Leadership styles speak to a leader’s behavior and methods when managing, directing, and motivating others. Knowing your leadership style can increase your awareness of how you might come across to the people who follow you and how you make decisions. If you’re curious to know your leadership style, you may identify with one of the…
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Why Representation Matters When it’s Done Right
“Representation Matters” is a slogan that speaks to the importance of portraying minority communities on national and global platforms in genuine and positive ways. Every person experiences the world differently – that’s why everyone deserves to feel visible and have their reality, values, and perspective affirmed. However, representation is not always done right. Find out…
Attention to Detail: How it Turns Us From Good to Great
Most people overlook attention to detail because it’s not always fun – it requires hard work and fully applying ourselves to a task. Others believe that the excess information provided by paying attention to detail often goes unnoticed. But to be truly exceptional, we must devote ourselves to the quality of our work because people…
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Boundaries: How to Tell the Difference in Relationships
Boundaries protect us from harmful people and energies. They ensure we have enough personal space to engage in activities that nurture us. However, defining and communicating them to others is up to us. Boundary-setting is a skill set we can develop to enhance our relationships – these seven steps and knowing the differences between healthy…
How to Find Balance Between Being Content with Striving for More in Your Life
When you think about your work, finances, social life, relationships, or the number on a weighing scale, where do you have to be to feel content in each area? You may have noticed that being content has a short shelf-life. It’s not easy to hold onto that emotion unless we intervene with deliberate thoughts about…
Forms of Government: How Being Ruled in Different Ways Shapes Us
Governments are central bodies that monitor, regulate, and provide needed services to protect and meet the needs of their citizens. In an ever-changing world, people are looking for a sense of stability and security in their government. Most people in modern nations believe they can get that in democracies. Yet, there are several forms of…
The Goldilocks Principle: How to Use it to Achieve Peak Performance
The Goldilocks principle is named as an analogy of “The Three Bears” and states that something must fall within certain margins and stay away from extremes for it to be “just right.” It speaks to the idea that we feel satisfied and at ease when things are balanced, not in excess or lack. The Goldilocks…
The Different Types of Attraction and How to Recognize Each One
We often associate the word attraction with someone’s physical appeal, but there’s far more to attraction than meets the eye. While all of us experience attraction, it can be tricky to understand. Just like there’s no single way to love, there is no single way to be attracted to someone. Knowing the different types of…
When Imitation is the Best Form of Flattery (and when it’s not)
We’ve all heard that imitation is the best form of flattery. When someone copies your social media posts or outfits, they like what they see. If they’re imitating you, they are indirectly praising you. But at what point does imitation become too much? How much copying is acceptable and falls within the realm of fair…
The 5 Stages of Spiritual Awakening and How it Impacts Our Daily Life
Spiritual awakening is when a person gains awareness that there is more to life than living on autopilot and satisfying the ego. There are deeper layers to be explored. This process prompts existential questions like “Why am I here?”. It can be unnerving and bring up angst and concern, but it can also be exciting….