding conceited and vain. Being a bit too proud can really be irritating, and it can cause people to respond in a negative way to you. In the contrary, if you can conduct your behavior with a little bit of humility you will become a lot more likeable and find getting along with others much easier. Pride is boasting about your skills and achievements, and humility is the art of gracefully letting … [Read more...]