My recent post How do you make changes did generate some interesting ideas, but mainly buried in the comments section and on others sites! I’m still learning, but its worth visiting the discussion it generated on Chris Garret’s New Media Blog
The idea I wanted to float was the issue of support. I came […]

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My wife and I have just been away for a couple of days, staying in a hotel in the county of Gloucestershire. We enjoy walking, but now give this a focus by geocaching. which involves using a Gps unit to find hide caches.
The joy of geocaching is that the hider of […]

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Going back to saying no, we mustn’t forget simply giving a short, genuine reason for saying no. As before, there is no need to be overly apologetic or feel guilty.
So to the request to work someones shift:-
“I can’t work then as I’m out with my family”
“I can’t help out as I have other commitments”
If […]

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As I have touched on elsewhere, I am interested in self improvement generally - not just building great self confidence. But I have always had a big problem with self improvement products. Basically most are books, which follow the conventional format of a text book.
The problem with a book, or even an audio […]

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Returning to confident communication and saying no. A variation on “broken record” is to add a reflection on what the person has said, before saying no in a firm way. It shows you are listening to the person, empathizing with them, but without being apologetic say no.
So if at the request from a […]

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Reflecting on the blogs I have made to date it occurred to me that my own confidence in “blogging” and running a website has been transformed over the past couple of months. Like many, many others I had toyed with the idea of setting a site like this up for years. But until […]

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