Tag: Practical Steps to Success

Magic 8: Jewelry Can Work For You

Magic 8: Jewelry Can Work for You. (This post is inspired by a question from last month to Ask Kathryn.) Q: Kathryn, I’m wondering what to do about all my jewelry sitting in boxes. I’m done working and much of these are so nice, I hate to part with them. Any suggestions? ~ Monica Hightower A: Great Question, Monica. First, the obvious, sort aside any broken and damaged items from the ones you wish to keep. Some pieces may be…

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Practical Steps to Success #21: Present Clear Messages and Save TIme

“I’m busy in the Design Studio!” Practical Steps to Success #21: Present Clear Messages and save time   Provide a clear message and avoid misunderstandings. I don’t know about you, but I hate the plethora of one-liner texts or e-mails to discuss a simple matter. This type of correspondence can lead to irritation, distractions, and inbox clutter. This simple sentence:  ‘Are you free for a meeting on Friday?’ , can set off a series of emails and volatile reactions towards…

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Practical Steps to Success #20: Prevent Conflicts While Building Your Team

Practical Steps to Success # 20: Prevent Conflicts while building your team Verbal skills are so important when building a team. Miscommunication can present unclear objectives, trigger stress and foster a lack of respect for team players. When I discuss personality dynamics in a workshop or talk, I relate behaviour to one of the five earth’s elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, water. These elements offer a unique insight on how people and things react to one another. Just as fire…

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Persistance Reveals an Award for Excellence!

  Persistence Reveals an Award for Excellence! Established over three years ago, I’d like to highlight this little business in DaNang, Vietnam. ‘Looking Glass Jeep Tours’ is my son’s company. Despite the odds for success being a foreigner in Vietnam, persistence has paid off. Jeremy Wilking was frustrated trying to find work a few years ago in North America. He was tired of the circus: employment, unemployment, employment, etc. When he set out for Vietnam to teach English as a…

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Practical Steps to Success #19: Twenty One Days to Change a Habit?

  Practical Steps to Success # 19: Twenty One Days to Change a Habit? Why? Why? Why? Why is it SO HARD to change a few little things? Either to try something new or adapt a new habit… Is it really mind-over-matter? Or, is something else going on? The cliché, Twenty One Days to Change a Habit is true, but it is not what you think. It is the brain and the muscles that can be self-sabotaging! They are the ones…

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Practical Steps for Success #18: Dress for Success

This are great colours for meeting new people at a trade show. Practical Steps to Success #18: Dress for Success Your choice of clothing not only represents you and your company, but can also reflect your mood. If you are confident, clothing can help you send that message. If you are nervous about a presentation, learning which colours ‘support’ you can be very important. Colour therapy works by stimulating your visual synapses; therefore, sending positive messages to the brain. How…

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Practical Steps to Success #14: What Makes a Good Leader?

Practical Steps to Success #14: What Makes a Good Leader? I attended a course last week about Leadership and the question was posed, “What makes a good leader?” It is nearly impossible to answer this question with only a few words. Taking on a leadership role is also taking responsibility for our actions, regardless of our job position. We are all accountable for the quality of leadership we choose to adopt.  Many young mangers and department supervisors are rising stars…

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Practical Steps to Success #15: Expect the Unexpected!

Kathryn at the Body, Soul and Spirit Show in Vancouver.   Practical Steps to Success #15: Expect the Unexpected  We all have goals. We all have expectations. No matter how much we want to ‘help people’, we still have to look at the bottom line. My friend Sonia quotes, “You can’t pay the bills with a chicken anymore.” I took a leap-of-faith last weekend to participate in the Body, Soul and Spirit Expo in Vancouver. The booth was $800.plus taxes -and…

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Practical Steps to Success #13: Knowledge is Power

A new perspective: The Power of Money, by Sonia Haynes, discusses your relationship with money. Practical Steps to Success #13: Knowledge is Power We are born to grow and change, as nothing stays exactly the same. In growing up, we have different phases in life. First we grow physically. Then we grow intellectually in our learning years. When we get out of school and settled into our careers, we proceed to grow our bank accounts. And, it shouldn’t end there.…

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Practical Steps to Success #11: …Still not doing what you want to do?

Practical Steps to Success #11: …Still not doing what you want to do? Still not happy? Things haven’t turned out the way you had hoped? It is easy to get caught up in passing fads or excitement when you were younger. You made choices that were okay at the time, and that is fine.  Our ‘journey through life’ is progressive. Learn from your mistakes and move on. So, what to do now? Take a journey back into your past. (I…

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