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Wait For The Tug On Your Sleeve
Listen to the audio version of this post here. Feedback is an essential part of learning almost anything, isn’t it? How would we know if we’re on the right track if we didn’t get a signal of some sort? Those hints about the direction we’re going might come...
Do You Have A Messaging Problem?
Listen to the audio version of this post here. You could hardly have missed it over the past week or so. Democratic political consultant James Carville has been all over the news talking about people in his own party. He says they’re missing a huge chance to...
You Might Be A Networking Natural
Listen to the audio version of this post here. You may be so tired of virtual meetings you’re dying to get out there and meet people live and in person. Or maybe you’ve already made it to an in-the-flesh get-together. On the other hand, some people have been...
Do It Right or Do It Over
Listen to the audio version of this post here. You see this all the time in those neighborhood groups online. Maybe you’ve posted something like this yourself. Can you recommend a low-cost lawn service? Need a kitchen remodeler who won’t break the budget....
What’s Not To Like About Being Liked?
Listen to the audio version of this post here. You know I wrote last week about a couple of politicians in peril because “nobody likes them.” Not being liked is a problem for someone in public life. And, I argued, that goes for the rest of us too. I set out...
Do They Like You?
Listen to the audio version of this post here. We’re watching a couple of careers in politics implode before our eyes. One thread runs through both of them, and it has implications for our careers too. You’ve heard the wild stories about Florida Congressman...
Are You Afraid Of Color?
Listen to the audio version of this post here. There I was—sitting in a sea of beige. Clearly, my designer had been right when she’d told me, “People are afraid of color.” We’re creating a den at our house; I’ve been shopping for an attractive and...
You Can Be Better At Networking
Listen to the audio version of this post here. If “networking” conjures up an image of schmoozing at a Chamber of Commerce meeting, rattling off your canned elevator speech, and thrusting your card at anyone who gets within arm’s reach, it’s time to expand...
Don’t tell us …
Listen to the audio version of this post here. I stopped scrolling when this appeared in my Twitter feed: “The secret to getting someone to listen to reason is not what you tell them. It’s what you enable them to tell you that calms them down.” Not that this...
Have You Earned Their Attention?
Listen to the audio version of this post here. They’re words to live by, for everyone who speaks for a living. Which is to say, for all of us. They come from actor Daniel Kaluuya. You know him from Get Out and Black Panther. And they explain a lot about...
