What happens when your core beliefs are negative? Nothing good. Negative, or self-limiting, beliefs create barriers for you on several fronts. They lead to procrastination and laziness. Negative beliefs habitually destroy your hopes and aspirations. Your morale suffers. So does your self-confidence and self-worth. Non-supportive beliefs make you lose your focus distracting you from your[...]
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7 Sources of Negative Self-Talk
by Karen Keller, Ph.D. on April 27, 2012
How Women Can Use Workplace Conflict to Their Advantage
by Karen Keller, Ph.D. on March 31, 2012
Conflict is a fact of life. Getting comfortable with it is the hard part. Conflict is uncomfortable and when we are confronted, many of us slip into some form of avoidance. That’s our first mistake. It doesn’t go away; it just grows. As the saying goes, dealing with conflict when it feels like a “pinch”[...]
Read More . . .Work-Life Balance: Who’s Owning Who?
by Karen Keller, Ph.D. on February 17, 2012
Is work-life balance really a myth? Every now and then, I pop over and read the fabulous musings of Cali Yost. She’s an expert blogger on the work-life subject for Fast Company and hosts her own site at the Flex+Strategy Group. I like Cali’s content, and I agree with her: work-life BALANCE is something of[...]
Read More . . .5 Ways Women Entrepreneurs Show Gratitude
by Karen Keller, Ph.D. on November 25, 2011
Gratitude is one of the most powerful emotions you can have. Every woman in business is thankful for something or someone: investors, supporters, parents, spouses, customers, being in the right place at the right time, on-time delivery, increased on-line presence, high-performing team. The list goes on. But how and how often do you show your[...]
Read More . . .How To Recognize The Influential Woman
by Karen Keller, Ph.D. on November 9, 2011
Do you ever wonder whose life you’re influencing? Look around you. Who do you see? What’s going on in your environment? Where are you having impact? Do you have the upper hand – carefully measuring and selecting what goes on in your world? The woman who takes charge of her environment, diminishes the unexpected outside[...]
Read More . . .Learn To Recognize These 5 Sources Of Power
by Karen Keller, Ph.D. on October 26, 2011
Power is the ability to bring about a change in one’s psychological environment. Does this resonate with you? For someone to have the power to change your psychological environment, don’t you have to give them that power first? Or is this a psychological game people play? All good questions. But the real question is this:[...]
Read More . . .How To Stop Being The Rescuer
by Karen Keller, Ph.D. on October 19, 2011
Women are rescuers. Often at their own expense. They rescue people at work, in their companies, even distant relatives. It happens consciously and subconsciously. We don’t even recognize our codependent behavior until it’s too late. Women assume, sometimes against their better judgment, responsibility for making sure everyone is happy or at least satisfied. For some[...]
Read More . . .The Next Generation Of Women: What Is Most Important To Learn?
by Karen Keller, Ph.D. on September 14, 2011
The next generation of young women is just beginning the process of becoming curious and looking for what meaning and purpose they will create for their life. Young women are now discovering what matters while emerging into the beginning stages of young womanhood. These young women who will be springing into the workplace (the small[...]
Read More . . .Top 5 Habits Holding You Back … From Everything
by Karen Keller, Ph.D. on August 31, 2011
The best learned lessons come not from your success, but from your failures. Actually, the biggest failure is not learning from your mistakes. Mistakes come and go. But certain mistakes remain constant simply because you are circulating the same habits that perpetuate the same mistakes. Then you wonder, “What went wrong” or “Why does this[...]
Read More . . .Women: Are You Using Or Creating Your Time?
by Karen Keller, Ph.D. on August 24, 2011
Time is defined as the duration of sequential related matters. Huh? Women wear many hats: wife, mother, executive, business owner, entrepreneur, friend, and the list continues. Unfortunately, many women think of time as not being late, watching the clock or feeling stressed for not having enough of it. But where in the whole scheme of[...]
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