Have you ever been stuck in a game of ‘Why don’t you do this …?’ with someone who keeps coming back at you with ‘Yes, but …’? – I’m bored. – Why don’t you play football with your friends? – Yes, but the field is too wet. – Why don’t …
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People are also motivated by “options thinking”, or the perception that there are many open windows, opportunities, unlimited possibilities, and that sky’s the limit. Seeing one amazing pair of shoes is one thing, but having a lot of different brands and pairs of shoes to choose from is more appealing. …
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One of the most highly effective ways to influence behavior is to simply prompt others to do a certain action or activity. Again, you use words that evoke the very actions that you want them to do or perform. A good example of this is to say, “Try it out”. …
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This is the second article in this series (well, hardly a series – its 2 articles) looking at how we form habits and why that is something that’s really worth understanding. Before we go any further, a HUGE thanks to Razwana, Yvonne, Joy, Ross, Adrienne, Jeevan and Annie for sharing …
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How would you like to learn anything? or change a behavior you want to get rid of? How about any new behaviors that you’d like to adopt? Exercise? Diet? Learning to play guitar? In this article (and the next one) I want to take a brief look at Habit Forming …
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5 exercises to improve your Emotional Intelligence… Your IQ doesn’t alter much throughout your life. Emotional Intelligence, on the other hand, can be improved at any time. That’s great news because, as we saw in part 1 of this article, ‘Emotional Intelligence counts more than IQ or expertise for determining …
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