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Blending direct, yet fair Assertive Speaking skills with empathic, Active Listening helps us in many work and personal conversations, especially when facing an impasse while forging agreements with others.   The “G.A.I.N.” Agenda for Gaining Commitments Let’s pretend you’ve effectively tried to forge agreement from someone about a needed task. You’ve...

There are very few hotels in the world that have been rated 7-star due to the luxury and opulence it promises. Blame it on the competition or essence of luxury that people crave, these hotel properties have the best of everything. Such is the profound effect of these hotels on...

In the 1991 movie Defending Your Life, the character Daniel Miller is determined to negotiate a salary raise with his boss. The day before, he secures the help of his wife to bounce off his negotiation skills and land the number of his dreams: $65,000. The D-day comes and when...

"I’m getting a little nervous about contracting EOMB” In May 2022, in order to ‘Live Stupendously', I will be walking The Larapinta trail in Central Australia: 107km over 6 days, 10-12 hours of walking each day; in 23-27 degree celsius heat. This goal is part of my Life’s Too Short bucket list which...

Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco offer the best nightlife scenes in California. Make sure you carry government-issued photo identification. They take it very seriously and won’t let you in if you do not have identification. Keep in mind that you need to have enough for the parking, entry,...

How do we help ourselves and the people in our organisations to become more strategic in the way we work and plan? How do we stay focused on winning the long game?  I’ve worked with many people at all levels of organisations over the past two decades, and I’ve noticed...

Hybrid work is all the rage lately – initially out of necessity, but now out of flexibility and preference. When businesses moved to remote work in 2020, it was a stressful period of time when they needed to figure out how best to continue on with work while not in...

VPN or virtual private network is one of the best ways to secure your business data. While you may not understand its importance in the initial stages, whenever you are browsing the net for business purposes, a VPN is helpful.  There is a wide range of threats online, especially for...

The training of a dog is a determining factor in its relationship with humans. When we talk about the training we do not refer to the tricks that a dog can very easily learn to do. These are intended to impress. When we refer to training, we talk about understanding...

For many people, what other people think about them is really important – especially those that they love.   Getting support and approval from the people we care about the most can be hugely important and for many people, the ultimate deciding factor about whether they go ahead with what they...