One Way to Reduce Others’ Resistance to your ideas and decisions When my girls were toddlers, I discovered the power of presenting options. If I said, “Put on this shirt” or “It’s time for bed,” rebellion inevitably ensued. But if I asked, “Which of these two...
7 Phrases that Make You Sound Passive-Aggressive Hopefully, you work in a healthy workplace culture and live in a strong, positive family where people are free to state their needs, opinions, and feelings directly and no one, including you, would ever dream of...
5 Things Fake People Do What does it mean to be real? Well, I can think of a few things being your real, true, authentic self doesn’t mean. For example, being real doesn’t mean: Letting everyone see and know everything. You can be a private person and still be...
Career Conversation with Lauren Francis In April, Lauren Francis of Mulberry Talent Partners interviewed me as part of her “Mulberry Conversations” webinar series. In our conversation, Lauren and I discussed how to communicate calm competence and confidence in...
Fearlessness vs. Courage: How to Cultivate Each What keeps you up at night? While many people do face real threats to their physical or psychological safety on a daily basis, most of the time, your worries are not about life-and-death situations. Yet these...
The Five Steps to Changing Your Life Everyone has limiting beliefs. These erroneous ideas about yourself, your relationships, the world, or life itself create your thought patterns, direct your choices and actions, and shape your life. I’m guessing this isn’t...
