About Stefan Jacobson

Stefan is a senior developer at The Conover Company. He has experience researching and writing online courses for assessing and teaching Social-Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills. He and his wife currently live in Oregon.

Anxiety Management & Stress Management

So far in this three-part series on anxiety management, we have looked at how to develop self-control. In the second part of this series, we will take a closer look at developing stress management before we dive into the final part, physical wellness. What do all people have in common, [...]

By |2019-04-08T11:35:50-05:00April 8th, 2019|Anxiety Management, Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills, SEL, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Anxiety Management & Stress Management

Teaching Interpersonal Awareness: Communication

A core skill for improving interpersonal awareness is communication skills. Communication skills form the basis for obtaining accurate information about others. They serve as a window into another person’s world. Communication includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing. It also involves both verbal and nonverbal messages. Communication is the cornerstone of [...]

By |2019-03-25T09:34:17-05:00March 25th, 2019|Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills, SEL, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Teaching Interpersonal Awareness: Communication

Anxiety Management: Develop Habits of Self-Control

It is impossible to change your life without developing good habits. If you want to develop a higher level of self-control, you must change your habits. Changing your habits is possible, but not easily achieved. It takes hard work, patience, and persistence to change the habits you have in your [...]

By |2019-03-08T10:30:27-06:00March 1st, 2019|Anxiety Management, Life Skills, SEL, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Anxiety Management: Develop Habits of Self-Control

Anxiety Management: Emotions

Now you know that anxiety management depends on your ability to control yourself. In this post, we will look closely at emotions and how they play into self-control. Here are the four topics we will look at regarding emotions: The Four Emotions The Purpose of Emotions Stress Stress Management Tools [...]

By |2019-02-15T11:06:25-06:00February 8th, 2019|Anxiety Management, SEL, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Anxiety Management: Emotions

Anxiety Management: Self-Control

“Where is your self-control?” Sound familiar? Many of us have been asked this question at one point or another. You may have heard this question many years ago from a parent or other adult, although someone may have called your level of self-control into question more recently. Whatever the case [...]

By |2019-02-01T10:27:07-06:00January 25th, 2019|Anxiety Management, Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Anxiety Management: Self-Control

Teaching Drive Strength: Overcoming Conflicts

There are many conflicts that we face when we pursue important goals. For example, we may fear the change required to achieve our goal. We may procrastinate or fail to believe in ourselves. Whatever the case, these conflicts need to be overcome in order for successful goal achievement. In this [...]

By |2018-12-16T14:19:05-06:00December 16th, 2018|Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills, SEL, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Teaching Drive Strength: Overcoming Conflicts

Teaching Drive Strength: Tools for Goal Setting

You must teach your students that achieving goals requires successful planning. Knowing your goals and priorities is important, but knowing the steps between setting your goal and reaching it is absolutely essential. Experts have developed many tools for goal achievement. This section outlines several planning tools for successful goal achievement. [...]

By |2018-12-03T12:57:22-06:00December 3rd, 2018|Life Skills, SEL, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Teaching Drive Strength: Tools for Goal Setting

Media Rules: Internet Safety

With cyberbullying, inappropriate websites, online predators, hackers, scammers, and phishing, the Internet can be a dangerous place. The Internet allows users to hide their true identity, or lie about who they really are. This inability to tell who people really are allows people to lie in order to get information [...]

By |2018-11-09T12:07:22-06:00November 9th, 2018|Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills, SEL, Workplace Readiness|Comments Off on Media Rules: Internet Safety

Media Rules: Video Conferencing

Video conferencing is a way of using the Internet to communicate with other people. Video conferencing allows two or more people, in different locations, to have a live, face-to-face conversation. Most laptops or tablet computers have cameras and microphones that allow you to use video conferencing technology. This enables people [...]

By |2018-10-26T11:32:34-05:00October 26th, 2018|Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills, SEL, Soft Skills, Workplace Readiness|Comments Off on Media Rules: Video Conferencing
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