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RAMP up positive emotions by using words like sensational, awesome and amazing, and reduce negative emotions through words like peeved, miffed and mellowed. Next time your partner upsets you say that you feel ‘slightly grazed’ – the emotion is less, immediately. (Extract from The Naked Leader)… Continue Reading
DELAY worry. Have a worry time in your diary – eg 3pm every Monday or 7pm every Sunday – when you will worry for seven minutes straight. All worries and fears you have are to be relocated to that time as you are too busy to worry right now. When that time comes, sit down…… Continue Reading
GOLF is a game of opposites. If you hit the ball on the left side it will go to the right. If you hit it on the right side it will go left. If you hit it on the top it will go down and if you hit it on the bottom or underneath it…… Continue Reading
YOUR mind is rather like a loft – and I don’t mean it’s a large empty space where there’s no-one at home! It collects things over the years. In little areas or compartments. Much of what we have gleaned is no longer needed – and yet despite it no longer being useful we aren’t able…… Continue Reading
JUST because there have been plenty of lean months doesn’t mean that companies don’t want to put some meat back on the bone. In Great Britain and Europe, medium and small-sized businesses will invest hugely in the next 12 months according to a survey. Manufacturing and IT equipment, cars, and commercial vehicles are the big…… Continue Reading
DELEGATE. It enables you to make full use of the resources you have available. It also helps your team gain vital new experience to aid longevity of the business, helping it grow and develop.… Continue Reading
BIG is a little word with a big meaning. We may be a small fish in a pond full of others but we can determine the size of the pond we live in by the dimensions of the vision we have for ourselves. If we confine the thoughts we have we will restrict our potential…… Continue Reading
BE confident. Confidence is absolutely critical to your success in running a business and in forming trusted relationships. The fastest way to be confident? Act as if you are confident. The mind cannot tell the difference between something that happens in reality and something it imagines with emotional intensity. So, literally, pretend to be confident…… Continue Reading
IT isn’t just phones that are smart these days. Businesses are becoming streetwise and ‘bank savvy’ in their efforts to access finance to better their fortunes. And it isn’t just a need for survival that firms are looking to borrow funds from financial institutions. According to figures, there is a clear trend towards companies wanting…… Continue Reading
ONE of the features of a future leader will be his or her ability to make it happen – to take action and lead by example. They will take risks, confident in the results and greater rewards. They will make mistakes and take blame, but will ride this out in the belief and certainty of…… Continue Reading