How To Make Powerful Decisions Based On Values

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“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open…

Are You Actively Listening?

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Finding the Other Side of That Hard Conversation Step 6: Listening With an Open Mind In this final post we are talking about the most…

Plan How You Want to Feel; List Feelings as an Outcome

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Finding The Other Side of That Hard Conversation Step 5: Back to Feelings In step 2 of reducing the stress and having those hard conversations…

What Are The Behavior Changes You Want To See?

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Finding The Other Side of That Hard Conversation Step 4: The Behavior You Want Conflict. Strife. Disagreement. Being at Odds. Dissonance. Argument. Confrontation. Fight. Row.…

Want To Keep People From Going On The Defensive? Assume Good Intent.

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Finding The Other Side of That Hard Conversation Step 3: Assume Good Intent Having someone disappoint or upset us is a stressful experience we don’t…

Reduce Your Stress By Focusing On The Facts

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Finding The Other Side of That Hard Conversation Step 2: Focus on the facts There’s nothing better when you’re seeing eye-to-eye with another person. You…

Steps to Have That Hard Conversation

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“You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” ~ Epicurus One…

Want To Be a More Effective Leader? Learn To Say “No”

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Wouldn’t it be great if we could be a part of every opportunity that comes our way? If we could sit down and have coffee…

You Lead People, Stop Trying to Be Comfortable

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As leaders we need to be aware of what our intentions are for those who are following our lead. Oftentimes our unconscious goal is to…