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Dialogue: 7 ways your words can bring out your best self

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This week, I wrote a guest post about Dialogue: 7 ways your words can bring out your best self. It kicks off bullying prevention month with seven strategies to use dialogue and words to be your best.

Check out my blog post this week on the website Get it Going, a brand that inspires and motivates people to be their greatest self.

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Purposeful Growth

Should you spend more time building your strengths or overcoming your weaknesses?

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Apparently, many of us are not living to our fullest potential. Based on a Gallup poll analysis, people who don’t have the opportunity to spend time building their strengths at work are six times less likely to be engaged in their job. In fact, of the ten million surveyed in this poll, seven million did not fully operate in their strengths zone. 1

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  1. Rath, Tom. StrengthsFinder 2.0. New York: Gallup Press, 2007. ↩
Creative Productivity, Purposeful Growth

27 Ideas for Your Stay-At-Home Holiday Weekend

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Sticking around for labor day? According to the American Express Spend and Save Tracker, 53% of us plan to get away during 2015’s summer holiday weekends, which means that about 47% of us plan to stay at home.

Staying home doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the time off. In fact, it’s a wonderful opportunity to rest, reflect, and boost your creativity. Continue reading 27 Ideas for Your Stay-At-Home Holiday Weekend →

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Healthy Living

Feel Great! Simple Tips for Better Hydration

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We all need to drink more water, and a study published online last Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health (check it out—I’m a co-author!) has found a simple way to get young people to drink more. 1

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  1. Kenney EL, Gortmaker SL, Carter JE, Howe MCW, Reiner JF, Cradock AL. Grab a Cup, Fill It Up! An Intervention to Promote the Convenience of Drinking Water and Increase Student Water Consumption During School Lunch. American Journal of Public Health. 2015. e-View Ahead of Print. ↩
Purposeful Growth

How to Get Outside more Often, and Why it’s Important

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Getting Outside for Healthy Living, Purposeful Growth, and Creative Productivity

A couple of years ago, I was lucky enough to hear a talk from Cheryl Charles, CEO of the child and nature network. She spoke about the importance of getting children outside. Cheryl’s co-founder of the Children and Nature Network, Richard Louv, states in his book Last Child in the Woods that children who are outside tend to behave better, be in better physical health, and exhibit more mental resiliency than their peers who spend more time indoors. I think this is true for adults as well.

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Creative Productivity

Make your Commute Better

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According to the US Census bureau, the average American drives 25 minutes to work—that’s an average of 50 minutes per day, 4 hours per week, and over 200 hours per year! Want to maximize your commute time? Try these nine ways to make the most of your commute.

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Creative Productivity

The Compass Routine

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A couple of weeks go, I felt totally frustrated. Here it was Thursday morning, and I had spent half the week sleeping late and not getting the exercise and reflection time I needed.

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Purposeful Growth

Discovering the Work You Love, Part Two: Find Activities that Fit your Best Self

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This is the second of a two-part post about discovering the work you love. I hope that this post will help you figure out what type of activities are right for you; activities that allow you to bring your best self to your work. Now that you have answered the six questions to help you find your best self in your work, it is time to reflect upon your answers.

Continue reading Discovering the Work You Love, Part Two: Find Activities that Fit your Best Self →

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