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Many believe that to become really successful at what you do you have to have the professional qualifications and skills in that field. Obviously there are cases where you do need qualifications, you wouldn’t want your doctor to have not qualified from medical school. However, just because they have those skills doesn’t mean they feel [...]
Gambling is getting a lot of press lately. The rise in online gambling has increased what is often known as the hidden addiction. The Independent reported that the number of gamblers that would class themselves as “hardcore” has risen in the past six years to 500,000. The number of people in danger of having a [...]
Every year I am invited to be a “Dragon” at The New College in Pontefract, as part of their Dragon’s Den event for their students. The students work in teams of two, and have to come up with a business idea and then think about the branding, advertising, and a unique selling point for their [...]
Today is blue Monday – supposedly the most depressing day of the year. This was of course a PR stunt dreamt up a few years ago but it did get me thinking. January can be a very drab month. The parties are all over, pay day seems like it will never arrive again and the dark [...]
At this time of year we put pressure on ourselves to be fitter, stop smoking, get a new job or make personal changes. The problem with New Year’s resolutions is that they don’t work. They are spur of the moment, not thought through, and not always in line with your core values. If you have [...]
Comfort Zones are really easy to find and even easier to stay in! But let’s talk about the “Stretch Zone” and one way to approach it. Why not try my 11% method. Instead of going all out; just work the muscle a little (11%); once that ceases to take you in to stretch; voila! You [...]
Trainer Training
In last weeks blog post we asked this question; and I gave the “official” version of Richard’s….Heres my “definitive” definition:
What is Neuro Linguistic Programming? Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) began as a model of how we communicate to ourselves and others developed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder during the seventies
What are your top 5 Good Skills?
