Embrace Imperfection to Raise Self-Worth

Everywhere you look nowadays there is advice on how to strive, beat the competition, be happy, successful, wealthy, thin, married to your soul-mate, have perfect kids, balance work, and life, win the marathon and then come home and make the perfect dinner. In other words, how to

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What are Positive Affirmations and Why Should I Care?

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”― Roy T. Bennett How important is gratitude and affirmations in interviewing?  Have you even considered these

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The Iceberg Model and Interviewing

Are you getting the results you desire in your life (be it professional or personal)? Do you fully understand why you have (or haven’t) achieved them, or have you even considered it? The Iceberg Model could contain the answer. As you consider the Iceberg Model, think about

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The Victim Mentality is Running Rampant; Have You Got It Too?

“Victims declare, “The world is responsible for me,” and never do anything to better their quality of life.”― Henry Cloud Has anybody else noticed the rise in the victim mentality in recent years?  Has anyone identified that rise with a corresponding rise in narcissistic behavior?  Coupled with this

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Gratitude is an Attitude: What’s Yours?

“Develop an attitude of gratitude. Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything they do for you.”– Brian Tracy We are well past Thanksgiving, a holiday that is not paid the reverence it should be.  But that time of year should not be the only time

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I Hope I’m Not being Bias About Biases

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” -Mark Twain- I don’t know about you, but early on in my career the subject of bias was rarely if ever discussed.  Now, I hear about

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Decision Making Skills

If you are in the business of doing interviews in investigations, audits, inspections, compliance, or the human resources arena decision making is a foundational part of your profession.  However, the skill-set of well-thought-out decisions based on empirical evidence seems to be waning.  All too often we see

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