Relationships

Are you constantly worried about being too egotistical? Maybe you don’t think of yourself that way, but here are some clues so you can check in with yourself: Do you deflect a compliment so someone else won’t feel badly for not getting the same attention? . Do you downplay recognition of some talent or accomplishment [...]

All too often people who’ve accomplished some achievement feel the glow of success, but do not discuss it or share their excitement in the moment.  They’ve been taught that talking about their own success, or good deeds, or a job well done, is egotistical and self-serving. This is a real problem for anyone looking to [...]

Once you figure out what it is you really, truly want (and I gave you some suggestions in my last article, designed to help you sort out fact from fiction in that regard), now it’s time to make sure you’re not secretly pushing it away. We all have subtle – and not-so-subtle – ways that [...]

We all know what that old expression: “What goes around comes around!” If you’re a generous giver of compliments, that should be a harbinger of good things to come, right? But what if you don’t let it come around? Well, I hate to break it to you, but the whole cycle will grind to a [...]