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Too Distracted to do Your Work? Here are 3 productive suggestions…

Common Outlook Consulting Inc. — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 20:07:48 +0000

If you've been distracted lately, it might help to understand the primary reason why. Hopefully, it will inform your future choices as it did mine. As you might know, tech companies like Google and Facebook measure success by 'engagement'. They……

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Hybrid Meetings: Challenges & Solutions

Common Outlook Consulting Inc. — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:19:55 +0000

Let’s start with a definition: Hybrid Meetings are those that include both on-site and off-site participants. The off-site participants are often geographically spread across time zones and countries, and these days, typically connected via a platform like Webex, MS Teams,……

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Navigating the Return-to-Office Maze

Common Outlook Consulting Inc. — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:13:12 +0000

Around the world, people are returning to the office in-person in varying degrees, and as you have probably discovered, this takes a lot of “sorting out”. It brings with it plenty of potential conflict and confusion, misunderstandings, and new challenges.……

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Tolerate or Accept

Common Outlook Consulting Inc. — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 20:10:39 +0000

“When we say that we tolerate a headache, or our shabby apartment, or a neighbour, we certainly do not mean that we like them; but merely that despite our dislike, we shall endure them.”Anonymous Consider some examples. We tolerate: The……

Reaction vs. Response

Common Outlook Consulting Inc. — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:39:18 +0000

'Whoosh!' What a great way to express what happens to our emotions when we initially react to something we see as a threat or a scourge. Our instincts take over, and our blindingly fast emotions and reactions ride those instinctive……

How to Spot Your Hidden Agenda

Common Outlook Consulting Inc. — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 19:28:22 +0000

Given the impressive abilities we as a species possess, it seems odd that we are not more skilled at understanding ourselves and our impact on others. However, there are valid reasons that prevent us from hearing and seeing ourselves in……

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Agendas

Common Outlook Consulting Inc. — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000

As stated in the Founder’s Message for this issue’s Newsletter, Agendas (defined for the purposes of this article as the decision to carry out a series of steps in order to reach a goal), can serve as a helpful focus……

Benefit from Conflict

Common Outlook Consulting Inc. — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:06:03 +0000

Does anyone benefit from conflict? The dynamics of conflict are the same whether they're on the battlefield, in business, or at home. Whether those conflicts are foreseen or unexpected, they all involve a jumble of thoughts, feelings, and reactions that……

Navigating the Unknown

Common Outlook Consulting Inc. — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000

"Some things are in our control, and others not," states The Enchiridion – a compilation of the teachings of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus. "Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and in a word, whatever are our own……

Wellbeing in Uncertain Times

Common Outlook Consulting Inc. — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Among many impacts, one of the most frequently reported effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic is a feeling of powerlessness / lack of control. Right now, and for the foreseeable future, you and I don't have any control over this……