Cecilia on March 26th, 2009

Many people have watched this wonderful short-film on validation.  (If you haven’t taken the time before, it’s worth the 16 minutes.  If you have seen it before, it’s still work the reminder.) It seems nice in theory and in the end, the guy does get the girl, but can this simple technique do anything to [...]

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Cecilia on March 19th, 2009

Great speech-making skills are not only beneficial to those who must get in front of large audiences on a regular basis. The advice provided by communications expert Tony Carlson can benefit anyone who feels they have something important to communicate. In the The How of WOW: A Guide to Giving a Speech That Will Positively [...]

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Cecilia on March 16th, 2009

There are always going to be a list of things that we decide to do even though we don’t want to. We decide that we will pay our taxes so we don’t get in trouble with the IRS. We decide to follow up on outstanding invoices with our clients/customers so we can get paid. We [...]

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Cecilia on March 13th, 2009

Avoiding the School of Hard Knocks should be much easier today than it has been in the past. In all likelihood, someone else has already figured out how to do so or all of what you are trying accomplish. Why not learn from them. With the level of access we know have to information through [...]

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… But when you can do something, ACT and don’t complain. There are few power busters greater than worrying about the things over which we have no control. This is especially true for, and probably the real definition of, people who have control issues. We spend time trying, in vain, to gain control over situations [...]

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Cecilia on March 11th, 2009

I just saw a Tweet (for those of you unfamiliar with Twitter, this is what their micro-blogging posts are called) with a great time saving tip. If you listened to this month’s Forward the Action Call on personal productivity, you heard me discuss the increased demands technology has placed on all of us. People now [...]

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