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Empathic listening skills will make you a better communicator

March 25, 2010

When people talk about personal development they often say they want to improve things like self-confidence, communication skills or how to set goals efficiently. But what is often overlooked is being able to listen to others, empathic listening; listening to truly understand.

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Parenting advice to keep your relationship alive

March 16, 2010

Spending time as a family is important. Parenting is important. But we will continue spending time together as well, as we feel this is important too. This way we can recharge from being parents, from parenthood.

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Use core qualities to discover your challenges in life

March 11, 2010

The real beauty with core qualities, and creating your own core quadrants, is that they can give tremendous insight in your own qualities and challenges in life. When working with core qualities myself I had various ‘Aha!’ moments.

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The formula for success

March 4, 2010

I believe there passion alone will get you far but that it’s not enough. More things are needed to be successful. Let’s examine the three main components, passion, talent and effort: the formula for success.

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Make a difference and make people smile

February 23, 2010

I encourage you to follow my advice, make a difference and make people smile. Spread the word to your friends and colleagues so they can do the same. Go the extra mile and don’t take things for granted; do someone a favor without expecting something in return.

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Change your perspective change your life

February 15, 2010

When we see things only from our perspective we miss a lot of detail. We may only see 50 or 30 percent, maybe less, of what is going on. But most of us think and act like we know it for the full 100 percent. The truth is that we only know it for 50 percent and the rest of it we make up in our minds; we fill in the blanks with assumptions.

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Pass judgement with curiosity and compassion

February 9, 2010

Have you ever tried not to pass judgement on something or someone? Not passing judgement seems a very noble, often spiritual, goal but from my own experience I can tell you that it’s very difficult. It’s in our human nature to form an opinion, and judge, on almost everything. It’s a catch 22: Either we judge, and feel bad about it, or we desperately try not to judge and feel trapped as we cannot express our feelings.

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