It has been a flourishing year on People Skills Decoded. I’ve let my mind run wild in 2010 and I’ve structured some of my best insights into over 70 articles published here this year.
Now, at the end of the year, it’s a good moment to look back on this body of knowledge and point out some of the best articles of 2010 on People Skills Decoded.
I’ve selected the best articles of this year based on several criteria, including the number of readers, number of comments, quality of feedback, number of Retweets and Facebook likes, and my personal appreciation of the articles on top of it all.
Here are the best 10 articles of 2010 on this blog (in chronological order), articles which I encourage you to read or re-read.
Positive Thinking Won’t Help You Now
The very first article of 2010, in which I discuss the concept of positive thinking and explain why positive thinking can be just as dangerous as negative thinking if used at the wrong time, in the wrong way.
The Law of Attraction vs. Science
I had clients who decided to work with me as their coach after reading this article. It’s a pragmatic, scientific debunking of the famous Law of Attraction which in my view isn’t really a law; it is rather pumped-up hype.
The Ultimate Tool for Managing Your Emotions
People ask me so often what methods I recommend for managing emotions that early this year I decided to write an article about the methods I use the most: CBT and CBC. From that moment on, whenever I get that question, I point to this article.
Why Attitude, Not Aptitude, Determines Your Altitude
The most read and discussed article I’ve ever written (so far). This is my statement on the importance of attitude above skills and why a have and attitude-based approach to communication coaching.
Why Being Yourself Is Hard and How to Actually Achieve It
Authenticity is a huge topic for me. I constantly find that people want to become more authentic, but they fail miserably. This article explains why and provides my insights into the real art of being yourself.
Top 10 Lessons Learned From Coaching 100 People
This year I’ve reached a major threshold in coaching: 100 clients. It was such an important moment in my career that I simply had to write an article drawing from this experience to mark the occasion.
How to Deal With Toxic People
I fully realized how common toxic people are after I published this article, because I received a lot of positive feedback about it. I still get emails from readers to thank me for it and tell me about the toxic people they’re cutting loose from their lives.
Get Off the Therapy Couch! Why Exploring the Past Is Nonsense
This was a controversial article which presents an important part of my philosophy for coaching. It explains why I believe exploring the past is pretty much a useless process and how real self-growth happens in the here and now.
Email Etiquette at Work
I was surprised by how much this article was shared and liked on Facebook in the first days after having published it. My readers seem to have deeply appreciated the simple, practical tips for effective email communication I present in it.
Nice Guy Syndrome
A recent article on one of my favorite topics. I couldn’t pass the opportunity to show the dark side of being a nice guy and encourage men towards a more confident, independent attitude. And the readers responded highly positively to this.
That’s it for 2010. Bigger and bolder things are coming for me and for People Skills Decoded in 2011; and I wish you the same!
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I will quote you in some of my articles, Eduard.
Thank you for your great effort
You’ve produced some really great material over the past year Eduard. I think we need more self-improvement folks like you who actually take the time to test common assumptions and look at the SCIENCE of personal development.
I am so tired of reading “Law of Attraction” hogwash, uninhibited positive-thinking, and all those other “feel good” strategies which don’t accomplish anything in the real world.
Keep it up!
I think you not only have people skills but also content writing talent.
If I had to select the best (in my view) posts in 2010 I’d say:
Top 10 Lessons Learned From Coaching 100 People
and How to Deal With Toxic People.
Looking forward to reading a lot more juicy stuff in 2011! 🙂
Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. Have a kick-ass 2011!