“If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re too small,” says Sir Richard Branson. You may be thinking about a career change. Or whether to stay in a relationship or not. And then there are the smaller, yet emotionally draining, things – whether to speak up about...
It sounds so simple. Just say what’s on your mind. Then why is it so hard? It may well depend on how you’re “wired” – and whether you’re a bulldozer or a sugarcoater. Some of you are very quick to speak – bulldozing your way through conversations. Others hold way...
Let’s face it. When you set out to make a change in your life, I’ll bet you aim for a higher success rate than ten percent. That’s the thing, though. Lots of times we set ourselves up for failure by trying to make wholesale changes. “If you’re always striving,...
Do you have one of those situations in your family where there’s a “freeze out?” And everyone is tip-toeing around it? Or maybe you’re involved in an office conflict or with a group of friends who are bickering. It happens all too often. With today’s extended...
Maybe it’s a throwback to the hunter/gatherer concept – or a cruel hoax of nature. Whatever the reason, though, the differences in communication between men and women sure make for interesting challenges! Women Speak Twice as Many Words You’ve probably heard the...
Nobody wins in a heated argument. What if there was a way to defuse that heat and provide a “time out?” This one-minute video reveals a phrase you can use to get a conversation back to neutral. It disarms the other person — without taking away your power....