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Brandon Sobotka Birds of a feather flock together...How your friends make you fat.

If birds of a feather flock together, then what does your group of closest friends say about you? Well, a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine funded by the National Institute on Aging says your friends are getting you fat and obesity is "socially contagious". I'll explain... We've all been under the peer pressure of making healthy choices when with a group of friends for the night. It happens at home when watching a movie, the restaurant when discussing business, and the bar… Continue

Added by Brandon Sobotka on October 2, 2009 at 12:33am — No Comments

Sheri LeVine I HAVE EVERYTHING!

I feel a bit sheepish as I glance over last week’s blog. After I hit "send" last week, it occurred to me my counselor would have asked me to think about what I do have. So here are just a few things that come to mind. Please understand they are addressing the complaints from last week. I am very grateful for my family, health, home, food – a very long list. I have the opportunity to work with an organization I feel really passionate about: working with kids who would benefit from adult mentorin… Continue

Added by Sheri LeVine on August 27, 2009 at 8:09am — No Comments

Lindsay Manfredi The Inevitable Resistance to Change

I just dropped off my 5 year old (almost 6) to Kindergarten. We’ve been having a few issues as she has had to adjust to an environment consisting almost entirely of learning, from a preschool where life was all play. Last week when I picked her up, she said it was “too long… Continue

Added by Lindsay Manfredi on August 26, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Mack Earnhardt Fear, Change, and Why Now?

I don’t fear change, as long as everything stays the same. – Neil Richmund Fear Neil was kidding when he said that, but it’s surprising how many business-people and employees really do fear change. For some, “we’ve always done it this way” is an automatic defense against new thinking. It shields them from the horror of having to learn new tricks and *gasp* potentially fail. At least they’ll have someone to blame, because you can be sure they didn’t author or support any att… Continue

Added by Mack Earnhardt on August 20, 2009 at 1:40pm — No Comments

Patric Welch Google better watch it with all of their changes

It pains me to say this because I am a gigantic Google fan, but Google better watch it with the increasing number of changes they keep making to their applications. Starting with Gmail. It seems that just about every few months now, I log into my Gmail account and something looks different. It started with hyperlinks that became buttons. Then it was color-coded labels. Next was drag and drop labeling and a new left-hand column display that only shows the most active labels. Now before any of y… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on July 17, 2009 at 7:00pm — 5 Comments

Sheri LeVine My Husband's New Best Friend

I've been working on my priorities over the last year and a half since I quit my job, which required a substantial change in my spending habits. My small group spent the entire year of '08 studying a book called "Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth" by Richard Foster. The month of February was spent on Simplifying, which was incredibly timely since I had quit my job the month before. I was the next-thing-will-make-me-happy kind of gal; everything from new clothes, the diamond… Continue

Added by Sheri LeVine on June 16, 2009 at 8:35pm — No Comments

Sean Flaherty Change or Progress?

While vacationing in Tennessee this past week, I met an elderly fellow and his wife at resort restaurant. We got to talking where we were from, where we are headed and I found out he is from Oklahoma. When I mentioned that I was from Indiana, he smiled and wanted to know how bad things were here. I was a little surprised at his comment and the way he said it. I replied "Well, I believe things to be down, but in comparison to other Midwestern states, Indiana is actually seeing growth." He looked… Continue

Added by Sean Flaherty on June 16, 2009 at 12:34am — No Comments

Ben McCann I had a wonderful meeting with a CRAZY individual whom I invited to check out SMALLER INDIANA. He is…

I had a wonderful meeting with a CRAZY individual whom I invited to check out SMALLER INDIANA. He is just crazy enough to make one of his goals to CHANGE THE WORLD and make INDIANA a GLOBAL power... and he is Passionate about it. Myron Kanning is different, he is passionate about business, and after 33 years at one of the Largest Global Companies Based out of Batesville IN, he decided to start to SHAPE the minds of our youn… Continue

Added by Ben McCann on May 29, 2009 at 6:03pm — No Comments

Rachel Mahl Change Your Voice, Change Your Life!

Maybe you’ve seen this clip recently or someone mentioned it to you. The professional involved comes from an acting and drama background and mentions three levels of voicing, including your “head voice” and your “chest voice”. While I understand this theory, that explanation is a little complicated and obscure. It doesn’t need to be. When we work with people we show them how to find their “optimal pitch” by using a very simple and scientific method. In fact, we often use a computer screen to “sh… Continue

Added by Rachel Mahl on April 27, 2009 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Brooke Randolph The Hurdle of Self-Doubt, Part II

How do you jump the hurdle of self-doubt? If you do not believe a goal is achievable it will appear to be a wall rather than a hurdle. For my friend staying away from fast food seemed to be an impossibility. Fast food is readily available, easy, and relatively inexpensive. To avoid it might req… Continue

Added by Brooke Randolph on April 19, 2009 at 7:12pm — No Comments

Brooke Randolph The Hurdle of Self-Doubt, Part I

Changing your life is a process, undertaken one step at a time. I have written previously about why drastic changes like New Years Resolutions fail. Some steps toward change are too big to maintain. Lifestyle and dietary habits are often so ingrained that it can require a redef… Continue

Added by Brooke Randolph on April 18, 2009 at 1:38pm — No Comments

Brandon Sobotka Leadership during change

The only thing that's consistent is change. We've heard it a number of times. There has always been change and there will always be, but we are living in times of unprecedented, unexpected and unknown change. Change often creates turbulent emotions with intense lows filled with increased stress and anxiety. Management and employees feel the stress when change brings increased performance expectations and job responsibility, possible pay cuts and even job loss. This can have and affect not only o… Continue

Added by Brandon Sobotka on March 31, 2009 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Brooke Randolph Simple Steps to Make Change Easier

Habits are those things that we do so frequently and naturally that we do them without thinking. When trying to change a habit, especially terminating a specific action or reaction or changing to a new action or reaction, these unconscious responses can feel out of your control or make you feel l… Continue

Added by Brooke Randolph on February 21, 2009 at 11:18am — No Comments

Brooke Randolph I am So Not That Girl!

When I was contemplating surgery on my hip, the thought of taking three (or more!) months to recover had to be balanced with the hope of being able to run, dance, and even sleep without pain. I had learned to live with, and to some degree tune out, the nagging ache, but I was not sure how I could handle limiting myself and my activities for so long. My image of my self includes… Continue

Added by Brooke Randolph on February 21, 2009 at 11:14am — 2 Comments

Brandon Sobotka Who's talking about your journey????

On this journey through life, we all have a need to be motivated and committed, a need for personal growth and development, and a need for excitement and inspiration. What's your journey like? Boring? Exciting? “I think getting up in the morning is more exciting when you’re nervous. If you’re not nervous, you’re dead. . . .It’s time to change your life or your work the moment you stop having butterflies in your stomach.” – Warren Bennis If certainty and stability breed complacency and mediocri… Continue

Added by Brandon Sobotka on February 18, 2009 at 9:40pm — 1 Comment

Brandon Sobotka Motivational Alignment

Motivation is a complex area. It's different for each person. The various personality type models and other materials are useful for assistance in the explanation of different motivational needs. Your personal professional life experience is useful for understanding people's different motivational needs according to different ages and roles. Your experiential learning can make the difference between 'demotivational training', and 'motivational learning'. All of these can provide a guide to facil… Continue

Added by Brandon Sobotka on February 2, 2009 at 2:12pm — 1 Comment

Brooke Randolph Making New Year's Resolutions Manageable

We all know that New Year’s resolutions have an extremely high rate of failure. Life change is tough work and many people set very ambitious goals. Life will get in the way one way or another. Too often people allow slip ups or breaks to discourage them to the point of giving up, and by March we’re back to life as it was the previous year. How can you successfully take advantage of the new beginning of a new year? One of… Continue

Added by Brooke Randolph on December 30, 2008 at 5:03pm — No Comments

Ken Moore Should a Job Resume Start With an Objective?

One of the quickest ways for a résumé to find its way to the round file, or the no thanks stack, is to start it out with the ho-hum, everybody does it, old school approach of The Objective. The Objective – the phrase sounds like it should be the name or the title of some drama based TV show or motion picture. When it comes to a job résumé, everybody knows what the objective is – and that is to get a job – wrong (tricked ya), it is to get an interview. Don’t bring drama into your résumé with The… Continue

Added by Ken Moore on December 5, 2008 at 1:47pm — 2 Comments

Ken Moore Looking Back on Losing a Job?

Some people are ready for a disaster from Mother Nature. There are survival kits and first aid kits nearby with flashlights, water, a radio, and maybe some personal items you want to make sure are safe. People who do not prepare for these things quickly realize the downfalls of not being prepared. So, why aren’t more people proactive toward the possibility of unexpected job loss? It is emotional when a job gets eliminated or the company you work for goes under. It can take several days to snap… Continue

Added by Ken Moore on December 1, 2008 at 6:14pm — 1 Comment

Ken Moore If Job Search Hurts, at Least do Something Different

I don’t know about you, but my parents always told me that if it hurts, then don’t do it. They saved many trips to the doctor’s office, and quite a bit of money, with this simple little saying or proverb. And, they were right! When I quit doing something that hurt, the pain went away. Of course, I was a kid back then and I didn’t have all the years of experience and wisdom that my parents did (not that I claim to have a bunch of wisdom now ). What’s my point? Flash forward to adult life. Are y… Continue

Added by Ken Moore on November 24, 2008 at 12:27pm — No Comments

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