“So when would be a good time for us to start on your coaching?” Linda asked. Linda was a well-experienced relationship coach interviewing Ann, a potential new client.
“Well… first I’d really like to think about it for a few days,” Ann told her.
Linda gave an ironic smile. This answer was a common one. Many people, [...]

No relationship is exclusively one-way. When any two people interact, the influences flow in both directions.
So if there’s someone who consistently irritates you, peeves you, and just generally gets under your skin, know this: you are almost certainly part of your problem.
Guest columnist Peter Vajda returns this time with some very practical suggestions to help [...]

“The Best Advice I Ever Got.” I don’t usually pay much attention to the financial magazines, but the headline on this one was too good to pass up, so I bought the May 12 issue of Fortune, and I’m glad I did.
This article presents quotes from 19 high achievers, or as Fortune calls them, “accomplished [...]

As you move yourself forward toward increased success, if you’re doing your work right, you’re going to meet expanding opportunities to serve a wider community, market or audience.
And at each stage of that growth, one side of you is going to dig in its heels and protest desperately, with self-talk such as:
“Who am I [...]

Wendy Piersall is the owner of Sparkplugging.com, a blog that literally outgrew its first name.
A couple of years back, Wendy began a new blog, mainly as a hobby, but within three months her new “hobby” was so successful that she knew two things. First, this was turning into a profit pulling business. Second, she would [...]

Seems like we’re constantly struggling for better understanding. Understanding of ourselves; of our problems; of the people around us.
So how’s that working out for you?
While it may be comforting to have a better handle on what’s going on all about you, and awareness is almost always better than being oblivious, understanding may be seriously overrated [...]