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The #1 Criteria When Recruiting, Interviewing, or Selecting a Mate

06/01/2016 / By Mike Hawkins / Change, Relationships and Marriage, Self Improvement

When selecting your partners, employees, friends, or mate, what do you look for? When considering offers of employment or building new friendships, do you have specific criteria in mind? Do you follow a selection profile when recruiting or being recruited? Having a definitive selection profile is almost impossible as there are thousands of attributes used …

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Is it Time to Take a Step Backward?

11/01/2015 / By Mike Hawkins / Change, Leadership, Relationships and Marriage

Have you ever had to take a step backward in your career, perhaps accept a lesser position or lower compensation? Or a step backward in a project to rework something? Or a step backward in the marketplace—deferring a near-term opportunity in favor of a longer-term one? Or a step backward in a relationship where you …

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The Most Neglected Area Impacting Work Performance

10/01/2015 / By Mike Hawkins / Relationships and Marriage, Self Improvement

When you think about what impacts your job performance and your professional development objectives, what do you think about? Performance and ongoing development for most people are based on two categories of skills – soft skills and hard skills. Soft skills are general skills that apply regardless of role or position such as communicating effectively, …

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What Your Circumstances Shouldn’t Do

09/01/2015 / By Mike Hawkins / Change, Relationships and Marriage

Have you ever thought about how much your attitude depends on your circumstances? For example, does your happiness depend on how much praise you receive? How much money you have? How organized and controlled things are? How well your children are doing? Or do you stay upbeat regardless of your situation? How about your character? …

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What Could Be Better Than the Present?

08/01/2015 / By Mike Hawkins / Self Improvement

When you think about what makes life enjoyable, what do you think about? Your family? Friends? Hobbies? Faith? Fulfillment from work? Satisfaction from helping others? Or is there something more fundamental that gives you joy? When you are away from your family, but pause to think about them, do you smile mentally if not physically. Why? …

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