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Casual Articles - No More Ms Nice Person
“No one can get your goat if they don’t know where it’s tied up.” Zig Ziglar1.Listen more effectively. Listening is the number one tool in communication, especially when dealing with difficult people.2.Step back and analyze the situation from an outside perspective. When we are less emotionally involved and "cool our jets," the answers come for how to effectively deal with them. Whether dealing with a difficult boss, dealing with a difficult co-worker, or spouse.3.Ignoring often doesn’t work. The tension becomes so thick you can cut it with a knife.4.Choose your battles. There are times when you have to “let it go.” Know when to speak up and when to pick your battles.5.Criticize in person, praise in public. Never publicly criticize someone as you will look like the bad guy and the difficult person will only become more upset.6.Maintain respect for them – even if you disagree
The origin of the word ‘nice’ reveals a very telling story. According to the Oxford Dictionary, this
There was a time before the recession when you didn’t have to analyze precisely what parts of your leadership message worked. Whatever you were saying seemed to get the job done; a PPT presentation full of facts, statistics and quotes. Perhaps you have been called to action with a company memo or a training mandate. Change initiatives were launched from above yet when the dust settled after the wagon train pulled out, the flame ebbed until an emissary was sent to puff on the embers. These were rational approaches, however, not very creative.The disruptive changes of the new economy requires something different. Change can no longer be imposed, it must be facilitated. A strategy has emerged that persuasively delivers the content of dry analysis, linking it together into a compelling illustration of your goals for the future; Storytelling.Why this tactic? Persuading people to act in unfamiliar and uncomfortabl
More likely is that the job of nurturing is so familiar to females that whether at home or in business, women accept it as their lot. But nurturing is a quality that both men and women are equally capable of; it’s just that this attribute has been assigned a female face for so long that it has become habitual for women, not for men. In itself nurturing is a splendidly generous act but it is behaviour more suited to being a spouse or a parent rather than being a forceful influence in the boardroom.
Now this is not to say that by dispensing with ideas about nurturing, every woman risks becoming a hard-nosed ball-breaker. Although this is what both men and women fear, complex issues like behaviour cannot be simplified down to such clear-cut black or white terms. So occasionally nurturing a distressed colleague may be appropriate but if someone’s trying to screw you out of a mega-buck deal, aggression is probably far more effective than smiling sweetly while trying to be nice and assertive.
The origin of the word ‘nice’ reveals a very telling story. According to the Oxford Dictionary, this o
Business is about running numbers and managing money. It is all about keeping track on where the money is coming from and where it is going. One who doesn't keep a tab on it nearly always loses money and sometimes the business as well. Accounting software are a boon from heaven - or so they seem- as they reduce one's accounting burdens to such an unimaginable degree that one is left wondering if he overestimated the gravity of the problem in the first place.One such accounting software is the software for payroll accounting, which is an effective tool to meet the needs of small businesses, companies, institutions and the giant multinational corporations. The software is a feat not only to the business houses but also to non profit earning instutuions like NGOs because, whether or not an establishment seeks finacial profit, it always has to make payments to its employees and the others who render any kind of service to
More likely is that the job of nurturing is so familiar to females that whether at home or in business, women accept it as their lot. But nurturing is a quality that both men and women are equally capable of; it’s just that this attribute has been assigned a female face for so long that it has become habitual for women, not for men. In itself nurturing is a splendidly generous act but it is behaviour more suited to being a spouse or a parent rather than being a forceful influence in the boardroom.
Now this is not to say that by dispensing with ideas about nurturing, every woman risks becoming a hard-nosed ball-breaker. Although this is what both men and women fear, complex issues like behaviour cannot be simplified down to such clear-cut black or white terms. So occasionally nurturing a distressed colleague may be appropriate but if someone’s trying to screw you out of a mega-buck deal, aggression is probably far more effective than smiling sweetly while trying to be nice and assertive.
The origin of the word ‘nice’ reveals a very telling story. According to the Oxford Dictionary, this
Let me just wrap up what we talked about in part one:Our whole universe including us is nothing else but energy. Looking at a human being individually you'll see a tiny energy field. This tiny energy field is operating in a much larger energy field. That means that everything is connected with everything and thus part of the same source energy. Our thoughts and the subsequent feelings are energy and we are sending out this energy. The Law of Attraction is matching up this energy with the very same kind of energy = like attracts like. So we become what we think about whether we like it, we believe, we understand it, or not. It always works and that is proven science. Every thought has its own particular frequency and we can even measure it now.Knowing and understanding this will open up a totally new insight into your business. Most business owners and managers are looking at the effects rather than the cause. In
Now this is not to say that by dispensing with ideas about nurturing, every woman risks becoming a hard-nosed ball-breaker. Although this is what both men and women fear, complex issues like behaviour cannot be simplified down to such clear-cut black or white terms. So occasionally nurturing a distressed colleague may be appropriate but if someone’s trying to screw you out of a mega-buck deal, aggression is probably far more effective than smiling sweetly while trying to be nice and assertive.
The origin of the word ‘nice’ reveals a very telling story. According to the Oxford Dictionary, this
If you dream about having a different career, but don't act on that dream, you may be operating under the assumption of a career myth. In this article, I expose 10 myths, sayings you've heard before that simply are not true. Let's explore them.Career Myth #1: You can't make a living doing something you really, truly loveThis is the grand-daddy of career myths, the belief that you can't have a "practical" career doing something that you were passionate about. It has to be one or the other.This myth is rooted in fear. Fear that we have to sacrifice our happiness to make a living. Don't buy the myth that you can't earn a living by doing what you love.When I first started coaching, I heard from plenty of people that it would be very difficult to make a living doing this work. I just decided to find coaches who were successful, and to learn from them (simple, eh?).If you find you
Now this is not to say that by dispensing with ideas about nurturing, every woman risks becoming a hard-nosed ball-breaker. Although this is what both men and women fear, complex issues like behaviour cannot be simplified down to such clear-cut black or white terms. So occasionally nurturing a distressed colleague may be appropriate but if someone’s trying to screw you out of a mega-buck deal, aggression is probably far more effective than smiling sweetly while trying to be nice and assertive.
The origin of the word ‘nice’ reveals a very telling story. According to the Oxford Dictionary, this
I really can't stand leaving my office disorganized and that's how I felt when I left my office and went home yesterday.I was up late last night doing some work from home, but that nagging feeling was there becauseI like to walk into a clean, organized office each day. (I just feel better). Because of that I decided to get to work a little earlier today. It was quiet and after I straightened up, I looked over a few books I had laying around. In doing so, I re-read my favorite success quote of all time.To me this quote also reveals the most important word in the 'success dictionary'.Before I share it with you, I want you to know why it's soimportant for you to really understand this quote.To me, the beauty of this one sentence reveals the true secret of long term success. Let me explain.Too many people are looking for the 'latest trick', the latest 'get rich quick' scheme; they're looking 'ou
The origin of the word ‘nice’ reveals a very telling story. According to the Oxford Dictionary, this offensive little word comes from old English and Latin phrases that mean ‘stupid’ and ‘ignorant’. So being ‘nice’ only makes one appear doff and the real consequence of this is confirmed by bumper sticker philosophy that reads: No well behaved woman has ever made a name for herself in history.
So if being well behaved maintains mediocrity, what’s up with all the rules?
For untold generations women have had to live according to an unwritten rulebook that defines a ‘good’ woman as one who sacrifices herself so that others can thrive. Self-sacrifice is not natural to the female psyche, it is a learnt, and nurturing is the behaviour that expresses how self-sacrificing we are. Neither the original idea nor its expression is helpful to women in business.
Self-sacrificing behaviour is the primary cause of women earning less than men (women ask for less) and it drives counterproductive styles like the ‘disease to please’, which keeps women stuck in middle management. A ‘good’ woman supposedly never fights or argues, making negotiation and conflict-resolution awkward, and the growing number of supporters in the ‘assertive not aggressive’ brigade shows just how firmly this behaviour is still entrenched in women today.
For some 6000 years self-sacrific
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