Book Review: Selected

by Authors Mark Van Vugt & Anjana Ahuja

Review by Faith Wood, Inspiring Minds Consulting

Book Review: The Vault

Author:  Ruth Rendell

Four bodies are discovered - buried in a coal hole in the back patio of a prestigious home (Orcadia Cottage) in St. John's Wood, London.   A chance discovery of two women and two men each of varying ages.  Stranger yet, it would appear that the bodies were placed inside during various years and the owner of the property claims to be as surprised as everyone else.   This is the setting for Ruth Rendell's crime thriller, The Vault.

Resolutions & Goals - should you make em?

I know we are two weeks in already, but it seemed like a good time to address the issue of why some of us make resolutions and others don't. 

Even though you have in years past resolved to lose weight, exercise more, take up painting, travel the world, write the perfect novel, find a cure for all diseases, eradicate war the world over, you - and countless other sensible people like you - have finally come to the conclusion that New Year's resolutions are simply not that wise into you.

Well, take heart. There are some resolutions you may be motivated enough to keep. You can call them Valentine's Day resolutions, if you wish, just to make them a bit different (and to recognize the fact that it is closing in on February and you're thinking you really should be doing something about improving your lot in life).

It's a new Year - Time to regroup

So I kind of fell apart in 2011 as far as blogging goes.  I always had the greatest intentions, but without specific action, the best of intentions are often wasted.  So...I figure it's time to regroup.  Time to reconsider how I organize and write my blogs.  I want them to be insightful (Even a little entertaining) and appear with some form of regularity.  Since I was in San Diego at the dawn of the new year, it definitely bought me some time to get started.  I know that most of us never actually achieve our new year's resolutions, so I am strategizing systems to actually keep mine.  But, before we do that - just a little recap of how I made out with last year's resolutions (I definitely encourage each of you to do this - we have til the end of January to be considered well under way, right?!

I love this time of year - especially the moment just after 12 on January 1st when I realize that I really do get a 'do-over'.   Yep - a chance to recover from all the blunders I made in the past year in respect of business opportnities that I let slip by, friendships I forgot to stay on top of and resolutions I completely overlooked!

Are you being bullied at work?

There has been a lot of discussion on social media and in the news lately about bullying.  This is a complex and challenging problem that is being dealt with in homes, schools and workplaces across the country.  Since my new book:  The Graduating Bully launched this week, I thought I would take a second to blog about this particular issue:

When you leave adolescence, you expect the schoolyard bully days of tireless exploitation will be over and that your differences will become assets.  After all, we no longer have to sit in homeroom classes with the same people five days a week - no longer is there recess, or Nerf balls in gym class, nor binder rings to distort. But.... our past experiences as bullies and victims do not leave our consciousness after grade school; in fact, bullying among adults is just as common.