With the spirit of the July 4th holiday we are celebrating in the USA, it got me wondering, how is an introvert free? Are we free from something or free to something? The holiday is all about independence and freedom but the political nature of freedom is a topic for a different blog. As I started researching freedom it was quite evident this is a huge topic. What Price … [Read more...] about 4 Specifics to Celebrate for Introvert Freedom
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How Introverts Can Learn To Love What They Do
As introverts, we tend to keep to ourselves in large group settings. We like to talk with people we feel comfortable with, but we don’t enjoy making small-talk with people we don’t know. We like to stay out of the limelight. We dislike confrontation intensely. So what does this mean when we’re stuck in a job with a boss we don’t necessarily get along with? What about when we … [Read more...] about How Introverts Can Learn To Love What They Do
What do Harvard Business School and Al Merhabian have to do with your myths?
For ten years I traveled the USA and other countries, facilitating corporate training for companies vested in improved their management, sales and customer service skills. Many workshops I designed included skill sets like setting goal setting and communications skills. These were often backed up by research from the likes of Harvard Business School and Al Merhabian. Other … [Read more...] about What do Harvard Business School and Al Merhabian have to do with your myths?
Small changes to slow down for big benefits
In preparing for the completion of writing my book, Communication Toolkit for Introverts, and move into other phases including collaborative marketing with the publisher, I started feeling: wait, slow down. Maybe you can relate to what I’m feeling. Work, work, work. Why do we often brush aside what we’ve done to reach a milestone? What could we do before moving forward, … [Read more...] about Small changes to slow down for big benefits
2014 Mantras or Intentions, instead of Resolutions or Revolutions
Happy New Year! Are we ready to take on the new? The freshness of a new year always brings so much determination to reach new goals but often many of us can succumb to temptation and give up. Do you make New Years Resolutions? Years ago I ended that routine. It gets so self-defeating to make a resolution, or even a goal, only to find struggle and excuses to soon lead to … [Read more...] about 2014 Mantras or Intentions, instead of Resolutions or Revolutions
Top Ten 2013 worry moments: Why Worrying is Worthless
Worry is only a set of thoughts. When our worry moments cause us to take on useless habits, beliefs and actions is when it matters. As I reflect on this year coming to a close, I thought about any of my thoughts of worry. I made a list to consider, did any of my worry change things for the better or for the worst? If it did, was the Now I know the answer at least to the … [Read more...] about Top Ten 2013 worry moments: Why Worrying is Worthless