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When You Know It’s Time to Walk Away From a Difficult Situation
Do you find you’re not sleeping at night? Are you taking aspirins to relieve your splitting headaches? Have you complained to your friends about your “client from hell?” These are signals that something isn’t right. Taking...
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Wrap Your Negative Feelings in a Tiffany Box and Keep Climbing
Do you regularly wind up capitulating to the OMG condition? OMG, I can’t do that. OMG everybody is superior to me. OMG I’ll never excel. The rundown goes on of all that negative reasoning that you require to banish. What...
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Why Memorizing is a Dirty Word
Unless you’re a professional actor who is paid to learn his lines, don’t try to memorize your presentations — virtual or in-person. Why put more pressure on yourself when you’re already anxious in front of an...
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Did I Waste My Time Attending That “Mandatory” Staff Meeting?
“Another hour of my time wasted,” you think, as you’re leaving yet another meeting that went nowhere.” That’s very often what staff members think when their leader doesn’t take charge of a meeting (virtual...
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Your Client’s Executive Assistant Can be Your Best Friend
Your Best Friend CEOs and other top-ranking executives these days are glued to their computers like the rest of us. But a high-powered executive assistant is still an essential fixture in the executive suite, even if her...
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In a Crisis, Emotions Are as Important as the Words
When a crisis hits, individuals don’t really hear the words of reassurance. They tune in with their feelings. Health authorities repeatedly explained to the public that you can only get contaminated with the Ebola virus...
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You Can't Rush the Chicken and Undercook the Training
“Ripeness is all”…William Shakespeare It happens often. The phone rings, and on the other end is a panicked voice asking for an appointment for speaker training right away. “When are you speaking?” we ask. “Next May,” he...
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Don’t Bother With Apologies If You’re Always Late or Longwinded
Some people are always late. They usually offer an excuse like “I missed the train” or “I was stuck on a phone call with a friend.” But after a while these excuses grow old. They could have made more time to get to the station...
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Can a Big Ego Derail Your Success in Business?
“Big Names” in business and politics often bomb in public appearances. Have you wondered how this happens and if their egos get in the way of their good sense? Ego is OK in Small Doses All of us are egotistical to some degree...
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