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Sit down. Breathe. Write. Repeat...Are You “Should-ing” All Over Everyone?
3 Easy Ways for People to Take On Your Advice “Now, what you should do is…” “Well, it’s obvious, you should do this, then you should do that and then you should tell them you’ve done it”. Should do. What you should do and what you want to and actually do are often...
The Power Of Switching A Word
Choose your words wisely. Your words have power over you and what you think about – and the same applies to those who hear you – if they listen to you of course. When you’re asked to be present at something, if you can make a date or if you have time to do something I...
Do You Show Them What You’re Made Of?
Remember your brilliance so others can reward you for it If you’ve ever heard yourself say any of the following, it gives us a sign you’ve forgotten some of the things that you’re really good at or you’ve forgotten some of the key pieces of your career and life...
What State Are You In?
Understand how emotions shift in us all day long and how to best navigate them It was the start of a meeting with a potential new client. As we sat discussing what was going on with his team, and why some of the key people were avoiding communicating with each other,...
How Often Are You Up Close – And Personal?
There’s no substitute for the ‘LIVE’ or personalised version of You It’s easy to get lulled into this false sense of reality isn’t it? Instead of picking up the phone to speak to someone, you drop them an email or send them a message or a text. Instead of dropping...
Slow Things Down And Save Time
Respond rather than react (and save precious time, money and energy) Slow down to speed things up. Yes, I know – it’s a dichotomy (I had to look it up – a polar opposite, a contrariety) to say you have to slow down to speed things up. Well it’s true. So often we think...
Give People The Meaning
Avoid leaving them grappling for what you really mean We are all meaning-seeking machines. Well, what I mean by that is we naturally go inside our heads when we hear, read, see something and try to put meaning around it. Put context or a framework around something to...
Ask For What It Is You Actually Want
Avoid confusing matters by focussing on what you don’t want! I hear this so often “Oh Kay, I just don’t want to XYZ” or “Oh, it’s so annoying, I don’t want to get wound up by X” or “I just don’t want to make that mistake again” and so it goes on. Can you see how the...
Go Off And Do Something Else Instead
Stimulate your creative flow with something different That expression “busy doing something else” is where your ideas and inspiration often comes from. It gives you the sense of being absorbed, concentrating, focused on something so other thoughts are put aside or...
Help People Find You!
Do you show up when you’re trying to be heard? How often do you attend a meeting, an event, a conference and this happens? Someone asks a question or requests some information and they don’t give you, the audience, their details. When it comes to showing up at a...