Responding to your supervisor's evaluation of your job performance is an opportunity for the two of you to engage in a fruitful discussion about your skills, expertise and your career. Although some evaluations are merely perfunctory narratives prepared by a supervisor and simply handed to an employee before an annual salary increase, many employers encourage employees to participate in the performance evaluation process through candid, two-way feedback during the meeting wit

Are the words you speak a weapon or a cure? Like food nourishes our bodies, words nourish our spirits and bodies. The ones we say to ourselves, even silently and internally, as well as the ones told to us and about us, and the ones we say about others - they all hold power. If God created the world with words, I wonder what worlds we create with ours? Every negative word you speak leaves a mark, and every beautiful thing you say plants a seed, waters the garden, gathers