How to Stop Social Anxiety and Be a Warrior

Peaceful Warrior

by Dennis Coppola on March 3, 2012

The Peaceful Warrior movie has some meaningful tips to stop social anxiety.  I found  some interesting teaching about social anxiety from the Peaceful Warrior movie. Socrates clarifies about, I think more than you know, instead of I know more than you think. In other words, Wisdom comes from the thinking of things, not the ego [...]

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How to Stop Anxiety by Having Choice

by Dennis Coppola on December 10, 2011

Anxiety and choice go hand it hand. I have choice to be aware of my every emotion, feeling, and thought. I have choice because no one can make me feel something. I hear people say frequently, “That person made me feel bad or guilty.” Yes, it is true that their cause creates impact on the [...]

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How to Influence Despite Social Anixeity

by Dennis Coppola on July 24, 2011

How can one be influential in business, politics, and life,  despite social  anxiety? How can one overcome the anxiety of convincing others of your cause? Dale Carnegie once wrote, “If you want to win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.” So if sincere friendship is necessary for the [...]

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How to Stay Balanced Despite Social Anxiety

by Dennis Coppola on June 24, 2011

How can we stay balanced on our goals, dreams, and aspirations despite annxiety? Maybe you are thinking about a health, relationship, or career challenge… Here are 3 ways to having mental balance. 1. Schedule Time with yourself – schedule time to write, journal, reflect, meditation and be one with nature. Reflect when the times get [...]

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Values Based Leadership

by Dennis Coppola on June 9, 2011

Making decisions is about building relationships and maximizing results to serve your clients, employees, stack-holders, and the greater good. The best leaders know when to say “No” when an enticing, but unsuitable offer comes their way. The best leaders are also one who study people, analyze situations and serve people first, rather than being self serving. [...]

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5 Ways to Making Decisions Using the 5 P’s

by Dennis Coppola on May 25, 2011

Ever been in a situation when you had to make a decision right on the spot? How do you say No in a respectful manner without making an excuse or lying? How do you say yes, without feeling guilty or overwhelmed about the overcommitment? Use the 5 P’s when making the decisions Pre-Qualify, Process, Problem [...]

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How to Build Effective Listening Skills

by Dennis Coppola on May 13, 2011

Effective listening skills are crucial to building lasting friendships and relationships. They best communicators are the best listeners. According to Dale Carnegie, in order “to be interesting you must first be interested”. This is an essential tool towards build effective relationships Here are some tips to being a better communicator, I learned in a training. [...]

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When I Say No, I Feel Guilty

by Dennis Coppola on May 3, 2011

Have you every been in a situation where you wanted to say no, but didn’t want to hurt the other person’s feelings? Have you felt defeated, guilty, frustrated because you Committed to something you did not want to commit to in the first place. Think about what goes on in our heads after we promised [...]

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Manipulation is the art of skillful management, according to dictionary.com. In acts of manipulation one party fails to take into account the feelings, ideas, or insights of the other’s party. If all parties do not share their feelings or ideas about a subject openly then their may be room for manipulation on both sides. One [...]

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How to Fully Live Out Your Hopes and Dreams

by Dennis Coppola on April 27, 2011

Imagine an orchard full of red delicious apples are waiting for you in your orchard full of hopes and dreams. Your determination carried you for months while you nurtured and grew the apples. When autumn comes, you wanted granny smith apples instead.. Suddenly you say to yourself. “Did I just waste my time?” “Am I [...]

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