I’ve learned that difficult situations can be handled peacefully and gracefully by implementing one simple practice: setting boundaries. Here now is my five-step plan on how to set effective boundaries. Let the liberation from being walked all over begin now! Read More
Five Tips on How to Set Boundaries
Taking Risks in Life: Saying YES to New Opportunities
In 2018, you may be just one word away from epic adventures: when you start taking risks in life by saying “yes” to new opportunities. Everyone’s seen the meme that answers the question “Why are people afraid of change?” It’s a calculated risk any time we leave our comfort zone. Working on building your social circle and attracting more high-quality … Read More
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How to Develop Social Skills to Attract and Keep High-Value People
It’s never too late to learn new methods to help develop social skills. Today we share some of our favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve talked about low-value people, value vampires, and today we want to talk about why you should continue to develop social skills. The right skills will help you build a social circle of high-value people. … Read More
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Time Management Training — Our Best Tips and Tricks
Without proper time management training, you’ll have a much harder time doing the things you want to do while still accomplishing all you need to accomplish. In this post, we want to share some of our best tips and tricks for time management training. We know how it is to be so busy you feel like you can’t get everything … Read More
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Seven Surprising Reasons to Be Nice at Work
If you Google “being nice at work,” you’ll find no shortage of articles bemoaning the hidden costs of being kind in your career. “9 Ways Being Nice At Work Is Holding You Back,” warns one article. “11 Ways To Stop Being Too Nice At Work & Start Being Assertive,” offers another. “It’s Time to Stop Being So Nice at Work,” … Read More
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Improve Your Social Health and Increase the Value of Your Social Circle
How can you improve your social health if your social circle needs more high-value members? How can you improve your social health in your current social circle? In our last post we discussed “value vampires,” those people who suck away attention from you and others. These value vampires can hold you back and bring negativity into your space. In this … Read More
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From the Vault #20 | Overcoming Obstacles with Ryan Holiday
Our From the Vault series examines episodes from The Art of Charm’s past more deeply; we invite you to revisit them — or discover them for the first time — with us. This From the Vault features the second of three episodes we have done with Ryan Holiday, and was one of the very first ones he did to promote … Read More
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What Are Social Skills? A Value Vampire Has No Clue.
What Are Social Skills? Don’t Let Value Vampires Suck the Goodness out of Your Life. From the “what are social skills” series: understanding value can help you spot value vampires. Are you a value vampire? Or do you let value vampires feed on you? Before you answer that, let’s take a minute to recap the concept of value. We usually … Read More
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The Illustrated Art of Manliness
One of the things that Brett McKay sometimes does at the end of an Art of Manliness podcast is a five-minute conversation with a host of another podcast. On one particular occasion he interviewed this guy named Jordan who had a show called The Art of Charm. I really enjoyed what he had to say, added the show to my … Read More
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Stuck? Here Are Nine Things You Can Do Right Now
So you’re stuck. You’ve been riding a nice wave for a minute, only to suddenly find yourself out of momentum, adrift in your work, idling in neutral. Your passion is a nice idea. Your drive is a distant memory. Whatever it takes to move forward, you’ve lost it somewhere along the way. Then come the thoughts. The worry. The anxiety. … Read More
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