Archive | September, 2010

Quitting a Job with Style

September 27, 2010

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I’ll tell you one thing many people seriously consider after working with me in a communication coaching program: quitting their job. I usually couldn’t be happier about this, as I believe that quitting a job is a natural part of career progress, which we often postpone unnecessarily. Most people tend to find quitting a job [...]

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How Badly Do You Really Want It?

September 22, 2010

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Take a moment to ask a person about their dreams and they’ll tell you about a fulfilling career, a great relationship, or their own island in the Pacific Ocean. Take a couple more moments, as I often do in coaching, to ask them what they’re planning to do in order to make their dreams come [...]

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Conversation Starters Project

September 19, 2010

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Cool people, A few days ago, I’ve launched a niche website which I encourage you to check out. It’s called Conversation Starters and it’s about (you’ve guessed it) conversation starters (I love it when the right domain is available). This site aims to provide a quality answer to a frequent question: “How the hell do [...]

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Dealing with Envious People

September 13, 2010

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Reach a high enough level of success, skill or happiness, and you find out there are a lot of little green monsters around you, many of which you used to call friends, colleagues, partners or collaborators. Since envy is a common and tricky interpersonal occurrence, I believe that dealing with envious people effectively is one [...]

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How to Meet New People and Make New Friends

September 8, 2010

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I remember many years ago, a woman told me how she is often bored because she doesn’t have a lot of friends. She was living in a city with over 3.000.000 people. I was shocked. I was wondering: “How can you live surrounded by so many people and not have enough friends to spend some [...]

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When It Comes To Life Success, It’s All About Crafty Confidence – 5 Unorthodox Tips to Improve Yours

September 5, 2010

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This is a guest post by Jonny Gibaud, co-founder of Emergency Food Storage. Jonny writes for the love of helping people, inspiring people and Katie Holmes. For articles on Life Design, Business and Sexy Money head over to his blog or check out his personal BrandBase. Confidence Is The Winner Confidence, more than ability, is [...]

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