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…
Practical Steps to Success #16: The Magical Game of ‘If’
If I had a choice….
If I had a chance…
If I had the notion to…
If I met the right partner and had the right job, I could….
If I stretched my mind just a bit further, I wonder what I could accomplish...
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If I was an actor/actress, I could move from the plane of reality and jump into another life; written and orchestrated by me.
I would…
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…
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.…
Sunshine ahead!
Practical Steps to Success #12: Support your Luck
Are some people really luckier than others? Are there some people that ‘always’ get what they want out of life? What makes them so different, and so special, than the rest of us?
In feng shui, there is a component of Buddhism; theory about ‘being lucky’ or ‘gathering good luck’. There are several factors to this theory:
~ Fate and Destiny: This is the raw, pre-destined facts of the circumstances…
Practical Steps to Success #9; Get Ready to Make More Money!
Attitude: Pick a good one! A good attitude is the first thing to making money. Be courteous, respectful and believe in what you do. Having a positive, but flexible attitude can help you manoeuvre through life’s trials.
Clean up: Seriously. Clean the big stuff; your closets, windows and doorways. Then clean the little stuff; your inbox, desk drawers, your car, and above all –your purse and wallet.
Replace: Any…
Practical Steps to Success #7: Visit Your Nucleus, and Get Results
Do you ever find yourself making a decision too quickly? Being pressured to answer a question, sign a contract or delegate tasks all need 100% of your attention. (Particularly when you estimate how many people’s lives could be affected by this one decision.)
In this fast paced world, do we have the luxury of asking for an extra day to think about it? Can you ask for more information…
Practical Steps for Success # 5: The Vision
When you were younger, did you ever wonder about the future? Did you ever figure that you would end up where you are now? Some kids knew exactly what they wanted to be. And others just fell into the work force.
Many people, including me, had to find a back-up plan more than once. It is never too late to plan.
Have you heard of a Vision Board? It is a tangible…
Practical Steps to Success #4: Listen for the Pregnant Pause
A large portion of the population today are ‘plugged in’, getting to and from their work place each day. It has become routine to see everyone connected to another world while going about the daily mundane chores. Perhaps, some are enhancing their lives with ‘background’ noise. Perhaps, this is becoming too much of a social norm.
As an observer, I wonder while I cross the street: If I ask for…
Practical Steps for Success #3 : Want to Act Like a Pro? Jump in!
Have you known someone that ‘all of a sudden’ jumps into a new hobby/sport and goes out to spend wildly on ‘the outfit’, the tools and all the bells?
Have you ever seen something so crazy? Well, the ‘jumping in’ attitude shows THEY ARE COMMITTED! It can be crazy, expensive, and it can be a surprise to watch. In reality, something has changed: they are trying…
I want to Thank You very much for helping me put up my pictures before all the festivities. (Chinese New Year) It was nice to have your expertise in placing the pictures in the right place, so we have good feng sui.
I love coming home; it is such a safe, calming retreat for me.
