MANDY YAMAMOTO BLOG
3 Thoughtful Gifts to Give Your Mentee This Holiday Season
With the holiday season fast approaching, you’ll soon be forming a mental checklist of potential gifts for your friends, family and business associates. You probably have the perfect present in mind for most of the people on your list, but when it comes to choosing...
Three Ways to Unify a Divided Team
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." – Henry Ford Teamwork is responsible for many of the greatest human feats we rely on every single day. There’s beauty in collaborating with a group of like-minded...
Three Questions to Help You Find Your Life’s Purpose
What is the purpose of life? If you pose this question to five people, you’ll likely get five different responses. The answer is personal. Every person has a reason for being alive at this moment in time. What’s yours? If you aren’t sure, answer these three...
Four Simple Yet Proven Tricks to Build Your Confidence
You can have all the talent and the skills necessary, but success can still prove to be elusive if you lack one important trait - self confidence. It will be difficult to make a lasting mark in any venture you take if you don’t believe in your own abilities. So if...
3 Communication Techniques to Strengthen Unity During Disagreements
Discord is a part of life that many of us would rather avoid altogether. No one enjoys arguing or enduring the after effects of a tension filled conversation, but disagreements don’t have to end in trauma. Matter of fact, these discussions (when handled properly)...
Five Tips To Stay Stress-Free During The Holidays
The Christmas season is a festive and special time in most parts of the world. In a frantic and almost crazy attempt to spread cheer; almost everyone is in the mood to party and indulge in good food and company.. With merriment all around, the months of November...
Hopeless & Depressed? How Do You Find Purpose During Hard Times
They say we are all born into this world for a reason and discovering that reason will give a deeper meaning to our existence. When you finally understand your goals in life, you begin to see your ultimate purpose. The journey towards finding your happiness may be...
3 Ways to Build Team Unity
Working with a team, towards a united goal, is a theme that presents itself over and over again throughout life. Achieving unity amongst your group is imperative if you want to be successful. Luckily, there are exercises and best practices that help foster harmony....
Five Reasons You Should Become A Mentor
A mentor, according to various dictionary definitions, is a trusted counselor or guide. Its origins go all the way back to ancient Greece to convey spiritual, social, and personal values on young men, according to Catherine Yang at Ohio State University who, with...
Five Ways to Unplug and Enjoy Spring With Your Family
With life’s crazy schedules and daily demands, it can often seem nearly impossible to connect as a family. Whether it be taking your kids to practices and activities non-stop, or devices always stealing away time when you are at home together; quality time with...
