It’s estimated that 7 out of 10 people suffer from Glossophobia The chances are it could be you. But before you rush off to the doctors, let me tell you it’s curable and the outcome could have a positive effect on your career. Let me describe the symptoms Dry Mouth Butterflies in the Stomach Possible [...]
At first glance you may think this is an article about what to do when the taxman knocks on your door in search of all that undeclared money stashed under the bed. It’s not, but there’s a danger that the outcome could be the same The thought process started for me a couple of days [...]
How often do you think about how well you ‘connect’ with people? Before you enter a room do you stop to consider the impact you are about to make? Most of us just walk in and go for it with little thought, but the chances are we’re missing an important opportunity. There are hundreds of [...]
I happened to be listening to the radio when the latest missive from that famous and hugely successful American philosopher Parton (Dolly) was released. For some reason, one line from this song has been re-playing in my mind all morning. The line? ….. ’you can’t get the water without digging the well’. Yes, its simplistic, but [...]
We spend our lives talking to people. From early morning to late night we have many types of conversation with many different types of people. It could be the bus driver, the cab driver or just chatting about the weather to a random person in a queue. Each one is a conversation. But how often [...]
In the Gulf Coast area of the United States especially around Louisiana, they have a tradition that has been around for hundreds of years. A ‘Lagniappe’ is a small unexpected gift added to a purchase in a gracious gesture that creates both warmth and surprise. I have recently been reading Theo Paphitis’s book, ‘Enter the [...]
How many times recently have people asked you to be selfish? I guess not many (if any), but that’s what I’m asking you to be today and over the coming weeks. Now I’m not suggesting you order others around on a whim, but take the chance to stop and think about yourself for a change. [...]
On TV in the UK a few weeks ago I happened to catch an economist trying to explain our national debt using a pile of 157 pennies on the table, standing for the £157 Billion pounds we all owe. But it wasn’t the visual part that impressed me. It was the conversation about how most [...]
For many people the next few years will define who they are. The changes within the economic world are kicking off a tsunami like storm that will affect every one of us. It strikes me though, that one of the first things we mislay is the power of choice. How many times recently do you hear people talk about how powerless they feel then wait for the ‘job situation’ to roll over them, whilst frantically looking around for someone to blame? We have become reactive as a society. [...]
Time to join my crusade…. I don’t think I come across as a revolutionary, at least no one has ever said so, but I’m going to start one anyway! Now I don’t intend to start wearing a beret with a badge and pitching a tent opposite the Houses of Parliament, and I don’t want to [...]
