Solutions: Viewing the world as a series of problems is discouraging, even scary. How can we change our outlook for greater success? People who see solutions do not view the world as a series of problems. ~Â www.jaywren.com My Story When I was a Navy bridge officer on a carrier, I had a commanding officer who…
âSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.â Winston Churchill Success is not final. Even repeating our actions does not guarantee success. As our circumstances change, the actions we need for success change. For nearly thirty years, I built a recruiting business based on using a telephone,…
If you want to become a powerful performer, you have more potential than you realize, and you may underestimate the value of talent. Here are nine factors that affect success. All are important. Here are the things that I accomplished with this process. I experienced feelings of excitement and joy in caring for people and…
When You Don’t Have the Job You Want Bring Joy to the Job You Have ~ Jay Wren âThere is scarcely any passion without struggle.â Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Most people just need a job. To enjoy the job, they pack passion in their lunch pails as part of finding joy…
It is your responsibility to stop thinking negative thoughts about yourself before they become fixed in your mind as beliefs. Smile. Say something nice about yourself. Make a list of your blessings. Smile There are many things that you can do to calm your jitters. Â Perhaps the most overlooked way is simply to smile. Â People…
All those things I learned as a child about healthy living are by coincidence the same things that adults do to become winners. ~ Jay Wren 10 Ways Winners Become Winners There are countless ways to become a winner. Here are ten things I see winners doing that help me. Winners own their mistakes. They…
Six steps to reducing stress and increasing happiness. Live in the Present Moment. Living in the present moment means being fully aware of what is happening right now, without dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. It is a state of mind that can bring many benefits, such as: Reducing stress and anxiety…
The Power of Information If your friends, social media, and daily news make you fearful, hateful, and angry, you need better sources of information. Spend time with people, social media, and daily news that give you hope, joy, and solutions that lead to success in your life. ~ Jay Wren Photo by Luke Chesser on Unsplash
One Simple Political Comment can Destroy Years of Trust. ~ Jay Wren There are a number of dangers to discussing politics with friends, family, and business contacts. Dangers of discussing politics with friends: Strained relationships: Political discussions can quickly become heated and emotional, especially if friends have strong opposing views. This can lead to arguments, resentment, and…
Unless your business is politics or religion, using politics or religion to promote your business is a bad idea. ~ Jay Wren What happens is that brand identity conflicts with deeply ingrained beliefs that inflame emotions and sway decisions. Photo by Fruit Basket Agency on Unsplash
Happy people enjoy life. They fill their day with joy. They embrace kindness and share warmth and understanding. They allow themselves to forgive people so that they themselves can be free from anger. ~ Jay Wren
What are you most worried about for the future? This is a question that many people ask themselves, especially in times of uncertainty and change. Some of the common worries that people have are related to their health, their finances, their relationships, their environment, and their purpose. These worries can cause stress, anxiety, and depression…
Positive Expectations Create Joy and Power Positive expectations are powerful tools that can help us achieve our goals and overcome challenges. They can also boost our happiness, confidence, and well-being. In this article, we will explore how positive expectations work, why they are important, and how we can cultivate them in our daily lives. The…
If you ask the right questions, setbacks are not failures. They are opportunities to learn new solutions. ~Â Jay Wren Even with a perfect product and plan, business campaigns can meet resistance. Sometimes, these plans fail completely. However, there are methods for working through setbacks and putting a plan back on track. Moreover, there are times…
Living in the Present Moment Sometimes, people struggle with living in the present moment. They are either haunted by the past or worried about the future. They miss the beauty and joy of life as it unfolds in front of them. They are not fully aware of their thoughts, feelings, sensations, and surroundings. They are…
Success comes more easily when you can play to your strengths. Jay Wren Strengths: Self-awareness:Â You are aware of your strengths and weaknesses, and you are willing to work on improving them. Problem-solving:Â You are able to identify and solve problems effectively. Communication:Â You are able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. Teamwork:Â You are able to…
The willingness of people to believe what they see on the Internet tells me that artificial intelligence may soon if not already be programming humans. ~ Jay Wren Experts now believe that 42% of the information on the Internet comes from bots. Bots post human created content. Humans respond to content on a conscious level…
With the Internet, the truth is right there, for everyone. At the same time, politicians and political influencers, more than ever, have normalized lying and people believe them. Why? Because a sweet lie is so delicious. Why do we lie to ourselves? We may lie to ourselves to avoid painful truths, to boost our confidence,…
Feeling Anxious? Try Smiling. ~www.jaywren.com Is Anxiety Killing Your Career? Anxiety can make you avoid opportunities for work, fun, and networking. Â It can cut your opportunities for leadership roles. Â Your anxiety can generate signals that make it harder for people to reach out to you. Smile There are many things that you can do to…
To be resilient, we must be able to forgive ourselves about our mistakes. Carrying around guilt lowers our self-esteem and confidence. Guilt does not help us correct mistakes. It only makes it more difficult to repair to damaged relationships. So, let go of guilt. If you made a mistake, do not repeat it. If you…
When I feel frustrated, in doubt, or angry, stepping away from a situation gives me the opportunity to calm my emotions. The separation allows me to reduce the noise in my head. I think more clearly. I make better decisions. I can try to reduce tension between another person and me by saying things like…
On the other hand, when we are around people with different beliefs, the things that those people say, do, and write, threaten our beliefs. On the surface, we feel anger. Beneath the surface, we feel fear. Threats to our beliefs threaten our self-esteem. We do not feel good when people make us examine our beliefs….
Confirmation bias is the emotional and mental experience that we have based on our beliefs. Unconsciously, we say to ourselves, âThis information is true because it reinforces my beliefs.â On the other hand, we will unconsciously say to ourselves, âThis information is false because it conflicts with my beliefs.â Different beliefs and ideologies between people…
Book Excerpt: Best Jobs. Brightest Careers. Updating Your Career Strategy The Benefits of Updating Your Career Strategy: A great career plan is an opportunity map. Your strategy must be flexible. With an updated plan, you will discover new roads for opportunities to succeed. Moreover, students and professionals who have developed and follow their own career…
Our beliefs become hardwired in our minds. They control our thinking and our feelings about what other people say and do. Sometimes friendships fall apart because people develop new beliefs. Other times, people who have been friends realize over time that some of their beliefs have never been the same on some issues. However, if…
Feeling grateful is a normal, healthy feeling about life. However, gratitude is not always the first feeling we have. But we can create feelings of gratitude by making the effort to think about the good things in our life. Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash
Have a purpose for the things you plan to do. Ask yourself questions like these: What do you want to accomplish? Who will benefit from your purpose? Will the purpose reward you for your time, effort, and money? Will your purpose lead you to even greater opportunities? Photo by Guille Ălvarez on Unsplash
Have a purpose for the things you plan to do. Ask yourself questions like these: What do you want to accomplish? Who will benefit from your purpose? Will the purpose reward you for your time, effort, and money? Will your purpose lead you to even greater opportunities? Photo by Guille Ălvarez on Unsplash
Stick with winners. Surround yourself with people who will make you smarter, healthier, happier, and more successful. Spend time with supportive people. Good company does more than make life fun. People who encourage you build your confidence. Furthermore, these people can help you find solutions and succeed in tough times. Photo by James Day on Unsplash
The fear of the future is often more painful than experiencing the actual event. These fears cripple our mind and imagination. When we are afraid, we can take a deep breath. We can clear our head by getting into action. We can write about our fears, and we can discuss them with friends. Often all…
In a material world, it is easy to think that peace of mind comes from getting the things we want. However, getting what we want often only leads to wanting more things. Even more painful, there is the anxiety of losing the things that we wanted so badly. So, what do we need to have…
Authenticity and self-honesty are critical to success. You can’t solve a problem until you admit that that you have a problem. However much it may hurt, the first step to bouncing back from a mistake is to be honest, with absolutely no excuses, that you made a mistake Photo by Antoine Rault on Unsplash
In sports, athletes and coaches decide whether an athlete should continue to play or stop and receive medical attention. Is the athlete hurt or injured. A common phrase in sports is “Rub some dirt on it.” Athletes just take their mind off the little pains in sports and get physically and mentally back into the…
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Authentic leaders the kind of trust that build creates success within an organization. To be authentic, leaders must have the self-awareness, the self-honesty, and the humility to recognize when their own direction and actions are not in the best interest of the company. They have an open mind to receiving input from the people who…
Are you finding new ways to build on your success? Innovation creates changes. Attitudes create changes. Economics creates changes. Mergers, acquisitions, and consolidations create changes. The unknowns will create changes that we canât imagine. Changes eliminate opportunities for people who are not changing with industry. However, people who stay successful develop new skills and continue…
Healthy Reflection: Caring about what other people think about you is normal. But you cannot control what other people think. Worrying about what other people think is a waste of time. Worry Photo Credit: Photo by Mitchell Orr on Unsplash
Are you holding yourself back? Trust yourself to become a powerful performer. Put together all the pieces to create success. Why shouldn’t you be the powerful performer that you want to become? Just turn the desire to become a power performer into doing the things that enable you to become that power performer. Photo by…
Difficult managers use crisis as a management tool. Everything is serious. Everything is urgent. They shake everybody up. The Power and Failings of Leadership: The Caine Mutiny https://www.jaywren.com/leadership-so-when-does-the-crisis-start/
For hiring managers, the chemistry of the job interview influences hiring decisions as the much as the skills of the job applicant. Think about it. The interviewer has read your resume.  Before the applicant arrives, the hiring manager has seen the applicants qualifications. Interview Tips: the Chemistry of the Job Interview
Knowledgeable, well-trained people are a companyâs greatest asset. There is no game without the players. There are no goods or services without the people to create and deliver them. The value of a company increases as the result of the increase in the quality of the performance of its people. New products come from the…
The Challenging Work of Selecting Great People As a recruiter who worked with wonderful human resources people and hiring managers, I know the challenges people face in making great hires. Over the years, I built a check-off list of traits I considered when making referrals. Using this list, I increased my placement to referral rate. …
Life’s challenges create pressure. I cannot always eliminate these challenges, but I can be smart about how I respond to them. Action I feel stressed when I put things off. To overcome procrastination, I simply agree to do one small thing. A common example is to go for a walk, I lace up my shoes….
If you want to change the subject in your head, do something. Call someone. Read anything: a book, a website, a magazine, whatever changes your thinking. Walk around the block. Turn on the television. Put on some music. Just do something. Act to Find Joy, Peace, and Success
Emotional Intelligence: Learning how to manage emotions is part of growing up. However, becoming aware that our feelings are making us dumber is not always easy. How do successful people deal with emotions to make better decisions? Emotional Intelligence: 12 Steps to Empowering Your Mind
Successful people have setbacks. Everyone does. But successful people bounce back. They have resilience. ~ www.jaywren.com How is it that some people can overcome setbacks while other people can’t? Â Are there skills for resilience that everyone can learn? Five Obstacles to Resilience Fear Pride Confusion Procrastination Resentments Here are ways to overcome those five obstacles….
Poise is not always automatic. Nearly everyone feels uncertain and lacks poise from time-to-time. How do successful people restore their confidence and maintain their poise in challenging situations? Poise: Steps to Confidence and Increasing Your Potential
People who see themselves as victims of the past and future lose power over their lives. However, they can step out of the role of the victim when they empower themselves to find gratitude for the present moment. I am grateful for the fact that I have the present moment to be effective at my…
Your Health and Your Career Weight, Health, and Your Career Understanding the relationship of weight, health, and career success is important to your career. There are many articles on the subject. This article from Forbes on weight-based discrimination is a good one. “Is Your Weight Affecting Your Career?” Weight is image related and it is performance related….
Master the Power of Overcoming Fear The Power of Overcoming Fear: What is fear and why do we need it? When does it help us to survive? When does it turn on us and make us less effective? You can have power over fear. You can enjoy life more, and you can help other people…
Team Success: What traits engage and build loyalty among team members? This article covers five of the traits I have found among successful organizations. photo credit: Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay.com
Donât Wait for Success to Be Happy. Happiness doesnât happen in the future. Nothing exists in the future. Everything can only exist here and now. Becoming happy today gives us energy and brings joy to our lives. Image: @tyybone Are Happy People More Successful?
Toxic people create stress that spreads throughout an organization. What are the skills that you can develop not only to survive but to grow around destructive personalities? Toxic People: How to Deal with Destructive Personalities
Problems are part of life. Success comes from finding solutions to the problems in your life. Everyone has problems. These problems lead to frustration. Additionally, frustrations make it easy to give up instead of acting on personal and career obstacles. We can become fearful and feel self-pity. Problems can make it easy for us to…
Lifeâs challenges create pressure. I canât always eliminate these challenges, but I can reduce the pressure by being smart about how I respond to them. Stress Reduction for a Clear and Productive Mind
Every day there are opportunities to create success from where you are. Look ahead without regret of the past or fear of the future. ~ www.jaywren.com Become Discovered: How Powerful People Find Great Jobs
Focusing on a negative can distract people from the positive side of doing their job. It’s Not about Fruitcake I love fruitcake. Â Like everything else, fruitcake has people who love it and people who do not. Nearly two million fruitcakes are sold each year. I doubt that many people eat an entire fruitcake, since most…
Helping Others is Rewarding Some of the best things I have done for myself involved helping other people.  Giving my time to help other people in turn benefited me mentally and emotionally. Helping other people increased my self-esteem as a person of value. I had activities to plan and anticipate. I got to know as many…
Professional growth: things change so rapidly that you must develop the skills and learn the information that will continue to make you an asset to your customers or clients. Success Stories Learn from success stories. Learn about the changes people are making to become successful. Additionally, learn about the needs that people have for new…
Take breaks: I can become so absorbed in my work that I donât realize that I am too tired to be effective. However, not stopping to rest is counterproductive. When I am pushing myself mentally and physically, I may complete less work. Moreover, I may deal with situations poorly. Not taking breaks can lead to…
Stick with winners. Surround yourself with people who will make you smarter, healthier, happier, and more successful. Personal and Professional Life In your personal and professional life, surround yourself with winners. Learning how these people have become successful and remain successful can help you learn how to build success in your own personal and professional…
Successful people have setbacks. Everyone does. But successful people bounce back. They have persistence. They are resilient. ~ www.jaywren.com Do you have the qualities of persistence and resilience? If not, how can you develop them? With persistence, great sports teams come from behind to win the game. Great inventors with persistence work through research and…
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