A week (2) of giving a Helping Hand In the last week I was supposed to focus on giving people a helping hand…well, this blog is a week late, and I don’t have specific experiences of helpfulness to share, but I do have the lessons learned from what I have been experiencing. Tweet: ‘Who do […]
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Giving a Helping hand Tweet: What can I help you with? @erinkellygirl After wrapping up my asking-for-help-week last time I want to now focus on the other side of helpfulness: Offering help. Tweet: For me, there is little that tops the joy I experience when I am able to help someone. @erinkellygirl Especially when I help […]
The Joy of Helpfulness (Part 2)
Experiences of an asking-for-help-week Last week I promised you a report about my asking-for-help-week. Here is what I experienced: What did I ask for help with, how did it feel? Help Day # 1… I asked for help from the BolderLife committee leaders. It was hard to admit that I can’t cover everything, however it […]
JUST SEND LOVE BACK
…because you don’t know what kind of day they have had. The person who is honking at you in traffic like a crazy person; the checkout person at the grocery store that mumbled and never looked you in the eye; the person who jumped out of nowhere and stole your cab; the person who rudely […]
Fake it till you make it
‘It takes only seven seconds for us to judge another person when we first meet them,’ says Linda Blair, clinical psychologist and author of “Straight Talking”. ‘It’s not a conscious process, so we don’t even realize we’re doing it.’ I actually think that seven seconds is a generous statement, when you are firing on full […]