Wednesday, August 29, 2012 It's a terrible feeling, and one you often think you can't do anything about: Someone whose face you recognize approaches you, and you have no idea what their name could be. Now, perhaps it's not your fault -- after all, it's estimated that 10 per cent of people have prosopagnosia, or face blindness, according to CNN, which can result in not even knowing the faces of family and close friends. BLOG POSTS | Kathleen Trotter: Take A Vacation From Work, Not From Your Work-Out When I told my co-workers I was excited to work out during my vacation, I was met with shock! But a break from work doesn't need to mean a break from exercise. Understanding workouts as an obligation or as drudgery just sets one up for failure both during our daily lives, and on vacation. We should all "re-frame" how we understand workouts during our everyday life. | | Donald D'Haene: I'm a Feminist Because My Mother Was Abused My mother's life is why I am the feminist I am. From the moment I saw her crying, holding her just-hit face, looking into my four-year-old eyes in helplessness, I knew she was something and I would dedicate my life to making her believe it. I once spoke at an event in which I touched on my mother's story. Imagine my surprise when I was later informed, by a woman no less, that one man in the audience didn't like my saying that I was a feminist and said that those he was with felt the same way. She hoped it would be food for thought for me. | | Ken Rabow: The Slacker's Guide To Success -- Step Three: Breaking the Negative Thought Cycle At some point in our childhood, we have had some negative incidents happen to us that have caused us to be self-limiting. These become tapes playing in our heads so often that we don't even notice what they say anymore but they effect every decision we make. Here is an example of changing the loops: | | Julie Blais Comeau: Sticky Situation: How to Act on a Weekend Getaway With Your Boss My fiancé and I have been invited to his boss's cottage on the lake for the weekend. He will be hosting us with his wife. My fiancé's western counterpart will also be there along with his wife. We are flattered to be invited but don't quite know how to inform our hosts that I am a vegetarian. We know we should bring a host gift, but what? Do we make the bed or strip it? | | Lisa Walker: How Having an Autistic Daughter Has Made me a Better Manager My daughter Charlotte's unique way of thinking about life has made me realize that not everyone sees things the way you expect them to, and that has opened me up to a much richer perspective in my management responsibilities. As a local general manager with public relations agency Hill+Knowlton Strategies, I have some employees who, like Charlotte, don't always follow the rules. I love working with these people, but it isn't always intuitive. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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