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“You’re ridin’ high in April, shot down in May.” –Frank Sinatra If you are reading this you are likely in one now currently or are remembering a time when you were. The dreaded sales slump. It happens- even to the best of us. Sales can be a hero to zero business. The highs can be heavenly while the lows are at best bearable. When you find yourself in one, consider the 4 “R”s.

I’m learning that authenticity is in the eyes of the authentic. I have spent the last four years focusing on authenticity as I see it from the American perspective. In my view there’s a great need to help people see themselves and each other from the nine dimensions of authenticity and how we can ‘tweak’ our lives to step into our true selves. It’s been the focus of my work with the nine dimensions of authenticity.

The true essence of love – when we want something as good or better than we wish for ourselves. TWO PEAS IN A POD Two brothers were orphaned when they were youngsters. They were farmers and worked together on their family farm. Years later the elder brother married and had a family with two children. The other remained single. SHARING UP THE DIDLUM CLUB Working hard together, they shared the fruits of their labour equally. THINK BEFORE ACTINGr

WHAT DO DIVORCE RATES SAY ABOUT MARRIAGE? We have all heard about the high rates of divorce in the West and we have also heard about how people are increasingly shunning marriage in the UK and US, opting instead for living together or singledom. Are soaring divorce rates indicative of an out-of-date institution that is totally irrelevant in modern times? They are definitely indicative of the fact that people are not prepared to continue a marriage and want out! NATURAL versus UNNATURALr

Chuck Noll, the four-time Super Bowl-winning football coach, once told his players, “Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.” This is certainly an extension of Wooden’s preparation philosophy. You can’t ...

THE BLESSING OF FRIENDSHIP B: Blessed beyond compare are we when we have beautiful friends. Beside me, I feel so blessed, loved and cared for. Friends certainly bless our lives and are a blessing. L: Loving thoughts are all I feel for my friends. Loving ways are the hallmarks of great friendships. Loyal friends are worth more than apples of gold and silver. E: Endearing qualities are produced when two friends express their friendship and love for each other. S: Super blessed are we when we find our friend soulmates.r

LUCKY BREAKS Luck may or may not be a random thing: Some people are just plain luckier than others period. However, for all of us, we can increase the amount of luck in our lives. FIVE MENTAL APPROACHES TO BE MORE LUCKY 1. If you want to be more lucky, you have to believe that there is such a thing as luck, especially good luck. 2. You must want to be lucky, if you want to experience more luck. 3. To be more lucky, appreciate that the good things in your life are the result of luck and blessings.

You know the old adage about letting sleeping dogs lie? It doesn’t apply to people with grudges, who may actually become more difficult from stewing in their angry juices about whatever sleight or injury they’ve pinned on you.

Do your friends and colleagues interrupt you? When you make a suggestion at work is it ignored; but later someone says the same thing, and the boss thinks it's a great idea. Do you sometimes feel you are invisible and not getting the attention and respect you deserve? All of us feel like this at one time or another. Relax – here are easy steps you can take to ensure that you are always Seen and Heard! Sometimes all you have to do is pay attention to your nonverbal cues. Non

A business leader must possess a variety of skills to carry out tasks in an efficient and effective manner. Most renowned business leaders have possessed a number of personal qualities that have aided them in their success. These qualities are worth emulating and can be helpful for any person who in charge of getting others to implement their ideas. Character Effective leaders must possess personal qualities that make people look up to them and make them want to follow them.

Do you want to improve your conversation skills? One good way to pick up tips on making conversation is easily available to you every day. If you want to learn how to be a good conversationalist, a really useful place to start is by watching television! Not just any television shows - you can learn a lot about how to have successful conversations by watching talk shows. The people who act as hosts and interviewers on these programs tend to have extremely good conversation ski

Making friends in another country can be a challenge, especially if you don’t know anybody at first. This article details the most effective ways to pull it off smoothly. Today, it’s very common to end up studying, working, living or traveling in another country. If at first you don’t know anybody else there, meeting new people and making new friends can seem like a challenge.

Many clients I work with take things in their lives and relationships personally. When I first introduce the concept that many things they think are personal really are not personal, I hear responses such as: "How could I not take it personally? I am the one being rejected!" "It's not someone else she's angry with, it is me so how is that not personal?"

Good communication is of fundamental importance in intimatenrelationships. The ability to accurately differentiate betweent he internal experiences of feeling, thought and sensation is basic to this process. The astonishing diversity of the English language allows many opportunities for misunderstanding. One example of this lack of precision is how the word "feel" can be used to express a number of quite different internal experiences. It can refer to emotion -- "I feel ups

Apple CEO Steve Jobs knows all about the Power of Persuasive Presentations! I recently delivered a program on “Executive Communications” to an International Chapter of the YPO (The Young President’s Organization). There are two major job responsibilities of a CEO. One is Chief Strategist. The other is Chief Story Teller.nnJust look at Apple’s Steve Jobs, who excels at both. Considering that many people would rather die than speak in public, including C

"I can live for two months on a good compliment." n- Mark TwainnnWhen you make people feel good about themselves, they're more likely to want to be in your company. Paying a compliment is a verbal gift; it’s an expression of praise, approval and encouragement that is meant to acknowledge an attribute, quality, ability or any number of good characteristics of another person. Giving a compliment focuses your attention on another person and that makes them feel good. nnIt's ea

USE IT OR LOSE IT. This applies to all English speakers and those who are learning English. So here are 10 tips to improve your English.

The art of conversation really is a wonderful skill; the simple skills to keep a conversation alive can be the deciding factor to how successful you are going to be. Starting a conversation and maintaining a conversation really are two separate factors. As with anything there is a start, middle and an end. Below are some tips that will help you to keep any conversation alive: 1. Don’t be a conversational bully. Avoid making people feel as if they are forced to listen to wh

Ask any top salesperson what is the most important factor in crushing their quota and they will usually reply getting to the “decision maker." Knowing what to say to create interest with a key decision maker is where it all begins. With a little preparation you can create an "initial benefit statement” that can shorten the sales cycle and help you close more sales in less time. A good initial benefit statement starts by understanding the job titles of the key decision makers

Possibly the most important skill you could ever learn is how to communicate effectively with other people; having the right type of effective communication skill will help you in all areas of your life; that could be in your work, with your partner or spouse, with your friends, or anyone that you have to communicate with and have to get a point across to. An effective communication skill makes it so much easier to be understood and listened to, leaving you feeling much calm

Shyness as a psychological condition is bad enough, but chronic shyness is even worse. In order to deal with it effectively, you’ll need to explore a whole new territory. If you are chronically shy, then you’re past the phase of feeling somewhat uneasy when you’re talking with new people. Individuals with chronic shyness don’t feel comfortable in almost any social situation and they avoid strangers like the plague.

Feedback can be a valuable tool in personal and professional development. The opinions of others can give you insight into your own behavior that you may not know or find out on your own. Although it is very useful, sometimes feedback can be difficult to hear, especially if it has not been requested, or an opinion you do not agree with. Whether it comes from a co-worker or a friend, it is important to receive the feedback with composure. A hostile response may damage the relationship.

Communication is one of those profound aspects of life which enables life to flow and exist on a plane which makes the world go around and things happen. Communication in itself is an art, one that often astounds us with its many intricate, complex and complicated ways of expression. It is certainly an expressive conduit, having a life force of its own in many dimensions and through many different mediums.nnCommunication is not just what we say and how we say it. It is someth

This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Communication Skills, the tools and methods to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of an exchange of information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior. Meryl Runion is the Official Guide to Communication Skills .nn Messages: The Communications Skills Book is a valuable resource for people interested in Communication Skills , and it is available through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble .nn Book Description

YOU CAN’T OWN ANYONE Paulo Coelho in Eleven Minutes wrote: “No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.” QUESTIONS After reading such a quote the following questions come to mind: Do we really never own anyone? Can we really embrace such an idea? What are the benefits of this freedom? Is this the type of freedom worth having? WHAT DOES THIS QUOTE MEAN?r

"I'm sick and tired of HR's red tape. I need this employee now, not next month. My department suffers while you drag your feet trying to get references I don't need. I want THIS person. Get off the stick and make it happen!" OK! Jack's trying to communicate an important need. What's his ...

What is Frame?rn Frames are allow the multiple Web pages to all show up in the same page because Web sites use HTML frames, where the pages are broke up into various areas Each area consists of an independent Web page because . It can make your site easier to navigate because you can have a constantly visible navigation menu - and you know that easy navigation is one of the most important aspects of website design . This can make your site faster because you can include the s

Forward-thinking, proactive leaders and organizations use team building as a vital tool to improve the functioning of their workplaces. When we practice effective team building we improve the morale and productivity in our workplaces. Here are ten key benefits team building produces for your workplace. 1. Reduced conflict. 2. More employee collaboration. 3. Less power and turf struggles. 4. Increased empathy and understanding. 5. Greater sense of a common goal. 6. People feel important and valued.r

Nonverbal cues can often tell you more about a person than what that person spells out in an e-mail or conversation. One area where this comes up for many entrepreneurs is in hiring. When you ask most CEOs or business owners what keeps them up at night, it's either that they don't have enough good employees to grow or the ones they have are driving them crazy.

Crawling on burnt hands and knees across the blistering hot sand, his throat rasping in searing pain with each seemingly last breath, with only about a day more travel before he reached town, a miner came across a cabin. In the cabin was a rusty water pump. The pump handle was in the up ...Crawling on burnt hands and knees across the blistering hot sand, his throat rasping in searing pain with each seemingly last breath, with only about a day more travel before he reached town, a miner came across a cabin. In the cabin was a rusty water pump.

For our ancestors, split-second decisions made on the basis of subtle visual clues could be a matter of life or death. Today, first impressions still evoke automatic responses, which may or may not be accurate. Those automatic responses must be analyzed and filtered to ensure survival in a world where societal restrictions and nuances have added many layers to personal interactions. Goman proposes five filters through which to sift first impressions:

Gentleman Sportsman Imran Khan is Asia’s most successful cricket captain and in the top ten of most well-known sportsmen in this continent. Gentle Giantr Blessed with more than his fair share of charisma, charm, affability, eloquence and powerful, driven passion, Imran is a legend in the cricketing world, spanning the globe all the way from Australia to England. Founder of a renowned cancer hospital, he is also an enigma on the medical map too. Imran’s never-say-die brand of success comes from the 12 principles revealed here. 1. Making the Impossible Possible!

My clients often ask me how to communicate more effectively. We all are capable of practicing effective communication we just haven't learned how to actually do it. Here are some basic tips on how to get started.

WHERE DOES SUCCESS COME FROM? Behind every successful man is a team of people – past, present and future. You probably have heard that “Behind every successful man is a woman.” It is certainly true that a good woman can really help a man to be successful, but the truth is that behind every person is a team of people who have helped in some way. BEHIND NAPOLEON HILL IS ANDREW CARNEGIEr

A TALE OF GOOD ACTIONS VERSUS EVIL (Main Characters) 1. A housewife who loves to make chapati 2. A poor man – a hunchback – a man with a grotesque bump on his back. A man who can’t stand up straight and looks all hunched over. Not a pleasant sight. 3. A son who was no longer around. SETTING A land far away in time and distance. Somewhere in the Indian sub-continent. Chapati is an Indian flatbread also known as roti. This unleavened flatbread is a staple in the Indian subcontinent and also in Southeast Asia (Malaysia and Singapore). It is made of wheat flour, salt and water.

THE DAYS AND NIGHTS SO FAR Story 7 by Queen Shahrazad – This story was told by King Yunan to his evil Wezir (Vizier) as a reminder that if we do things when angry we may live to regret those actions. King Yunan could only see gratitude for the sage of Duban who had cured him of leprosy and could not believe that this sage meant him any harm. Queen Shahrazad told this story to impress upon her husband the dangers of jealousy and that the consequences of our actions may be irreparable. FITS OF JEALOUSYr

Virtual meetings have paved the way for cost-effective and streamlined communication in the corporate sector. However, many people are sceptical about holding online events instead of meeting in person, which is vital in maintaining the 'human touch' in business. Undoubtedly, companies reap tremendous benefits by hosting a remote meeting, as it can successfully eliminate the costs associated with venue rental, hotel rooms and transportation. In spite of cost savings measure,

Writing thank you to that special someone is easy. Just follow these six, foolproof steps and you will discover you are able to write thank you notes for any occasion. nn Step One - Date and Salutation nnDate the note at the top and write Dear Aunt Sally or Dear Elizabeth. Dear is the most common and traditional salutation. It is the most recommended.nn Step Two - The First Thank You nnSimply write the words, "Thank you for" and then insert the git or kindness that has warran

Are you comfortable with walking up to someone and starting a conversation? Can you get people talking again when they have descended into eerie silence? If you answered ‘no’ to either of these questions, you might benefit from learning a few more conversation starter questions. Don’t worry! You are in good company as many people do not feel themselves to be a natural conversation starter; questions many people can quickly think of often seem boring or inappropriate. The ab

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." –Goethe

Research * has shown that survivors of sexual abuse often feel support and understanding is missing when they disclose having been abused. Research has also shown that survivors who are not getting appropriate support when they disclose having been abused are more prone to develop post traumatic ...

100 QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU GET MARRIEDr

In our multicultural society, we’re often in a position where we need to communicate with people who speak a language other than our own. That’s also increasingly true as business becomes increasingly globalized. Americans have traditionally relied on the other person to speak English. Today, that approach is often not accepted. Suppose, for example, you get a promotion to a position that has you working with clients in China (or Germany, France, Italy….). You don’t s

Somehow, when we were young, we thought everything was possible for us. We could easily say "I want to be an astronaut" and truly believe so! No matter what happened, we could speak (and also laugh, cry and shout) in front of a lot of people, without even noticing it! Somehow, as we grew older, our self confidence became nimbler and weaker, product of social conditioning, and now we sweat and tremble when we're asked to address a few words! Quite a job they have been doing with our minds, huh?

When CompTIA developed the A+ certification in 1993, it was revolutionary. Prior to this time, IT certifications were limited to particular manufacturers. The qualifications for these certifications had quite a bit in common, and yet people still had to be certified for Dell, Compaq and IBM individually. Then, in 1982, five vendors got together and created the Association of Better Computer Dealers in an effort to improve the IT industry for everyone. They later changed their

Have you ever attended a meeting, conference or networking event and felt as if people were unfriendly or snobbish and hard to engage in conversation? Are you aware you might be sending the same message when you are talking with another person … simply through your stance? By the way you stand, you either exclude or include others.

When you listen to Americans talking you might notice that they always stress some syllables more than others. That's because in English words one syllable is always pronounced with more emphasis than the other syllables in the word. The vowel in the stressed syllable is lengthened and has a ...

"The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration." (Perl S. Buck) Perl S. Buck has written these wise words long ...