The Temporary State of Enemy-ness
From Volume 4, Issue 4: Can you imagine toilet paper being the root cause of someone’s murder? Well, structurally, I can.
From Volume 4, Issue 4: Can you imagine toilet paper being the root cause of someone’s murder? Well, structurally, I can.
From Volume 4, Issue 4:This past week I had the pleasure of keynoting an organization and conducting an in-depth breakout session on the subject of communication. One attendee specifically chose to attend my breakout because she had a problem and was hoping I had the answer. She’s a member of a very experienced department (average age about 50 with an average tenure of 20 years) that had just been graced with a new manager—and things were not working out.
From Volume 4, Issue 3: How many times have you turned on a fake smile? Chances are, you’ve done it a lot, with colleagues, prospects, family, and friends.
From Volume 4, Issue 3: If you’re like me, you’ve been raised to think that being bold is for other people—celebrities, geniuses, and the like.
From Volume 4, Issue 2:Remember the movie Jerry Maguire? Renée Zellweger blubbers to Tom Cruise, “You had me at hello.” But when meeting new people and making a connection with them is how you make a living, what are the chances that the connection is made that easily or quickly?
From Volume 4, Issue 2: You’ve set a goal and you’re working on achieving it. Your Knower/Judger is making rules that will help you achieve that goal, like I won’t eat any sugar or I will make 10 outbound calls a day. But it’s not working.
From Volume 4, Issue 1: Each day, you have countless conversations that don’t lead to the result you want. It’s like you’re performing a conversational dance and you’re locked into the steps—the routine path the conversation takes.