Someone once asked me, “How much extra time do you think we would have if we weren’t trying to get people to like us?” I tried to ignore the question like it didn’t apply to me. But I “felt” it. I found myself pondering it much longer than I expected. Over the next few days […]
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Why Won’t People Listen to Me?
Do you ever feel invisible during one-on-one conversations? You’re talking, but others aren’t listening. When it happens repeatedly, you wonder what you’re doing wrong – and it can be discouraging. It can feel like there’s no solution, and it’ll never change. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Once you understand the reasons and […]
A Simple Way to Overcome Intimidation
Why do some people intimidate us, but not others? It doesn’t matter how confident we feel; there are just some people we get tongue-tied around. It might be their position, their personality or their power. It could be that they just know how to push our buttons, and we don’t know how to respond. It […]