All too often, when coaching clients or just generally chatting with people about their personal growth and development, they tell me that they’re unhappy with certain aspects of their personality. When I ask them what’s stopping them from changing, they say things like “I was born this way”, “It’s just who I am”, “You can’t [...]
I recently came across a disturbing blog article where the author, George Cloutier – “ The Turnaround Ace” had written the following:
“Your cell phone is for keeping in touch with clients and sales managers in the field, not for taking calls from your spouse throughout the day about what groceries to pick up on the way home. [...]
Many people are motivated by having something to work towards; for them, having a clear vision is useful for their personal development and journey in life.
Endless Possibilities
If you are someone that needs to find a vision for yourself you will want to make sure that you are following through with what life has in [...]
I’m over 50 years old, and whilst I’m not a great believer in regrets, I’ve made more than a few mistakes along the way. Many people at this point would write something like “and I’ve learned from every mistake!” Unfortunately, being stubborn, that has not always been the case and I’ve repeated some mistakes several [...]
Social Media and Social Networking are fun, rewarding and can be very time absorbing. Sooner or later though, you have to ask yourself a fundamental question: why am I doing it?
All you bloggers – why do you blog? All you Social and Business Networking site addicts, why are you members?
Bloggers
Why do you blog? Is it [...]
Penny Power’s 3 step social networking model is powrful because it works on two levels. Know me, Like me, Follow me describes, on the one hand, the maturation process individuals go through as they spend time networking. On the other hand, it also desc ribes the steps through which relationships move.
Connect, Engage, Share (CES)
Connect, Engage, [...]
Wow, a lot of good articles this week in my Google Reader feed! It’s been very tough reducing the list to a reasonable length, but I managed it in the end – happy reading!
Is it Time to be Ditching Traditional Marketing? by Karen Skidmore
Karen argues something dear to my heart – that traditional marketing is [...]
One of the facts that gets quoted every now and then by people advising bloggers on how to write articles is that the top bloggers use the word “you” more often than “me” or “We/Our”. So I thought I’d take a look and see if this is true, or another Social Media Urban Myth.
As a [...]
Huh? Have I redefined physics? Not at all, just borrowed a famous equation!
To rephrase Einstein, E=MC4; Effectiveness = Motivation x Commitment x Concentration x Clarity x Consistency, where motivation and commitment both include action as well as positive thinking, concentration is focus and clarity is having a clear objective.
Whilst “The Secret” and the “Law of [...]
I realise looking back over the posts of the last couple of weeks that I have posted a lot about social media. Whilst social media and networking are an important tool for being able to unleash your potential, I want to open up the blog and look at unleashing potential from other angles.
Sometimes, it can [...]
