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Best Bets for 2008

On The Job

So, I'm doing a Tidbit Thursday, which doesn't sound as catchy but will nevertheless be just as riveting: * Hand me that wrench: In ranking the best careers for 2008, U.S. (And just for the record, I will never eat Peppermint Patties again.) News and World Report dropped 25 profiled careers from its 2007 list and added 11 new ones.

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Workplace Trends for 2008

On The Job

Since I began doing my syndicated workplace column more than 15 years ago, I've often interviewed Gerald Celente, founder of The Trends Research Institute , about workplace trends in the coming year. When I spoke with him recently, he told me that a large newspaper that normally also interviews him wouldn't be doing so this year.

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Fact vs. Fiction

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3] Reissner (2008). [4]Drake, 5] Reissner (2008). [6]Reissner The International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching 2008, 6(3), 1-5. [7]David, 9] Reissner (2008). [10]ICF Is it something more of an opinion? s the broader perspective one that changes the “fact” in some way, positive or negative? 10, June 2016. 4]Drake, D.B.

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Creating Transformation Through Positive Psychology

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Erekson critiqued in their 2008 research article, “The positive psychology movement with its emphasis on giving preference to positive emotions seems misguided in a clinical context.” Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2008, Pages 222-232. It was early in the practice of Positive Psychology when Michael J. Lambert and David M. References.

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Doubt vs. Power

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Express and take responsibility for their emotions and needs They are more creative and innovative because they are less affected by other peoples’ ideas and opinions (Galinskyet al., They don’t rely on others to care for them; they take care of themselves. Power and Perspectives Not Taken. Psychological Science , Vol. 12, 1068-1074.

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Embrace Metaphor in the Career Coaching Conversation

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Metaphor is a powerful tool allowing us to see different perspectives of complex and abstract things by connecting with physical and social experiences (Lakoff and Johnson, 2008). Lakoff and Johnson (2008) also emphasized the importance of metaphor – ‘people’s conceptual system is fundamentally metaphorical in nature.’ Lakoff, G. &

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Relationship

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Other people matter”, is what Christopher Peterson, one of the founders of positive psychology used to say when summarizing what positive psychology was about (Peterson, 2008). Christopher Peterson (2008). Undeniably, positive relationships, or their absence, have a profound impact on our well-being. Vol 10, No. 2, August 2012.

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