Are you frozen by fear? I was trading emails with a fellow entrepreneur the other day on the topic of fear. We don’t always call it that – sometimes we call it “procrastination” which is really fear of failure or criticism – one of the things we tell ourselves to justify standing still. We were […]
Archives for February 2011
"What did you say?" 3 steps to better listening.
In the early days of my marriage I quickly learned how easy it is to mis-communicate with someone! If you find yourself not understanding someone, have you asked them to explain? Did you listen when they spoke? Are you sure you heard them? Are you sure you understood? 3 steps to better listening: Focus your […]
Define *your* achievable strategy in the next 15 minutes
Out of the blue the phone rings, and a person I’ve never met starts to tell me about a great opportunity. You see, there’s this conference coming up where strategic business leaders from Latin America will be available to meet personally with companies like ours, and there are just a few choice invitations still open. […]
