There are many directions a company can take to boost company productivity. Instituting new plans in an effort to streamline your selling process and make your associates more efficient represents one of these opportunities. Another opportunity exists with bringing in an outside source to review your company procedures and rebuild the fundamentals of your company. One of the best ways is by inspiring your associates. With inspired associates you find an immediate increase in individual …
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If you’re contemplating some sort of presentation at your next event, you’ll want to start by asking yourself what are your goals. Do you want to empower your team, lighten the mood, improve morale, provide stress-reduction tools, improve productivity, stimulate peak performance, or engage your employees in a sense of ownership? Next, you’ll want to consider delivery. Is your team best impacted by a content-rich program with information-laden PowerPoint slides, or are they more likely …
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I’ve just spent a week in British Columbia. No, not in Vancouver; not at the Olympics. I was performing hypnosis shows for three high schools in southeastern BC, each adjacent to a ski area. So, I got to do some skiing too. Beautiful country up there, and really nice people. The skiing was just OK. They’ve been getting as much snow as the Northeast, which is to say none. If you want snow these days, …
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Every once in a while I need to revisit this fundamental question. People ask and are often confused by the term “mindfulness.” Or it carries “New Age” baggage it doesn’t deserve. Mindfulness is as practical and mainstream a concept as discipline or integrity. Have you ever read stories about a woman who didn’t realize she was pregnant and then suddenly gave birth on the toilet? That’s the opposite of mindfulness. Being so completely cut off …
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I don’t know the answer to that question, but I’m pretty sure it’s a LOT more than we think. So much is about our mindset, which is so easily affected by our environment if we’re not extremely diligent about protecting it. We’re very fragile creatures, especially at the inception of a new idea. So, here’s mine. Please be gentle with it. Have you noticed that whenever there’s a world tragedy such as  the Tsunami or …
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