The Bigger Half

http://www.businessinsider.com/when-youre-driven-its-normal-for-people-not-to-like-you-2013-1?0=careers-contributor&buffer_share=14a2d

You’re never not going to have critics. And it’s probably always going to bother you.

The harsh truth about being successful is that you are going to make people irrationally mad at you in the process. It’s  inevitable. Part of the painful journey.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3002840/six-steps-troubleshooting-your-life

My husband and I were talking about business today and I mentioned that I needed to start planning my marketing strategy for 2013.  What's curious about this, is that I don't really have a strategy per se.

People who know and work with me, know that I like to help them learn to connect with people they are impressed with.  My entire career was based upon getting information from people I was impressed with whether because of an article I read about them in the newspaper or something I knew about their company or something I hear about them through friends. I would write a letter introducing myself, requesting some time so that I could learn about them and then, if it made sense, I often was asked  if I was interested in pursuing employment with them.

http://thinksimplenow.com/happiness/dealing-with-difficult-people/

Emotional Baggage

August 18, 2012
by Michelle of "They Call Me Mummy"
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inc.com/geoffrey-james/gratitude-true-secret-to-success.html

If you're not exercising this emotional muscle, you're probably setting yourself up for failure.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/05/the_new_professional.html -

Harvard Business Review -

Empathy!  Defined as - the capacity to recognize feelings that are being experienced by another sentient or semi-sentient being. Someone may need to have a certain amount of empathy before they are able to feel compassion.