Career Revisionist with Dr. Grace Lee

Want to increase your brain power to achieve greater success? Maximize your brain potential in your career, business and life by joining an executive coaching program. You get into a lot of meetings every day. At the same time, you need to keep your brain fresh to think of new ideas or come up with unique solutions to seemingly impossible problems. Is your brain capable of increasing mental energy...

Having a hard time with opposition at work? It's not easy to argue professionally with someone who disagrees with you.  Most of us aren't taught how to argue professionally. This makes workplace confrontation difficult at best, and destructive at worst. For this reason, it's important to understand the fundamental reasons for your particular disagreement if you want to know how to argue effectivel...

Want to step up at work to achieve challenging but more fulfilling goals? "Good leaders don't make excuses. Instead, they find a way to get things done."  Jocko Willink is famous for his extreme ownership style of leadership. Being in the US Navy for many years, he has acquired, implemented, and shared the qualities of being an exceptional leader that everyone can relate to.  Just like in war, we...

Need to upgrade your interpersonal skills? They are a critical part of your career and life's success! Shyness may seem like a force that's holding you back from taking action towards your ambitions. But it is not the reason you can't communicate well and develop interpersonal skills. It's a matter of how we respond or interact with other people in such a way that will give positive results. Disco...

Being able to motivate yourself is what sets successful people apart from the rest. But it isn't easy without understanding and implementing the science of motivation.  Motivation isn't rooted in the right music, the optimal routine or any of that fluffy stuff you might see out there.  There's a science to motivation, and when you understand how it works, you'll be able to stay motivated at work e...

Do you want to ensure you present yourself as a confident and polished professional no matter where you go?  The "lipstick effect" is a known psychological phenomenon in which wearing makeup can give individuals a confidence boost by making them feel more physically attractive, increasing feelings of self-esteem, attitude, and personality.  However, the effects of this can only go so far. In the e...

Do you want to shortcut your way to the top in your career?  We often read about so-called “brain hacks” -  help, advice, and guidance aimed at improving the brain, and achieving success faster than it would usually take. But how can we know which tips really work for self-development and personal growth?  Achieving your goals in your career will be the fuel that allows you to live the life you've...

Have you achieved your career goals and financial goals? Is it not as fulfilling as you thought it might be? You might be missing meaning.  Finding the meaning of life might seem like such a big task.  Whether you know your purpose to life or not, we are all seeking meaning in what we do on a daily basis. But, sometimes what we think is "life" isn't actually what we think it is. Finding life purpo...

Are you wanting to reduce your accent because you think it will make you easier to understand? Did you know the word "accent" in its original meaning refers to a song that was sung along with music?  It's only in modern-day times that the word "accent" takes on a different meaning. You may feel like your accent doesn't serve you. But that's not necessarily true! The point of communication is to ge...

Imagine the power of being able to memorize anything faster; how much more success you can achieve!  Think about how much time you’d have, how much you could shorten the learning curve, and how much more success you could achieve. So much of what we read and absorb today is forgotten in our brains; we are not leveraging our time to its full potential.  How many times have you had to read through a...

Are you the type of person who can't relax and always has something to do?  "If not now, when?" We have this tendency to rush on everything, thinking that the faster we finish, the more things we get done. Scientists call this pre-crastination, a phenomenon that brings pros and cons in the workplace.  There is a significant difference between being in a hurry and being productive. In this episode,...

How do you acquire a mindset for success? Adopting success habits take time and effort.  Our thoughts manifest in our everyday actions. Instead of thinking in terms of "I CAN" and "I WILL," we often believe that "we can't," therefore "we don't." You need to rewire your brain for success. Dr. Grace's expertise helps decode how an intelligent brain works and applies it using an octave of notes on ho...

Is your lack of confidence in speaking getting in the way of your career promotion? Being able to speak intelligently means being able to speak up with the appropriate responses while thinking quickly on your feet.  Most of us struggle with nervous anxiety in workplace conversations, making people doubt our abilities.  As a result, we lose confidence in ourselves which hinders our development.   T...

Want to negotiate a higher executive salary with confidence, but don't know how? Salary negotiations can be one of the most difficult, and nerve-wracking, conversations you have with your employer. Learning how to negotiate a higher salary is more than just about numbers. It's about understanding and communicating value. In this episode, Dr. Grace shares 5 little-known habits for confident salary...

Have you been in situations in the workplace where you are unable to interact with someone effectively because you found it hard to listen attentively?  While speaking helps to convey our thoughts through words, listening entails a mental process that extracts the meaning of the sounds we hear.  Because our minds are lost with what the speaker is saying, we tend to be distracted. Then it becomes h...

Have you ever wondered what the top executives do when it comes to climbing the corporate ladder and rising to the top of their organization? A 'ladder' is a structure with steps used to transport oneself up to the top of an building or establishment.  Hence the 'corporate ladder' represents the steps people go through to rise up to the top of the establishment to gain more power towards the top....

Are you more comfortable with your writing skills and you wonder how you can use that to improve your speaking?  While speaking is one method of communication, writing is an equally important method of communication. Oftentimes we may find ourselves to be more gifted in speaking, but less gifted in writing.  Or vice versa. What if there was a way to use one to fuel the other?   In this episode, Dr...

Have you ever wondered why people respond the way that they do? When it comes to experiencing career growth, chances are, there is someone (or a group of people) who has a direct influence on your professional future.   This means that your growth, promotions, and available opportunities are solidified if you can effectively influence these individuals. What makes this difficult and complicated is...

Do you tend to overthink things, overanalyze, and worry about important decisions? When it comes to ruminating over certain decisions, sometimes it can feel like being imprisoned in our own minds.   Especially when you don't know how to stop overthinking or why you constantly overthink things.  It's not possible to avoid important decisions in life.  To create a truly inspirational experience of l...

If you keep finding yourself procrastinating on doing what's needed, then listen to this. Do you procrastinate or put things off until tomorrow or "someday"?  When you procrastinate, do you miss deadlines or find yourself scrambling to get things done at last minute?  In this video, I'm going to give you my 4-step strategy for dealing with procrastination so that you can feel fulfilled and satisfi...

Dr. Grace on how to be more articulate in writing, and also how you can use writing to be more articulate.  While speaking is one method of communication, writing is an equally important method of communication.  Oftentimes we may find ourselves to be more gifted in speaking, but less gifted in writing.  Or vice versa. What if there was a way to use one to fuel the other?   In this episode, Dr. Gr...

Are you currently leading a team and you aspire to be the kind of leader that naturally garners respect?  One of the biggest challenges in leadership is knowing how to gain respect from team members without coming across as overly demanding, micromanaging, or rude.   Learning this skill set will elevate your leadership so that you can create high-functioning teams.  It is also the most meaningful...

Have you ever searched for tips and tricks on how to express yourself in a way that persuades? In this video, I will be giving you a proven 5-step process. Communication is such a broad term with many sub-topics underneath.  That is why, when we set out to improve our communication skills, that there are also many sub-skills to learn.  One such skill is the art of persuasion.   You deserve to mast...

3 tips for public speaking for introverts. In this video, I bust some myths about introversion and share 3 tactics you can do right now to effectively speak in public.  What if there was a BENEFIT to being an introvert when it comes to public speaking?   Most people think that being an introvert is a disadvantage in today's extroverted world where being able to attract attention is important to ge...

What sets successful people apart?  It's their ability to ask better questions so that they can get better outcomes.  In this video, Dr. Grace shares her best strategy on you can articulate better questions so that you can adopt the mindset of a successful person. The truth is, questions are the answers.   The quality of your life depends a lot on the questions you ask.  Questions also have the po...