Aug 24, 2024 | Language & Communication, NLP & Mind, Workplace & Teams
I’m pretty sure you’re feeling affected by the conflict going on around the world; even if you don’t watch the news. With all that’s been going on, it might seem like society is becoming increasingly divided. It’s as if we’ve been sitting on a powder keg that had the...
Nov 14, 2022 | Language & Communication, NLP & Mind
Are you manipulative? Or do you influence? Words can confuse us and can be emotive can’t they? When you ask yourself each question, notice how you feel. I’ll vouch that the word manipulation has a less positive connotation for you, because it’s generally used to...
Jun 9, 2022 | Change, Goals & Purpose, Language & Communication
Problems…we can get so stuck in them can’t we? I remember, there was a time where I would get stuck in my problems regularly and to be honest, on occasion I still do. It’s more likely to happen when I’m overtired and underfed. Combine that with tech not working,...
May 9, 2022 | Language & Communication, NLP & Mind
Do you remember being taught how to communicate when you were a child? Probably not. It’s something we pick up by observation and osmosis. By that I mean we absorb the rules of our culture and mimic them so we’re accepted and fit in. Do you consider yourself a good...
Jun 20, 2020 | Communication & Relationships, Language & Communication
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” You may have grown up with this children’s rhyme, or a variation of it. It was a phrase shared to us by our parents to encourage us to brush off bad things other children might say to us and help us...
Nov 17, 2019 | Business, Language & Communication, Workplace & Teams
If you were to ask people what skills they would rank as the most important in business, you might get a list of things such as financial management, communication, project management, problem solving, leadership and time management. And these are all critical to...