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    Create WOW Moments

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    Along with White Glove Treatment, the ability to create Wow moments is the most powerful aphrodisiac you can create to get customers to fall in love with you. It…

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    Loneliness Tax

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    Being alone is nobody’s idea of fun; everyone desires to be loved, to belong, to be helped, and to collaborate with other people. This is true of introverts and…

  • Do it m’self

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    My daughter is famous in our house for coining this short phrase. She could not quite make a complete sentence, and she would say “do it m’self” when I…

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    Seven Principles of Engaging Communication

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    What if there was a checklist of things every email should contain. What if that checklist helped you in conversations with prospective customers, with peers, and with managers. What…

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    Care the most, cry the most

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    If you find yourself often crying, being let down, or your kindness not reciprocated you may be carrying too much. The saying goes that “people who care the most…

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    Vulnerability is Power

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    Another counter intuitive piece of advice – find the power in being vulnerable – and how to do it safely. Projecting power with “machismo,” “the stiff upper lip,” high-power,…

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    Don’t Get Wedged

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    Getting wedged is about finding ways to work around fixations, or getting too attached to your ideas.

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    Mitigated Speech

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    Mitigated speech is not speaking effectively because of power differentials in the culture or organization.