http://successworthliving.com Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:15:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Often yes! Why? Because of our capacity for empathy; we are generally better at it than men. We are more sensitive to subtle signals and we constantly read others’ energies, feelings and reactions while doing whatever it is we are doing. That’s the case even when we are heavily involved in technical ... http://successworthliving.com/72/do-women-find-negotiating-more-stressful-than-men-do Have you ever asked anyone whether they have regrets? The most common answer is a forceful: “I never have regrets; I did what I did and don’t dwell on the past.” I don’t subscribe to that philosophy, at least not fully. Yes, living in the past is useless if you get ... http://successworthliving.com/69/regrets-aren%e2%80%99t-a-bad-thing The freedom to get up when we want, do what we want. Not to have to worry about getting ahead, or even keeping our jobs or our clients. Not having to solve problems all the time. Can’t you feel the relief? No wonder the hammock swimming from the tree is such ... http://successworthliving.com/36/we-could-be-happy-if-we-didn%e2%80%99t-have-to-work The last sentence on last week’s post caused a reaction: I was listing a few problems faced by affluent children, and said that it was another example of how success can cause problems if it’s not managed properly. But it was their parents (or earlier generations) that were successful, so ... http://successworthliving.com/34/other-people%e2%80%99s-success You know the stereotypes: spoiled brats or without ambition. We’ve heard it often enough and I don’t have statistics to prove either way. Whether or not they run into difficulties more than other people, affluent kids do face certain issues because of the family’s wealth: They have more money and often ... http://successworthliving.com/33/are-children-of-wealthy-parents-good-for-nothing That’s what a client of mine once said. She had just gotten divorced under “great” circumstances: it was what she wanted, the children were grown up and on their own so there was no custody issue, and there was plenty of money for both spouses so divorce wasn’t a financial ... http://successworthliving.com/32/i-got-what-i-wanted-why-am-i-not-happy For one thing, the ability to relate to people is the main success factor in business (more about that in later posts). Many of us paid the price for high marks with long hours of concentrated work, leaving little time to pursue other interests. I know that I would go through ... http://successworthliving.com/31/why-would-high-marks-at-school-be-bad-for-your-career I was traveling for most of May, partly for business and partly for pleasure, and the month flew by. I had decided that writing blog posts was not my highest priority; looking after individuals’ needs was as well as taking a break. But I felt like a slacker for not posting, ... http://successworthliving.com/30/electronic-leash Remember that commercial, sometime in the 80s, I think. It’s been spoofed many times since, more than it deserves to be. I mean the acting isn’t Oscar material, but it isn’t bad enough to warrant the kind of derision it got over the years. So what’s going on here? For that ... http://successworthliving.com/29/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99ve-fallen-and-i-can%e2%80%99t-get-up%e2%80%9d-laughing-at-failure My most draining days have been when they were full of long, hard work of the kind that I dislike doing, and either: I didn’t see the point of it all Or I didn’t see when it would end. It seems like nothing is as tiring as pointlessness. We humans are problem solving ... http://successworthliving.com/28/nothing-is-as-tiring-as-pointless-work