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How to increase the impact of whatever you say

April 6, 2011 Vital Soft Skills

Pop quiz: would you rather see an average script played by a great actor, or a great script played by an average actor?
Of course you would rather have both! But whatever you chose – the point is: both what you say (the script), and how you say it (the actor) are important. And throughout work [...]

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The difference between informing and influencing

March 31, 2011 Leadership

You have probably ridden on a train.
But have you ever been at a train station, when the train didn’t stop for you? And if you haven’t,  how would you imagine you’d feel?
But isn’t that the way most people communicate their ideas, products, sales pitches, vision, political views or message to you? All the emphasis is [...]

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All growth is punctuated evolution

March 10, 2011 Growing Your Business

In evolutionary biology it has been found that species don’t evolve at a constant rate. They have intense busts of evolution followed by long periods where nothing seems to change, but in fact inputs are being gathered and processed for the next intense leap. It is also during this phase that the results of the [...]

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How to spark your own creative thinking

November 16, 2010 Uncategorized

We hear it all the time – every industry wants more creative thinking – and equally many organisations seem to struggle to get it.
At times in your life you have played the role of a teacher, leader, parent, manager, coach or facilitator. Have you noticed that when you are in this role – the length [...]

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Why distinction trumps perfection

November 9, 2010 Leadership

Who has a distinctive voice? Anthony Robbins, Winston Churchill, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Elvis Presley
Who has a perfect voice? An elocution or singing coach.
Which takes longer to cultivate?
Which gives the greatest reward?
And yet when it comes to trying to do anything – which one do we normally focus on?
People try to be a perfect [...]

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Do you wear busyness as a badge of honor?

November 2, 2010 Growing Your Business

How many times have you said “I’m really busy right now”?
Here’s another question (be honest) … Did you feel that your busyness was a badge of honor? – something to feel secretly a little proud of. Afterall if I am busy then what I am doing must be important and so must I right?
Busyness [...]

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Why Not Following Your Passion is Dangerous

October 12, 2010 Influence and Persuasion

A study of 1500 people was done a few years back. If you want to look it up, its on page 35 of “The Attractor Factor” by Joe Vitale. In summary, there were two groups:
• Group A said they would pursue money (1245 people out of 1500 decided to do this)
• Group B said they would do [...]

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“The Missing Component of Leadership”

September 3, 2010 IQ, EQ, what's next?

Have you ever experienced a person’s leadership where you felt that they lacked “EQ”?
While it is true that as a leader, you need both IQ and EQ: these by themselves are incomplete.
IQ by itself can make you a professor. EQ by itself can make you a coach: but neither of these alone
makes you a leader. [...]

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“Every child is an entrepreneur”

August 17, 2010 Growing Your Business

Every child is an entrepreneur.
School manages to squander our entrepreneurial urges, intuitions, and inclination … pretty ruthlessly.
That’s why a lot of entrepreneurs are also rebels. Its not because these qualities have to go together, its because the entrepreneurs had to rebel in the face of 12 years of schooling in order to keep their entrepreneurial [...]

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How Do Outside Circumstances Affect Sound Business Advice?

August 16, 2010 Influence and Persuasion

It’s been great to see people from all over the world taking up the new 7-day online mentoring program. Recently someone from Russia asked me the following:
“I live in Russia now and we have here some “local features”. High level of corruption for example, the very special mentality etc. So, do you have students from [...]

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