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Please Join Us! What: #MTtalk Where: Twitter When: Friday, September 29 @ 1pm EST (5pm GMT/10:30pm IST) Topic: Connecting at Work Host: @Mind_Tools About This Week’s Chat “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our ...

Remember the Walkman? What about the Game Boy? Videotapes and cassettes, anyone? We might remember some of these products with fondness. Others we might be glad to see the back of. I, for one, recall the long and painful hours that I spent carefully trying to wind the cassette tape ...

Have you ever had something that you need to remember, which – no matter how hard you try – just won’t stick in your memory? A person’s name, an address, a year? Every time you try to recall it, your brain grinds to a shuddering halt and then goes blank. ...

Pictures in My Head During our recent Mind Tools Twitter chat, @Achibe_life said: “One aspect of self-worth that’s not talked about often is the damage conformity can do to your self-image over time.” Indeed, during the last few years and months, I’ve become increasingly aware of the media’s influence on my own self-esteem. I’ve ...

Wouldn’t it be great if every day could be a “walk in the park?” Unfortunately, sometimes you will have those days when you groan, “Why me?” Well, because bad days happen! Now for the good news. While you can’t always avoid bad days, you can decide how to deal with them. ...

Please join us! What: #MTtalk Where: Twitter When: Friday, September 15, at 1pm EST (5pm GMT / 10:30pm IST) Topic: Self-Worth and Thought Awareness Host: @Mind_Tools About This Week’s Chat “Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you’re worthy of the trip.” ― Glenn Beck, American radio and television personality. ...

So, you think it’s time to move up in your organization. Opportunities for promotion seem to be opening up, and you feel that the time is right to spread your wings. So what can you do? Schmooze the big wigs frantically? Sharpen your claws for a fight with the competition? ...

Tom Schuller’s book “The Paula Principle” picks apart why some women don’t rise through the ranks as quickly or easily as their male peers. As we will see, there can be many reasons for this, including the obvious one, discrimination. On that topic, Schuller ran into some discrimination of his own ...

The Uncomfortable Comfort Zone Our “comfort” zones can be pretty “uncomfortable” places. But many people choose to stay in them because they’re known, they feel safe, and “it’s what we’ve always done.” One of the areas within the comfort zone is called the “holding-on room.” We often dwell there because ...

Imagine you are a violinist. It’s the evening before a big concert at the Lincoln Center. It’s your debut for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra! On the program is Mahler’s epic fifth symphony. For some bizarre reason, you decide to go rogue. You’re going to keep the sheet music for ...