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How to Eliminate Limiting Beliefs for Good and Become Unstoppable
How limiting belief creep in A friend of mine has just had her first book published. It was signed by a trade publisher who specialises in travel guides. My friend has written a hilarious book about a family holiday in Asia. The book has been released in the Australian, UK and US markets, which is
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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 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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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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