Whitney Breer - GROW YOUR LIFE‪!‬ Whitney Breer

Unexpected change that seems to come out of the blue is an integral part of life. Small crises as well as bigger ones appear out of nowhere, and we're faced with a choice: wait it out until the storm is over or take action. The problem is that waiting it out isn't always the best strategy, because even when one sudden change is finally over the next one is usually on the way. A lot of people spend their whole life "waiting it out". In this podcast I share two things which are...

“You are the average of the five people you choose to associate with the most.”One of the key factors in boosting overall happiness is fostering strong, healthy relationships. I’m talking about the network of people in your life. By network I don’t mean the number of virtual cyber friends – the vast majority you have never met before. This is not an inventory of the people you know. I’m talking about people who are good for you. They believe in you. They have your back. They challenge you bec...

How can I …… boost the creativity and innovative thinking in my team?… increase the number of engaged employees in my organization?… decrease the number of disengaged employees?… decrease the number of sick days in my team?… lower the fluctuation in my team? These are a handful of the questions I have received in the last few months as a coach and consultant. In this podcast I will share the foundation or the underlying issue to all of these questions and provide you with 5 very specific thin...

Psychologists say that the most prevalent disease sweeping across the workplace start with an M: Multi-tasking. A study released by McKinsey showed that jobs that were done by multi-tasking had twice the number of mistakes than those tasks done by single-tasking, and these tasks took on average 30% longer than single-tasking approaches. Further studies show that the people who regularly do things by multi-tasking are impacted health-wise: high blood pressure, headaches, backaches, stomac...

This is the fourth podcast in a series of four in which I'll explore the so-called tipping point in positive psychology. This magical number shows how many positive thoughts, words and emotions you need in comparison to negative ones to tip you and your mindset into an upwards spiral. This positivity is based on the ten forms of positive emotions which we explored in the first three podcasts in this series.When you tip your life into an upwards spiral, you cultivate a new outlook on life, pos...

You’ve got what it takes to reshape your life and the world around you for the better. It’s already within you. You have that one active ingredient you need to craft a happy life that’s full of growth and creativity and to be incredibly resilient in tough or challenging times. Positivity is the active renewable ingredient that all of us have in us. There are specific levers you can pull to turn on your positivity. And when you do this you gain control over when and how you feel. You are...