If you want too much, you become impatient, create pressure, fail to listen and miss out on many opportunities that might have been possible with an open mindset. This applies to relationships, sales situations and much more. Here are my thoughts on this.
Standing up for yourself, being taken seriously and not getting fooled is not primarily about communication. Inner clarity is much more important if you want to realise your ideas.
Going into an important conversation without an objective is a mistake. It's too easy to be manipulated that way. But with only one objective and no alternatives, you are just as lost. What if you can't achieve it or if you try desperately to reach
Negative feedback always hurts initially. I hardly know anyone who does not feel this way. Nevertheless it is often more important and useful than positive feedback. Here are a few tips to help you accept feedback professionally, both internally and externally.
Once people have formed an opinion, they usually stick to it. If that is true, do you ever have a chance to convince someone of any other opinion? Well, it still works, if you know how. Here are three tips for gentle contradiction.
There are some people you just can't deal with, right? Ideally, it's the exceptions that make life difficult. But what if you meet exactly such a person again and again, professionally or privately? Here are 3 tips:
Honestly, do we not sometimes wish that another person could read our thoughts? And at the same time, it's pure stress when others expect it of us. Get real! Talking is easier.
"My clients don't want that" is what some salespeople tell me spontaneously when I recommend using more video calls. My follow-up question: "All of them? Always?" Here's some thoughts on that.
Do you need to look confident right now, but don't you feel it? Or would empathy be called for, but you are just so distracted? In other words, you need a prompt change of mood. Here's a little trick to help you.
Corona restrictions continue and the family is sitting on top of each other. Things are not going as they should. This can lead to stress. But it is also a good occasion to improve family communication once and for all.