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How to Create an Action Plan for your Business and Execute it
If you have ever worked for the public service, you’d know how much public servants love writing action plans. Sometimes these documents run to more than fifty pages and include multiple tables, figures and attachments. Public service action plans usually include definitions, project back ground, project context and at least a couple of pages thanking
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Is it Possible to Turn your Passion into Income?
I read the results of a recent survey which found that most Australians are unhappy in their job. According to a survey of 4,800 people (carried out on behalf of SEEK Learning) more than half were dissatisfied with their work. Another survey I came across, run by Careerone, found that more than 80% of employees
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How to Dramatically Improve your Negotiation Skills
The other day I met up with an old friend. Our plan was to eat together. He suggested dining at an Italian restaurant, but coming from an Italian family I know how difficult it is to find good Italian food. I didn’t want to eat at some random Italian restaurant. Thai was my suggestion. Bu
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How to Effectively Deal with Liars
We tell our children that Father Christmas is real, that the Easter Bunny is real and many other lies, but a nice lie of course. The myths of the Easter bunny and Father Christmas are meant to bring joy in childhood. However some children feel hurt and angry when they find out it was a
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How to Turn your Limitations Into Over Achievement
I read in The New York Times recently that there is a new type of literature called the anti-self-help or anti-improvement genre. A New York Times article told me that a number of authors have written self-help books telling people to stop reading self-help books. I did think those authors were a little hypocritical however
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How to Build and Manage a Team of A Players
Yesterday I wrote about the importance of recognising your own strengths and weaknesses, and how that ultimately helps you to understand yourself and relate to other people. Today I want to talk about the importance of recognising other people’s strengths and weaknesses, and how that can help you build a strong team. Do you belong
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How to Grow your Career as a Life Coach
An area I have been very interested in, in the past few years is life coaching. Life coaches arrived in Australia in the 1990s and demand for life coaches has grown exponentially ever since. The International Coach Federation, a US based-group and the world’s leading organisation for life coaches, had only 150 Australasian members in
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How to Discover and Leverage your Strengths and Weaknesses
As a parent, it’s always fascinating to see your children grow and develop, and it’s amazing how different siblings can be. You might have one child who is extroverted, confident and quick-thinking, while the other child is quiet, thoughtful and artistic. Sometimes siblings are so different it’s hard to believe that they are related –
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A How-to Guide for Public Speakers: Prepare then Perform
During my life I have addressed crowds in cities around the world and even spoken to audiences overseas. I have shared a platform with Donald Trump, now the 45th president of the United States. I’ve also had the privilege of speaking next to Sir Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin Airlines. But becoming a sought-after
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How to Finally Conquer Procrastination
Did you read Shakespeare’s play Hamlet at school? Hamlet is the story of a Danish prince who discovers his uncle has murdered his father and married his mother. Over four agonising acts, Hamlet considers what he should do. The play is 30,000 words long, and the truth is that for around 29,000-words Hamlet does very
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How to Quit Any Addiction the Easy Way
Have you ever tried to give up something that you are addicted to like smoking or alcohol, or even something less odious like chocolate? It is hard work, isn’t it? It takes tremendous determination. I’ve heard people label drug addicts ‘weak’, but when you think about it, it takes a great deal of will power
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The 7 Secrets to Getting Free Publicity for your Business
I am getting excited ahead of my speaking tour later this month on how to turn personal knowledge into a million-dollar business. But people are still asking me who will benefit from my lectures. Is it for people who want to enter the self-help industry? Is it mainly for life coaches, mentors and prospective authors?
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