Book Summary: What Is The Emperor Wearing? This article is based on the following book:What Is The Emperor Wearing?Truth-Telling In Business RelationshipsButterworth-HeinnemanISBN 0-7506-9872-1217 pagesThis book is inspired by the popular tale “The Emperor’sNew Clothes” It provides stories of ordinaryindividuals in the workplace who are in the predicamentof confronting the unlikely benefits of “deception” andsteering away from the risks and dangers of“truth-telling”Unfortunately, “truth-telling” is justifiably perceivedto be difficult, risky, and unrewarding More often thannot, others will try to invalidate your truth ...

Beyond Her Grasp Direct Answers - Column for the week of November 22, 2004I am a woman, 42, who three years ago married a wonderful man who will be 48 on his next birthday I love him very, very much The only problem is our sex life is horrible Pretty much nonexistent I can safely say we have had sex maybe 20 times in our six year relationshipWhen I've tried numerous times to talk to him, he gets defensive and ...

Best Diet Type -- Losing Weight for Your Wedding Day Diet types for a wedding: safe and effective weight loss in preparation for your wedding The best plan to follow is designed to produce 1-2 pounds of weight loss per week At this rate, weight loss is safe, healthy, and lasting Plan accordingly and designate the proper number of weeks for dieting following the 1-2 pounds per week rule For instance, if you want to lose 10 pounds before the big day, ...

Being a Continuous Learner When people ask me what business I'm in, I often say, "I'm in the learning business" It sounds intriguing, and it is certainly true But, truth be told, we are all in the learning business Why? Because as humans, we are learning machines We are most alive and functioning closest to our potential when we are learning, adapting, adjusting, and finding new ways, approaches and techniques to improve our lives (or the lives of others) in some way I ...

Abundance Affirmations The abundance affirmation is a powerful tool that you can use to change your life It is a statement that you are repeating over and over again till it becomes a part of your truth The abundance affirmation becomes more powerful when it is stated with a feeling behind it It is not enough to repeat it like a parrot, or on automaticThe best way of repeating the abundance affirmations is to first bring yourself into a relaxed ...

Are You Trying To Lose Weight? Don't! Are you trying to lose weight?If you are, STOP!Funny thing to say coming from someone that wants to help you lose all the weight you want, right?Actually, there's a good reasonYou see, you can't try to lose weight Don't believe me?OK, let's use an example Look around where you are sitting right now and find a small object Perhaps a pen, envelope or book Got it?Now, try to pick it up Go aheadIs ...

Are You (or are you with) A "Commitment-Phobe"? We hear it all the time "He just won't make a commitment" "She just wants some space right now" "I'm not sure if I'm ready for a serious relationship"What does having a fear of commitment really mean? Actually, it means basically what it says For SOME reason you, or someone you are involved with, isn't ready to take this relationship (or any relationship) to the next stepSo how do we know if ...

Why Failure is Good for You How do you view failure? Do you see it as something negative that you don't want to be associated with or do you see it as something positive? Most people in the world don't like failure Fear of failure is the main reason why more than 80% of people in the world are not prepared to change their circumstances Why do people fear failure so much? The reason for this is because people don't ...

Are You Taking Responsibility? It is time to take responsibility for our actions and the results we create in our lives It’s time to stop expecting someone else to do for us what we are unwilling to do for ourselves It’s time to remember that no one is doing it to us and no one is going to do it for us We have the right and the responsibility to powerfully, positively choose what we desire for our lives, and ...