Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, my mission is empowering others to find peace, joy and fulfillment by embracing simplicity. Why is comparing ourselves to others harmful? We are conditioned to compare. What does someone else have that I don’t? We may become upset with ourselves, feeling unworthy, jealous and even angry . Why do we do this to ourselves? You’ve probably heard…
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Ways to Un-Kill Kindness Everyday
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, my mission is empowering others to find peace, joy and fulfillment by embracing simplicity. Is It Time to Bring Back Kindness? Any season is a good time to recharge our batteries, and also a great opportunity to practice kindness. Whether it’s picking up trash in the neighborhood, writing a note to someone you appreciate or buying your coffee barista…
Read MoreDoes Our Lizard Brain Steal Our Success?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, my mission is empowering others to find peace, joy and fulfillment by embracing simplicity. New Year’s is almost always an automatic time to sit down and make a list of things that you want to improve in your life. This can be anything from losing weight to getting more exercise or even spending less money. It is no surprise that these…
Read MoreHow Do We Ditch the Looking Glass Self?
Reading Time: 3 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, my mission is empowering others to find peace, joy and fulfillment by embracing simplicity. In college, I only took the minimum number of sociology classes, since my focus was insurance and risk management. I may or may not have heard of Charles Horton Cooley previously, but before you start searching the interwebs for him, stick with me here. This guy was…
Read MoreCan We Achieve Wellness Without Overwhelm?
Reading Time: 3 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, my mission is to empower others to live their best lives by embracing simplicity. How to Maintain Wellness Without Overwhelm Feeling overwhelmed is a feeling that can affect every aspect of your life. It can cause you to feel like everything is crashing down around you, and it can also make it difficult to see a way out. Stress…
Read MoreFive Ways Forgiveness Is Good for You
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker, guide to others, and founder of heartsofwellness.com, my mission is to empower others to live their best lives by embracing seemingly small simple steps. The idea that forgiveness is a healthy way to let go of things that cause pain, resentment and suffering has led to the development of many theories about why it helps us heal. Why Forgiveness Releases Energy Forgiveness has long been viewed as a virtue…
Read MoreMaking Your Most Important Investment Work
Reading Time: 3 minutesTo get the best performance from your employees, it is critical that you provide structures and systems (including pay systems) that motivate them. To understand and predict what these are, you need a very good model or framework describing human motivation. Only when you have achieved this, it is worth investing time and money in training your employees. If you do it the other way around, not only may your employees not use the new skills acquired in their training but they are more likely to leave the organisation. This…
Read MoreWhy Your Success Hinges on Your Decisions!
Reading Time: 3 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others make forward progress towards living their best lives Three Ways Embracing Decision Helps Us Succeed Decision making is a critical part of solving complex problems. It happens throughout the problem-solving process, from framing a question to exploring options and ideas. It also requires ensuring that decisions are delegated appropriately. We should ask,…
Read MoreHow Your Apparel Influences Your Attitude
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others make forward progress towards living their best lives! Are You What You Wearing? When you’re feeling down, a positive saying can turn your frown upside down. The power of positive self-talk can make a hard day manageable, and an okay day even better. So if you need a little motivation, check out these…
Read MoreAre Your Surroundings Keeping You Stuck?
Reading Time: 3 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others make forward progress towards living their best lives! Our surroundings play a larger role in our mental health and well-being than we often realize. Your home, workplace, neighborhood, community and the natural external world all have a profound impact on your thought process and emotions. The field of environmental psychology studies the impact…
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