Parents and kids alike love building blocks because they perform so well…a succession of gentle steps from one solid foundation to the next till you reach the top. I encourage you to use what I call Influence Blocks! These are blocks that build your influence for any situation.
6 Building Blocks for Influence Success!
1. Define what being successful is to you.
Defining success frees you to become successful! Otherwise, you get trapped by ignorance and definitions set by others, marketing, or society.
How would life be different for you and those around you, if you knew you were wildly successful?
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A 2007 study conducted by the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI) found that 58% of bullies in the workplace are women. Female bullies choose their own sex to bully 70% of the time. Sound crazy? Yes, and you can learn how to recognize workplace bullying and know what you can do about it.
Ladies, how are we ever going to break through the glass ceiling if we are clawing our way over each other to get through it? I mean, where is the camaraderie and support that women should be giving each other especially in times of need?
Years ago, a good friend suffered from what would be called workplace bullying from another woman. ‘Kim’ was working on her master’s degree while applying for the doctorate program at the same school. Kim’s advisor, a woman, was extremely jealous of Kim’s relationships with other professors and her outgoing personality. Long story short, Kim did not get into the doctorate program. Why? The department chair told Kim her ‘female’ advisor single-handedly convinced committee members that Kim would not be an asset to the program. End of story? No. Kim attended graduate school elsewhere and is a well-published formidable leader in her field.
What are some reasons women bully other women?
Why do women bully each other?
“Our expectations and standards tend to climb as our goals become accomplished.”—Dr. John Demartini
Unbelievably, in 2002 the IRS received $473 million in overpayments, thanks to last-minute taxpayers making unnecessary errors in their paperwork.
That’s about $400 for each American tax-paying procrastinator, according to Piers Steel, associate professor of human resources and organizational dynamics at the University of Calgary and author of the upcoming book “The Procrastination Equation.”
“People procrastinate when they’re not confident that they can complete a project, when they find it boring or distasteful and when they’re impulsive,” says Professor Steel, who calls himself a ‘reformed procrastinator.’
Not surprisingly, the #1 productivity, opportunity and success squelcher is on the rise.
“It’s so easy to be distracted in the days of technology; you check emails, play video games, and read everything on the Internet. What started out to be a three minute break turns into a three hour pleasure trip on the web!”
So if I do it, you do it and so do the psychologists you pay to help you stop doing it, WHY is this kill-joy behavior so popular?
How psychologists end procrastination.
This money survey compiled by Financial Finesse is a real eye opener on how men and women handle some very basic issues regarding their money.
Among the findings: only 53% women say they have a handle on their cash flow and spend less than they make each month. (Ouch!) By contrast, 71% of men checked that box.
In a 2006 Harris Poll for Charles Schwab, 48% of women agreed with the statement “investing is scary for me.” Only half the number of men surveyed felt the same.
What accounts for the difference in money behavior? 3 actions rich women do to get–and stay–rich
In a world where collecting “Friends” and “Followers” is the latest and greatest pastime, it’s nice to be popular.
But to achieve more, make more and have more in life, you’ll find it’s more important for your personal and professional success to be an influencer.
Being popular seems more…well, popular…than influence because it’s a term we’re all familiar with. While men use influence all the time to get ahead, women equate it with manipulation, and don’t really understand what it means.
I want to set the record straight. Because for the woman who wants real power—the know-how to act in ways that consistently benefit you—while popularity and influence may seem alike on the surface, in reality they’re worlds apart.
What is popularity?
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