Communicating with Tact & Diplomacy, Part 3: Attentive Listening
There are [at least] two components to effective communications: Listening and Messaging. Just as there are [at least] two parties [...]
Communicating with Tact & Diplomacy, Part 2: Four Facets
“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.” - Isaac Newton “Diplomacy is the art of [...]
Communicating with Tact & Diplomacy, Part 1 in a 9 part series
Effective communication, especially listening, is something everybody knows is important. Amazing how ‘everybody’ doesn’t do it. This series of articles [...]
Job loss – other losses – and a few surprises
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her book On Death and Dying brought into the modern lexicon the notion that when people [...]
In defence of ground hogs
It’s not their fault. They never claimed to have e.s.p. and the ability to forecast spring, or anything else. [...]
On Procrastination: Summary
This series has hardly been the last word on overcoming procrastination but maybe it gave you a couple of insights, [...]
On Procrastination Part 7: The Value of Positive Self-Talk
Despite my earlier diatribe against positive self-talk in the shallow Anthony Robbins style, it has its place if framed properly. [...]
On Procrastination Part 6: Using Cognitive Therapy to Overcome a Negative Explanatory Style
Procrastination can be defined as one’s voluntary delay of an intended course of action despite being worse off as a [...]
On Procrastination Part 5: Negative Explanatory Style – Chief Cause of Procrastination
Being an optimist – or more accurately perhaps, having an optimistic thinking style when things are going alright – is [...]
On Procrastination Part 4: What can we Learn from the Optimistic Explanatory Style
There are a lot of ‘motivational speakers’ out there from the Anthony Robbins School of Positive Self-Talk – Awaken the [...]