The listener’s expression matters
Recent research has confirmed what great listeners have always known – the way the a listener behaves makes a huge difference to the quality of information they receive from the speaker. The British...
View ArticleHow new words are born
New words are being created at an astonishing rate at the moment – or so it seems from here. In the last week, I’ve spotted three interesting ones in my inbox: Andrew Cain introduced Fixititis. He says...
View ArticleWhat kind of editor are you?
Hypnotic storyteller Robin Manuell (http://www.ideasinmotion.co.uk) has a great take on the famous Disney Strategy for creativity. For him, the three ‘positions’ in the sequence are Imagineer, Realiser...
View ArticleIs passive income damaging your health?
Could the myth of “passive income” be damaging your health – or at least your psychological well-being – as Daniel Priestley, author of Become a Key Person of Influence, proposed in a talk recently?...
View ArticleInfluence: actions speak louder than words
Influential language is important. Questions, listening and metaphor are important. But there could be an even more important factor in influence: the purely “incidental” behaviour of the people around...
View ArticleAre Second-Hand Metaphors Restricting Your Life?
Are you living your life according to your own metaphors? Or is your system being restricted by ill-fitting second-hand ideas, images and connections? As I’ve mentioned frequently in this blog, the...
View ArticleThe Perfect Elevator Pitch?
How much can a label such as “coach” or “mentor” say about you? My recent blog Call Yourself A Coach? promoted some interesting discussions, online and off. The consensus? Of course a label can’t say...
View ArticleBreakthrough Sessions
If you were to have a “breakthrough session”, what kind of “breakthrough” would yours be? My friend James Tripp and I were talking yesterday about how various coaches and therapists offer “breakthrough...
View ArticleDo You Know The Right Answer?
How often do you ask a question to which you don’t know the answer? “Never!” is apparently the answer trial lawyers would give. Makes sense – they dont want a witness embarrassing them on the stand...
View ArticleSacking The “Berlusconi Of The Brain”
Berlusconi no longer runs Italy. But is the “Berlusconi of the Brain” still in charge in your own world? According to Iain McGilchrist, the left hemisphere of the brain is like Berlusconi because it...
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