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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***Do you want to know how to relax more?

Elite athletes, such as the two champions who recently stayed at peak performance for a five-hour tennis match, demonstrate an optimal natural pattern to their exertion. It is a Sprint/Recovery pattern, in which you focus intensely and then recover and replenish your energy by doing something that fully disengages the parts of your brain focused on work and effectively rejuvenates you. For most of us, the optimum pattern is 90 minutes of intense focus followed by renewal. This number is based on our natural circadian rhythms that go in 90 minute cycles throughout the day.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***Reduce Stress in Any Situation

There are always 3 strategies you can use to tackle any stressful situation: Problem Perception Physiology Usually you might only think about trying to “change the problem”, and if you can’t do that then you might think you have to just put up with it. This framework shows you that there is a lot more you can control than you think. Here are two examples, first from a new client of mine who’s starting a company and second, from a participant at one of my speeches to a NY financial company who’s getting piled on at work.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

Want to Reduce the Number of Times You are Interrupted?

We are interrupted on average 7x/hour and waste approximately 2.1 hours a day on distractions. You’ve probably been thinking that since interruptions originate with another person, they need to be the one to stop it – but you have more control than you think. I’m putting together a resource guide for you about how to find more time in your day and stay focused amidst never ending distractions – it leaks a number of the tips I wrote in my forthcoming book Success under Stress (December 2012). Look for it in my upcoming emails…

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

Want to Get Started on Something You've Been Putting Off?

After 3 ½ hours of jumping, thumping, and pumping at a Bruce Springsteen concert last week, lyrics to his song “Wrecking Ball” kept looping in my head: “If you think it’s your time, then step to the line, C’mon take your best shot… let me see what you’ve got! Bring on your wrecking ball.” (The song is actually about the destruction of the former Giants Stadium in favor of the current MetLife one, but stay with me here, the words apply never-the-less!)

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

Do you Want to Command Respect?

“What if they think my comment isn’t smart?” “Is the answer to my question in the materials they distributed or explained in a prior meeting?” “I don’t think I have as much experience as they think I do, I better not state my idea with conviction - this way I have an out if my recommendations don’t turn out to be right.” That’s what Michael told me was on his mind when he decided not to speak up in the meeting with his boss, his colleagues, and their prospects.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***How To Create Friction Free Relationships

You have an awkward interaction with your friend…Do you blame her and wait for an apology, or do you proactively reach out to ‘own’ your part in it? Your assistant does your marketing promotion wrong. Do you get irritated at her or do you calm yourself down before asking her to help you understand what went awry and how you can prevent it next time?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***Do you think, or do you react?

My client’s boss said to me about my client: We had a plan in place to move forward with pricing. She was in the situation and just went with the idea that came to her mind. “She needs to think instead of react.” My sister in law told me about her day last week as a pre-school teacher: “I came home and snapped at the kids.” How about you: Do you think, or do you react?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***Stress Related Insomnia? 7 Strategies to Sleep Well Through the Night

As working professionals, we work hard and give to others all day. When we are advised togeteight hours of sleep, but don't, it can make us feel guilty. We wish we knew how toshutoff our devices in the evening, how to keep ourselves from trading an hour ofproductivityfor sleep, or how to turn our heads off when we wake up at 2 a.m. anticipating tomorrow’s 'to do' list. We have the will, but not the way… but we do have tools that can help us handle the stresses of our day and have more control over sleeping throughout night

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

Stop Feeling Controlled by a Difficult Family Member or Colleague

Usually people are “difficult” because they are going about getting their needs met in the only way they know how. They have very specific (and we might think “overly rigid”) ways of feeling powerful and having esteem; they focus narrowly on controlling things, situations, and people so that they can get the outcomes that will enable them to feel good. They are not able to feel good by connecting meaningfully with you for who you really are.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***Are You Too Hard on Yourself?

Are you too hard on yourself? Do people tell you they really like you, or think you are great at what you do – but still inside you think you are ‘not enough’ Do you criticize yourself to try to motivate yourself, but really all it does is stress you out and get in the way of success? Here’s the irony: You work so hard for other people to think well of you, and once they do you don’t even take in their compliment.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

Do you want to turn obstacles into opportunities?

Over the last few months, I gave a number of trainings at companies like Procter and Gamble, Pfizer, and GE so I had a chance to talk to a lot of business professionals like you. One of the themes I heard was the importance of turning obstacles into opportunity. According to Accenture (2010), 71% of senior executives say it is the trait they are looking for in making retention and promotion choices. Business owners who can do this well keep their business afloat in difficult times.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

Do you Want an Easier Way to Achieve Your Goals?

Remember that middle-school essay writing tradition: “What I did on my Summer Vacation?” Today’s blog is my adult version of that exercise: What I learned at Summer Camp 2012 – An Easier Way to Achieve Your Goals. Did you think I was kidding about the summer camp part? I did actually spend a weekend at a camp for adults. It was a joyful whirlwind of volleyball, trapeze, obstacle course, ping pong, and even a little bit of learning how to play Texas Hold’em poker. Big fun.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***Do you Need a Mental Diet?

You know not to think the obvious kinds of negative thoughts. Thoughts like “I am not as smart as my counterparts” or “I can’t…” Those are easily identified as thoughts to remove from your mental diet. Here are 3 other kinds of ‘empty calories’ thoughts. Cut them out immediately! 1. Unanswerable questions – When things aren’t going your way, you often ask an unanswerable question, such as Why don’t things work out for me? or Why does it look so easy for the guy who sits next to me? or Why doesn’t the person in operations get back to me?

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***Do You Have Too Much on Your Plate?

Does your ‘to do’ list feel like the never-ending stream of clowns getting out of a Volkswagen? Conventional wisdom suggests that to reduce your overwhelm you should ‘Prioritize’. But your challenge is that Everything Seems Urgent. Below is the formula to win in situations of ‘too much to do and not enough time’. Be sure to read to the end because it’s my birthday today and to honor it I’m giving you a very extensive gift that will help you manage all you have on your plate. 1) Know your Purpose and Personal Strengths

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***Do you Actually Enjoy Your Free Time?

The end of summer is over. What has the highlight of your summer been? Sure, go on…relive that moment now. For me it happened last week while in the San Francisco Bay Area after doing a training on Influence and Friction-Free Relationships for a company. I took off a handful of days to go mountain biking in Lake Tahoe and then visited with my two oldest friends – healthy organic food,lots of laughs, supporting one another’s direction. Most of the time I was able to be ‘off’, but there were still some moments that thoughts about work still made me feel ‘on’.

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***Do You Cause Your Own Problems?

There are plenty of aggravations these days that are out of your control. The effects of the economy, and other people’s flaws are obvious examples. But for many of the problems that eat up your time and energy, you may have a hand in causing them yourself. This is not blame, this is good news! That means you can quickly do YOUR part to have more success with less stress. Think of a chronic frustration or an acute challenge you are facing. Ask yourself if you are ‘causing’ it in any of these ways:

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By Sharon MelnickRecently published1 topic

***5 Tips to 'Think Positive' When You Are Anxious

Do you ever have the experience where you are worried what is going to happen in the future? It’s not anything specific, or maybe it’s many specific challenges that are all adding up. You might even know your anxiety is ‘irrational’ but that doesn’t help! Here are two approaches you can use to ‘think positive’ and get back into a state where you have ease and can concentrate. Focus on the Moment

Primary topic: Stress Management

Stress Management

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By SelfGrowth ContributorFeb 21, 20081 topic

The Real Reasons Why Youâ¦Procrastinate

(The first in a series of myth-busting piecesâ¦) In contrast to most advice columns, I think procrastination has less to do with fear, and more to do with hope. nnWhen you procrastinate on doing the âbig rocksâ in your life (finding your next career step, starting a business, writing your book, etc.) you do so to preserve hope: As long as you donât âput yourself out thereâ, then in your mind you can continue to live in the possibility that someday you will live up

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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