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Sit down. Breathe. Write. Repeat...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...
Tweak 2 Letters And Change Everything
Planning 2016 for how and where you are now “Mind your Language” is a great piece of advice, truly mind it. Think about it. Think about the effect it has on you and then on those around you as you use it. As a self-confessed WordNerd it’s one of my passions that my...
Zip It And Assertively Wait
Stop shooting from the lip How to zip-it and give yourself breathing space This is a tricky one for so many of us. Wait. Pause. Think a bit. Choose if Moneyyou’re going to act; to respond. To ‘Zip it’ is such a useful little phrase and it’s easy to remember. It’s so...
Just Go To Bed
Decide what works for YOU then, politely and firmly go and do it. Have you ever said “Yes OK” when you know you mean “No way”? Well, I know I have and now, I rarely do. Listening to a group of experienced, profe ssional and successful women recently, the discussion...
Move On When You’re Ready
How to avoid being stuck in a conversation We’ve all been there haven’t we? You’re at a social function, a networking event, a business conference and your intention is to circulate, meet new people, catch up with colleagues and friends - and then you get stuck. You...
Practice Your Pillow Talk
Engage as you explain It’s so easy to lose your message, your audience, their attention, their trust by using ‘weasel’ words. By using ‘gobbledeegook’ if you will – and it’s everywhere, like an epidemic. With the pace of information being shared, the cultures which...