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Archive for April, 2009

Change-ability Tip #14: Seek feedforward instead of feedback

I first read about feedforward in Marshall Goldsmith’s book, What Got You Here won’t Get You There but you can also read an article about it on his website.
Asking co-workers or friends for feedback can be helpful–if they’re skilled and you’re accepting. As Goldsmith points out, feedback looks at events that have already happened. Change-ability [...]

Change-ability Tip #13: Goal setting–more powerful than we thought

Photo: L. Solonynko
Much is written about the benefits of goal setting and articulating our dreams. It seems, however, that goals may be even more important than we thought. In 2008, psychologists Baruch Eitam, Ran Hassin and Yaacov Schul at Hebrew University studied the benefit of “non-conscious goal pursuit”–moving toward a desired goal without being aware [...]

Change-ability Tip #12: The magical three Cs–commitment, control and challenge

Photo: Mary R. Vogt
Researchers have found that people who approach stress-filled workplace experiences with a specific mind-set can weather difficult times with improved performance and happiness and even greater enthusiasm for their jobs!
In the early 1980s, a 12-year study by psychologist Salvatore R. Maddi and others at the University of Chigago was already in progress [...]

Change-ability Tip #11: Listen

Photo: L.M. Solonynko
In my opinion, listening is so critical for resilience that it should really be change-ability tip #1. We all spend much of our daily lives listening. If you live with another person, pets, or even a radio, listening starts when you wake up in the morning. However, if you’re concerned about your resilience [...]