What does it feel like to talk without being interrupted? Can you remember the last time? For many, it doesn’t happen often, or ever. I hear from clients that interrupting is prevalent in their conversations and meetings. It’s become accepted behavior. But, a lot of good thinking is not being expressed because of it. I was
I’d like to ask you to do something right now. Take a moment to listen to the sounds around you. What do you hear? Now, listen beyond, what do hear further away? Now, shift your focus to yourself. What do you hear within you? Go deeper. What’s inside you that wants to be heard? We’re surrounded by sound
Did he just roll his eyes? Did she just negate what I said, again? When something happens once – an off-kilter comment, an eye roll, an affront – it’s natural to get annoyed at the person, then dismiss it as an unusual event. You didn’t like it, but you let it go. When it happens more
“It is only what you do that tells you and others what you truly believe.” Brian Tracy, Time Power
Words have power.How they are used have power.Labels are decisions, judgements stated in small packages. Labels stick.Labels affect our thinking.Labels can be limiting or liberating. Labels affect how we view ourselves.Labels affect how we view others.Labels affect how we view otherswe don’t even know. Labels have power. When we repeat them,They affect what we (and
