Your Rights and Responsibilities as a College Student

Your life has no doubt changed significantly since you became a college student.  Now that you're a young adult, you have more autonomy and the freedom to make important choices.  You're developing mature, adult relationships.  Professors are asking for your views on various topics.  You have more school work than you ever expected, reading assignments that are enormous, and projects that seem

ABC's of Healthy Relationships: S

Self-EsteemIn truly healthy relationships, your belief in yourself stays strong (and often increases) as you grow together.  You feel good about yourself and how your partner treats you. 
Sexual FulfillmentAt the risk of stating the obvious, sex is a vital component of healthy relationships:  it creates an intimate bond, is an expression of your love for each other, an excellent stress-reliever

Assertive or Aggressive...which type are you?

Many people confuse being assertive with being aggressive.  For the record, these are two completely different behaviors--one promotes positive, healthy self-esteem and mutually satisfying relationships, while the other promotes conflict and difficult relationships and destroys one's sense of well-being.  Being assertive demonstrates confidence and maturity; aggressiveness indicates insecurity

Beyond Textbooks and Exams: Learning Soft Skills on Campus

"Emotional competence is the single most important personal quality that each of us must develop and access to experience a breakthrough.  Only through managing our emotions can we access our intellect and our technical competence. An emotionally competent person performs better under pressure."  --Dave Lennick, Executive VP, American Express Financial Advisers


At the risk of stating the

Top Ten Tips for Developing Soft Skills

No doubt your goal is to complete your college degree and get a job that you will enjoy.  As mentioned in my last blog entry, these days you need to be more than technically skilled to make it in the workforce.  Here are some practical tips for building and strengthening soft skills while working on your degree; doing so will better position yourself for career success.




1.  Strong work ethic