The CHI Five-Step Success Process. Write down five things you love doing. Circle the ones you’re really good at. Figure out which of these will allow you to serve the most people. Tell your story and find the people who want what you offer. Go all in on that one and don’t let anything stop…
When teaching or giving instructions, it’s best to follow a few simple rules. Tell them what you’re going to tell them. Tell them. Tell them what you told them. That often works. But, people learn differently so we have to accommodate those styles. If they’re visual learners, you’ll have to show them what to do….
Teaching the physicality of negotiation techniques. It’s an overlooked but crucial skill set. Little known fact: if you walk towards someone with your hand extended, they will take it even if they have no other reason to (depending on their culture). We are social creatures. When someone extends themselves to us, we want to reciprocate….
How we speak of our dead to ease the grieving process I’m thinking about death this morning. Or rather, I’m thinking about a convention we use to talk about someone who has died. After the person, or a beloved critter, dies we start referring to them in the past tense. More to the point, we…
Even When It Sucks, Always Tell Yourself The Truth It’s not easy, but we have to don’t we? That’s the trouble with wanting to live a more truthful life. You can’t hide your head in the sand from something when that something lives in your head to begin with. Eventually, you’ve got to tell yourself…
How to Let the No go. We all know it. In business, and in the rest of life, we hear “No.” A lot. And here’s the funny thing. When someone tells us no, we want to convince them over to yes. And there are times when it’s worth it. In certain negotiations, it’s imperative to…
Develop Your Hearing Skills to Live a More Successful Life As part of building your intuitive skills, you need to listen better. To do that, you need to improve your hearing. Listen to this week’s episode for tactical ideas on how to do that. With these techniques under your belt, the people in your life…
Build Your Intuitive Skills 1 How what you see can help you negotiate, communicate, and thrive In this week’s episode, I detail how to start expanding your intuitive skills. In order to intuit correctly, you need to improve your observational and assessment skills. Your intuition has many practical applications. It’s not a woo-woo skill. Instead,…
Build Your Intuitive Skills to Connect and Communicate with Anyone in Your Life There are four main building blocks of human communication and connection and they aren’t what you’d think. You’d think they are about preparing yourself and your voice, your story. You would imagine they are about what you will express to the people you…
Give and Receive Hospitality to Friends, Family, and Customers Many people travel at this time of year. And many make use of hotels or private homes. When we travel, we look forward to a hospitable experience. Industry pro Kimberly Sundt tells the story of the hospitality industry. Do you give hospitality to friends and family during the…