Weekly Edge: Interviewing
Are We Prepared to Meet the Need for Hope in Those We Encounter?
“Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.” — H. Jackson Brown Jr. In our last blog we talked about being authentic and its relationship to success in life and interviewing. Part of that discussion involved the requirement for confidence and credibility in our interactions. Sometimes those qualities come from seeking assistance from others, but why don’t
Why You Need to Take Risks to Succeed
“Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don’t go out on the branch, you’re never going to get the best fruit.” –Sarah Parish Taking a risk is scary. Especially because you have no idea how things will turn out, we can’t predict the future, and there’s always a big chance that things won’t work out at all.
Why Are We So Afraid of Failure?
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill Fear and failure are very negative and emotionally charged words. We don’t want to be anywhere near those words or concepts. But do we have to be fearful of fear or overwhelmed with failure? I don’t think so. I think we
10 Reasons We Are Afraid to Ask for Help
“Nothing in life in to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” Marie Curie Last week we talked about being authentic and its relationship to success in life and interviewing. Part of that discussion involved the need for confidence and credibility. Sometimes those qualities come from
How Important is Being Authentic?
“Authenticity requires vulnerability, transparency, and integrity.”– Janet Louise Stephenson We have covered so many topics in these blogs. By my count this is blog number 74 and I think this may be one of the most important topics I’ve covered. It is important because of its impact on interviewing, and, I don’t know about you, but there seems to be
Focus and Action Go Hand in Hand
“You don’t get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results. “– Mike Hawkins This is the last in the series of three blogs on the subject of taking action. In our first blog we examined three ways to take action now. In the last blog we examined some motivating reasons for taking action