Real Age and Communcation

I am always trying to improve my personal and professional life, and here is what I have been focused on recently. I am not that old yet, but at that "oh no I am getting older" stage in life. Lucky, I look younger than my age and want to stay that way! I have been getting these daily reminders from www.realage.com that indicate what research shows is proven to help you stay younger! Yippee! There is also a test on there and based on your answers, you can find out how you look based on these dr's research. I was three years younger than my age based on habits, but also found areas that I could improve. :)

On another note.....I have been focused professionally on improving my staff and have discovered overall that people have a tough time listening (me included in this!) You are thinking about how to respond, something else coming up later that day etc. So I have been researching how to find better ways to communicate for myself and my staff. Here is one example of some methods :Encouraging, Clarifying, Restating,Reflecting Summarizing, and Validating.

http://www.csufresno.edu/mediatormentors/training/materials/listening-tech.pdf