5 Steps to Achieve Your Goals

1. Don’t take no for an answer

You have to make it happen even if the odds are against you, even if others tell you “you can’t do it” .  Understand that success often lies behind a thick wall of rejection. Don’t let that stop you. When you know you are into something special, you have to stand your ground.

2. Have a definite purpose

Take continuous action on your plan, close your mind tightly against negativity and surround yourself with people. A definite purpose backed by a burning desire for its fulfillment is what will allow you to reach your goal.

3. Fake it until you make it

See yourself already as the best you can be. Create pictures in your imagination of what you want to achieve. Visualize your goal to every last detail and you will be able to clearly define your road to success.

4. Have faith

Faith provides you with the power to persist, only you know what you are capable of.  Faith will provide you with inspiration, power, self-confidence.

Open Communication Unlocks the Best Out of Your Team

Communication is part of your Social Skills- a component of your Social Competence.

While Social Skills, in general, are related to your adeptness at inducing desirable responses in others -Communication relates to your ability to listen openly and sending convincing messages.

People who have this competence usually:

•    Are effective in giving and taking
•    Register emotional cues, by attuning their message and response.
•    Deal with difficult issues straightforwardly
•    Listen well and seek mutual understanding.
•    Welcome sharing of information in a full and clear manner.
•    Foster open communication and stay receptive to bad news as well as good ones.

On a business level, it is of utmost importance to have an open and honest channel of communication -  otherwise, you might always ask yourself: "are they telling me only what they want me to hear instead of what I need to know?"

In business, creating an atmosphere of open and honest communication, allows brilliant ideas to flourish - it unlocks the value and potential of employees and everyone involved within an organization. When you communicate openly, you open the possibility of getting the best out of people; their energy, their creativity.

Acknowledgement of accomplishments is also another important part of communication - communicating with positive emotion and rewarding success; on the other hand keeping cool and composed when results are not as expected.

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Using Heartfelt Emotion to Increase Team Creativity

Get into the habit of drawing on “heartfelt emotion” to increase creativity within your team.

Drawing on your own, genuine emotions doesn’t just keep things positive. Ultimately it deepens the impact of positive interactions. Creativity is going to come that much more easily.

“Strong heartfelt emotions can halt our rational mental processes and connect us to people in a much more profound way than relatively mild feelings, such as relief or satisfaction or thankfulness. Heartfelt emotions make our hearts sing, and they set fire to our cognitive and perceptual abilities – traits that every business prizes.”

It seems obvious that heartfelt emotion should create more positive feelings and therefore drive creativity but truthfully, few of the companies take this approach, most likely out of ignorance.

“When team members experience heartfelt emotion, their creative ability ratchets up a notch. That’s why primal team leaders try to deepen team emotion.”

Have you ever worked for someone who exhibited such heartfelt emotions?