A good leader is constantly aware of what is going on around him/her. Their antennae are acutely attuned to the atmosphere, to the body language of each member of their team, to the tone of voice that is employed by those talking to them. They are also keenly aware of the impact of their own [...]
Your Self-Confidence is the difference between your doing and not doing anything. We have confidence in what we believe we are capable of doing. Self-confidence is being in control of your own operating system. It is having the confidence to do things your way, to not be swayed by others. Your self-confidence is who you [...]
Perhaps it is because we are brought up with the idea that we should be modest and not blow our own trumpets most people tend to value themselves as less than they actually are. Pause here and review what you have done recently for a few moments. Have you visited a friend who is sick, [...]
Your Self-Esteem depends on how you compare yourself to other people both at work and in your private life. If you are forever comparing yourself with the amount of money that other people have, or comparing the size of your house with the largest house in your area, or comparing the clothes you wear with [...]
Just about every project has an objective and a plan. So, if one assumes that the people following the plan are reasonably competent, why do so many plans fail to result in the achievement of the objective? You could say it is due to a lack of persistence or a lack of funding or a [...]
The more I study NLP and the way that peoples’ minds work the more I come to the conclusion that the great benefit of NLP is that is allows you to use your conscious mind to take control of your unconscious mind. So many of our actions happen on autopilot. We find ourselves in a [...]
Yes, I know it’s Monday morning, but is that any excuse for feeling anything other than great? Whose feelings are we talking about here? Yours. So, why would you decide to feel anything other than absolutely superb? It is common for people to allow events in their lives to cause them to feel in a [...]
This is Sidney Rosen’s collection of the Teaching Tales of Milton Erickson. A really interesting book that shows how the mind of the great Milton Erickson worked. What I love about this book is the sheer breadth of Erickson’s knowledge from academia to folk law. There is an easily understandable humaneness about the stories which [...]
Yesterday we discussed the fact that people don’t like to make changes because of the risk involved. So, how do you take the risk out of making a change. The answer is that before you make the change you develop a clear, well-formed outcome for yourself. In other words you create the way you want [...]
When you think about it logically it is amazing that people do not change when they reach the Moment of Dissatisfaction and feel the pain. I mean, if life is no good the way it is, why not live it some other way? Or, if you hate your job, why go on doing it? Or, [...]