You Have More Talent and Potential than You Realize
If you want to become a powerful performer, you have more potential than you realize, and you may underestimate the value of […]
Category: Success
When You Don’t Have the Job You Want, Bring Passion to the Job You Have
When You Don’t Have the Job You Want Bring Joy to the Job You Have ~ Jay Wren “There is scarcely any […]
Blessings
It is your responsibility to stop thinking negative thoughts about yourself before they become fixed in your mind as beliefs. Smile. Say […]
Gratitude
There’s no better time than right now to feel grateful. ~Jay Wren Photo by NEOM on Unsplash
10 Ways Winners Become Winners
All those things I learned as a child about healthy living are by coincidence the same things that adults do to become […]
Five Steps for Reducing Stress and Increasing Happiness
Six steps to reducing stress and increasing happiness. Live in the Present Moment. Living in the present moment means being fully aware […]
The Power of Information
The Power of Information If your friends, social media, and daily news make you fearful, hateful, and angry, you need better sources […]
What are the Dangers of Discussing Politics with Friends, Family, and Business Contacts?
One Simple Political Comment can Destroy Years of Trust. ~ Jay Wren There are a number of dangers to discussing politics with […]
Learn to Laugh at Yourself
The older you get the better you get unless you are a banana. Betty White Photo by Ashley Whitlatch on Unsplash
Locked-In Beliefs
“It’s easier to fool people than it is to convince them they’ve been fooled.” – Mark Twain Photo by Luke Chesser on Unsplash
Promoting Your Business with Politics or Religion
Unless your business is politics or religion, using politics or religion to promote your business is a bad idea. ~ Jay Wren […]
Fill Your Day with Joy
Happy people enjoy life. They fill their day with joy. They embrace kindness and share warmth and understanding. They allow themselves to […]
What Are You Most Worried About?
What are you most worried about for the future? This is a question that many people ask themselves, especially in times of […]
Positive Expectations Create Joy and Power
Positive Expectations Create Joy and Power Positive expectations are powerful tools that can help us achieve our goals and overcome challenges. They […]
Self-Awareness and Resilience
If you ask the right questions, setbacks are not failures. They are opportunities to learn new solutions. ~ Jay Wren Even with a […]
Living in the Present Moment
Living in the Present Moment Sometimes, people struggle with living in the present moment. They are either haunted by the past or […]
Strengths and Weaknesses
Success comes more easily when you can play to your strengths. Jay Wren Strengths: Self-awareness: You are aware of your strengths and weaknesses, […]
Artificial Intelligence
The willingness of people to believe what they see on the Internet tells me that artificial intelligence may soon if not already […]
Sweet Lies
With the Internet, the truth is right there, for everyone. At the same time, politicians and political influencers, more than ever, have […]
The Power of Smiling
Feeling Anxious? Try Smiling. ~www.jaywren.com Is Anxiety Killing Your Career? Anxiety can make you avoid opportunities for work, fun, and networking. It […]
Attention on the Internet
Viral: on the Internet, when you comment on anything, good or bad, you give it attention, and attention is power. Photo by Tobias […]
Viral
Viral: on the Internet, when you comment on anything, good or bad, you give it attention, and attention is power. ~ Jay […]
Guilt – A Painful Waste of Time
To be resilient, we must be able to forgive ourselves about our mistakes. Carrying around guilt lowers our self-esteem and confidence. Guilt […]
Pause
When I feel frustrated, in doubt, or angry, stepping away from a situation gives me the opportunity to calm my emotions. The […]
Comfortable Lies
On the other hand, when we are around people with different beliefs, the things that those people say, do, and write, threaten […]
Critical Thinking
Confirmation bias is the emotional and mental experience that we have based on our beliefs. Unconsciously, we say to ourselves, “This information […]
Planning – Updating Your Career Strategy
Book Excerpt: Best Jobs. Brightest Careers. Updating Your Career Strategy The Benefits of Updating Your Career Strategy: A great career plan is […]
Similarities
Our beliefs become hardwired in our minds. They control our thinking and our feelings about what other people say and do. Sometimes […]
Choices
Do we have choices over the way that we feel and think? I believe that we do. Of course, I know that […]
Life is Good
Feeling grateful is a normal, healthy feeling about life. However, gratitude is not always the first feeling we have. But we can […]
Have a Purpose
Have a purpose for the things you plan to do. Ask yourself questions like these: What do you want to accomplish? Who […]
They Have a Purpose
Have a purpose for the things you plan to do. Ask yourself questions like these: What do you want to accomplish? Who […]
Attitudes
Stick with winners. Surround yourself with people who will make you smarter, healthier, happier, and more successful. Spend time with supportive people. Good […]
Peace of Mind
The fear of the future is often more painful than experiencing the actual event. These fears cripple our mind and imagination. When […]
Peace
In a material world, it is easy to think that peace of mind comes from getting the things we want. However, getting […]
No Excuses
Authenticity and self-honesty are critical to success. You can’t solve a problem until you admit that that you have a problem. However […]
Hurt Feelings
In sports, athletes and coaches decide whether an athlete should continue to play or stop and receive medical attention. Is the athlete […]
Focus on Solutions
Problems are part of life. Success comes from finding solutions to the problems in your life. Everyone has problems. These problems lead […]
Building Your Career
Free Preview The tools and systems thousands of people have used to find the best jobs and to build the brightest careers. […]
Authentic Leadership
Authentic leaders the kind of trust that build creates success within an organization. To be authentic, leaders must have the self-awareness, the […]
Finding Opportunities
Are you finding new ways to build on your success? Innovation creates changes. Attitudes create changes. Economics creates changes. Mergers, acquisitions, and […]
Heathly Reflection
Healthy Reflection: Caring about what other people think about you is normal. But you cannot control what other people think. Worrying about […]
Trust Yourself
Are you holding yourself back? Trust yourself to become a powerful performer. Put together all the pieces to create success. Why shouldn’t […]
How the Best Leaders Manage in a Crisis
Difficult managers use crisis as a management tool. Everything is serious. Everything is urgent. They shake everybody up. The Power and […]
For hiring managers, the chemistry of the job interview influences hiring decisions as the much as the skills of the job applicant.
For hiring managers, the chemistry of the job interview influences hiring decisions as the much as the skills of the job applicant. […]
The People are the Company’s Greatest Assets
Knowledgeable, well-trained people are a company’s greatest asset. There is no game without the players. There are no goods or services without […]
Great People
The Challenging Work of Selecting Great People As a recruiter who worked with wonderful human resources people and hiring managers, I know […]
Choose Happiness
Happiness is easy when everything is going our way. Some people seem happy all the time. How can we be happy even […]
Life Challenges
Life’s challenges create pressure. I cannot always eliminate these challenges, but I can be smart about how I respond to them. Action […]
Worry Not
Worrying is Not Planning. When I am planning, I am actively engaged in the present moment. I am acting on things that […]
Do Something to Eliminate Fear
If you want to change the subject in your head, do something. Call someone. Read anything: a book, a website, a magazine, […]
Freedom from Fear
Emotional Intelligence: Learning how to manage emotions is part of growing up. However, becoming aware that our feelings are making us dumber […]
Setbacks and Resilience
Successful people have setbacks. Everyone does. But successful people bounce back. They have resilience. ~ www.jaywren.com How is it that some people […]
Poise and Confidence
Poise is not always automatic. Nearly everyone feels uncertain and lacks poise from time-to-time. How do successful people restore their confidence and […]
Gratitude and the Present Moment
People who see themselves as victims of the past and future lose power over their lives. However, they can step out of […]
Health
Your Health and Your Career Weight, Health, and Your Career Understanding the relationship of weight, health, and career success is important to […]
Master the Power of Overcoming Fear
Master the Power of Overcoming Fear The Power of Overcoming Fear: What is fear and why do we need it? When does […]
Best Teams
Team Success: What traits engage and build loyalty among team members? This article covers five of the traits I have found among […]
Choosing Joy
Don’t Wait for Success to Be Happy. Happiness doesn’t happen in the future. Nothing exists in the future. Everything can only exist […]
Becoming a Healthier Person
Toxic people create stress that spreads throughout an organization. What are the skills that you can develop not only to survive but […]
Changes
Toxic people create stress that spreads throughout an organization. What are the skills that you can develop not only to survive but […]
Act to Find Joy, Peace, and Success
Happiness and Joy don’t happen in the past or the future. Everything can only exist here and now.
Solutions for Success
Solutions: Viewing the world as a series of problems is discouraging, even scary. Solutions: How Successful People See the World
A Clear Mind
Life’s challenges create pressure. I can’t always eliminate these challenges, but I can reduce the pressure by being smart about how I […]
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Success Starts Today
Every day there are opportunities to create success from where you are. Look ahead without regret of the past or fear of […]
Creating a Positive Workplace
Focusing on a negative can distract people from the positive side of doing their job. It’s Not about Fruitcake I love fruitcake. […]
The Personal Benefits of Helping Others
Helping Others is Rewarding Some of the best things I have done for myself involved helping other people. Giving my time to help […]
Professional Growth
Professional growth: things change so rapidly that you must develop the skills and learn the information that will continue to make you […]
Anxiety and Emotional Intelligence
Anxiety is an emotion not an event. https://www.jaywren.com/emotional-intelligence-2/
Take Breaks
Take breaks: I can become so absorbed in my work that I don’t realize that I am too tired to be effective. […]
Stick with Winners For Personal and Professional Success
Stick with winners. Surround yourself with people who will make you smarter, healthier, happier, and more successful. Personal and Professional Life In […]
Persistence and Resilience: Empowered for Success
Successful people have setbacks. Everyone does. But successful people bounce back. They have persistence. They are resilient. ~ www.jaywren.com Do you have […]
Self-Consciousness
Self-consciousness is an obstacle to confidence. When I lack confidence, I am focusing on myself. Loss of Confidence When I lack confidence, […]
How to Stop Scaring Ourselves with Our Thinking
Things we don’t think about don’t scare us. ~ www.jaywren.com Who doesn’t have days when we worry about things going badly? We […]