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How To Master Difficult Situations With Emotional Competence

11. May 2010 Email This Post Email This Post Print This Post Print This Post

Do you know this feeling when you could almost explode like a fully inflated balloon? These moments when you struggle for breath because of your accelerated heart beat. You notice how you begin to sweat as you begin to feel agitated and generally very uncomfortable.

I think you agree that this is a very negative [...]

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Posted in 06_Emotional Competence on May 11th, 2010, 20:16 by haukeborow     

The Mindset Of High-Performing Leaders

29. April 2010 Email This Post Email This Post Print This Post Print This Post

Patience is a virtue. Combined with self-discipline patience can be a very powerful tool which enables you to boost your performance tremendously.

Who consistently performs on a medium level is in the long term superior to those who sporadically work at the highest level.
This identifies the so-called high-performers.
They are motivated by their own personal ideals [...]

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Posted in 02_Attitudes&Perspectives on Apr 29th, 2010, 19:28 by haukeborow  5 comments   

Why a pencil can enrich one’s work tremendously

19. April 2010 Email This Post Email This Post Print This Post Print This Post

Do you write as much as I do?
I think for us mental workers writing is probably the most important form of communication and expression in general.

We write to record our thoughts, to develop them and to bring them into a certain structure, a shape.
This makes them available whenever you need them.
But most of [...]

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Posted in 08_Creativity on Apr 19th, 2010, 21:14 by haukeborow     

How To Gain More Self-Discipline

20. February 2010 Email This Post Email This Post Print This Post Print This Post

Each one of us knows this situation very well: While going shopping with your wife or husband you discover a very nice jeans or pullover you want to buy instantly.

So you try it on and have to notice something awkward: it doesn’t fit! What to do?
Yes, to reduce weight would be a great thing. [...]

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Posted in 07_Self-Discipline on Feb 20th, 2010, 21:10 by haukeborow  9 comments   

The Power Of Enduring Serenity

15. February 2010 Email This Post Email This Post Print This Post Print This Post

100 million people on this planet are afflicted with depression. This number increases each year by round about 800.000.
Each fifth of us endures a depressive period in life. 100 million people represent 1.5% of our world population and leading experts assume that the estimated number of unreported cases is even higher than this.

People tend [...]

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Posted in 02_Attitudes&Perspectives on Feb 15th, 2010, 21:56 by haukeborow     

Professional Working Methods

1. January 2010 Email This Post Email This Post Print This Post Print This Post

When talking about working methods it’s not so decisive to talk about how you use them but it is essential to discuss which methods and tools you choose.

Working methods support you to transform your potential and talent into measurable results. Using effective working methods is a crucial discipline for leaders who want to affect results [...]

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Posted in 03_Working Methods on Jan 1st, 2010, 19:38 by haukeborow  4 comments   

What Leaders Can Learn From Santa Claus

16. December 2009 Email This Post Email This Post Print This Post Print This Post

Do you believe in Santa Claus?
I guess this question may appear a little bit strange to you especially when finding it in a blog about holistic leadership.

But believe me, it isn’t really that strange.
Everybody knows Santa Claus and everybody seems to like him.
So why shouldn’t we discuss the personality of such a well-known and [...]

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Posted in 02_Attitudes&Perspectives on Dec 16th, 2009, 21:08 by haukeborow     

How to Create Effective Images in Your Mind

3. December 2009 Email This Post Email This Post Print This Post Print This Post

Visualization
means to create thoughts in your head.
Creating these thoughts is due to a certain target. It is due to your personal cravings and your urgent need to satisfy them.

The images created in your conscious mind do exactly that.
They satisfy your needs.
This statement is very often misunderstood. They do not represent something that will happen [...]

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How to Stop Your Flow of Thoughts

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There are two really simple ways how to stop your thoughts effectively.

The first one is a kind of meditation and the other one a kind of self-hypnosis.
Both methods sound more complicated and challenging than they really are.
I’ve tried out a lot of different ways to calm my mind but the methods mentioned above have three [...]

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How to Use Your Subconscious Mind

1. December 2009 Email This Post Email This Post Print This Post Print This Post

Our subconscious mind is the most powerful force in this universe.

90% of our mental processes work subconsciously and have decisive impact on our subjective reality. The other 10% are part of our consciousness and attend our daily grind by dealing with things like terms, sensual perceiptions and other conscious information.
Since the moment humans appeared on [...]

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Posted in 04_Subconscious Mind on Dec 1st, 2009, 20:06 by haukeborow     

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