We know for a fact that we will come across difficult people. Difficult people come with a lot of toxicity and make life miserable for all of us. This unfortunately means you’ll come across people who offer destructive criticism. To be clear, not all criticism is bad criticism. Sometimes we’re offered healthy/constructive criticism by people who consider the entire picture, and this can be helpful. I suppose that’s why people refer to it as constructive criticism. But that’s[...]
Sometimes people think being hard on themselves is the answer. That the more we push ourselves, the easier it becomes to achieve our goals. If you’ve been following my blog for a while now you’ll know this isn’t entirely true. There’s research to show how not being self-compassionate makes it harder for us to pick ourselves up after a failure. We become overwhelmed by emotions and we learn less from our experiences. Instead of criticizing ourselves and pushing on without pause, we sh[...]
To be self-aware is the biggest gift we can give to others and ourselves. To be self-aware is incredibly difficult and it requires us to explore ourselves deeply -- getting to the core. To be self-aware, we need to know ourselves on the inside and out. On the inside, it means accepting our triggers, flaws and everything we’re good at. On the outside it means looking at how we relate to those around us; are we mean, kind, patient, or condescending? Getting these answers requires work. Th[...]
When people talk about creative thinking, they sometimes assume it starts and ends with art. This is obviously not true. Creative thinking is our ability to think outside the box and come up with innovative solutions and ideas. It’s that X factor that allows even the most tough situations to be viewed as a challenge and not another obstacle in the way. I don’t think I can overstate the usefulness of creative thinking in this day and age. I like to believe the more we work on our[...]