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What qualities and skills are needed to be an effective communicator?
Effective communication requires the communicator to possess a mixture of personal qualities and skills. Qualities and skills to be learned.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 103 min read
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Achieve balance in the new year: Establish priorities that bring you joy.
As we establish priorities for the new year, focus on establishing priorities that bring you joy.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 27, 20242 min read
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Do you love or hate teams? Quotes can inspire you to embrace teamwork.
Whenever teamwork is required and not especially desired, harness the power of quotes to inspire you to embrace teamwork.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 4, 20244 min read
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Do you need inspiration? Harness the power of quotes to feel creative.
Would you like to feel more creative? You can. And it won’t require any coursework or classes, just a reminder that we are all creative.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 27, 20243 min read
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Do you need inspiration? Harness the power of quotes to reignite your passion.
This post explores why we might lose our passion or drive and identify quotes to help us find it again. Let’s reignite our passion.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 20, 20244 min read
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Do you need inspiration? Harness the power of quotes for a positive perspective.
In this post, we will identify positive quotes to overcome the belief that hard work is drudgery and to be avoided at all costs.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 13, 20243 min read
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Do you need inspiration to finish what you start? Harness the power of quotes.
In this post, we will look at why we don’t finish what we start and identify quotes that can inspire us to persevere to the end.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 6, 20244 min read
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Would you like to become a better communicator and leader? You can!
As nutrition professionals, consumers come to us seeking help to improve their lives through practicing better nutrition. We provide them...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 5, 20242 min read
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Strategizing for success in the year ahead? Reflect first then take action.
Are you a goal-setter or resolution-maker at the start of a new year? Goals and resolutions may get a bad rap with way more made than...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 29, 20232 min read
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Want to achieve your goals? Reflect first, then take action.
Do you set New Year’s resolutions? If so, you’re not alone. Research indicates that more than 40% of Americans set resolutions at this...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 30, 20222 min read
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2020 Vision
As we enter this century’s decade of the “Roaring 20’s,” wouldn’t it be wonderful to have 2020 vision, looking into the year ahead with...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 27, 20192 min read
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It’s time to write “19 for 2019”
Are you looking for an effective approach to writing New Year’s resolutions? A year ago, I read about author Gretchen Rubin’s plan to...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 4, 20192 min read
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Goals are > wishes
Brian Tracy, in The Power of Discipline, said, “A wish is a goal with no energy behind it.” I agree – goals are greater than wishes. I am...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 7, 20183 min read
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Making a list and checking it twice
“Making a list and checking it twice...” That familiar song lyric can apply not only to Santa at this time of year but to all of us. Do...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 30, 20183 min read
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Entering the final stretch
As we enter the final weeks of another year, what word best describes your state of mind: Panic? Dread? Anticipation? Excitement?...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 23, 20182 min read
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What does the future hold?
What does the year ahead hold in store? We cannot look into a crystal ball, but we can determine what we would like our future to be and...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 5, 20182 min read
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What ingredients make a great nutrition communicator?
You can learn the skills to be a great communicator.
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 14, 20172 min read
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