True and lasting transformation requires three things: Confidence, commitment and faith.

Mindful Lifestyle: What is Self-Empowerment?

• • Understand Your Goals. Knowing what you want and clearly envisioning the path needed to achieve that goal.
  • Reject the Negatives. Everyone has a negative person or experience in their life. It’s important not to sink to the level of the childish or negative colleague, acquaintance or relative. Consciously choose to embrace the positive and expel the negative.
  • Maintain a Professional Demeanor. To cultivate a sense of respect within yourself and among others it’s important to learn how to maintain a steady, calm-yet-candid demeanor. Again, do not sink to the level of your antagonists. Remember that you are an intelligent person with a lot to offer the world!

Mindful Career: How Do I Stop Tearing Others Down?

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  • Become Aware of Your Process. If you tend to critique others, either overtly or with passive aggressive comments that tear others down rather than building them up, check yourself and retain what you’re about to say to the person in front of you.
  • Think of a Genuine Compliment that will Build a Person Up. Try to think of a positive compliment or point of communication — a simple statement you can make that is genuine and complimentary. Don’t gush on and on.
  • Practice Makes Perfect. The more you engage in positive and genuine communication the better you will get at it. 

Mindful Balance: How Do I Cope with Anxiety from Negative Feedback?

• • Recognize that you are the only one who can give power and value to the words of another person. A negative or abusive person has NO POWER or VALUE to you if you don’t allow them to have it.
  • Understand the Source. Ever heard the expression that a person will gossip about others because they don’t want others to gossip about them? There’s a grain of truth to this. Most likely those who are sharing or critiquing your personal or professional choices has made quite a few bad ones themselves. Don’t put too much stock in what they’re saying.
  • Don’t Fan the Fire. Don’t repay negativity with more negativity. Rise above the situation and show that YOU are the better person. In the end other people will see this and you would have earned their respect.
  • Recognize What Triggers You and Be Prepared to Walk Away. Know what topics and actions trigger you. Know when to walk away from a person or situation rather than engaging in negative feedback or interactions that will cause your anxiety to build and make you freeze.