How To Speak Up At Work Without Burning Bridges — A Framework To Deal With Difficult Managers, Set Healthy Boundaries And Ask For What You Want

In this guide, you’ll learn how to build the skill of asking for what you want without burning bridges. When you’re afraid to speak up, you damage your confidence, self-esteem, mental health, and overall life satisfaction. Most advice out there either vilify the managers or suggest quitting your job immediately. Neither is a long-term solution. […]

Hands Up

Me speaking to a group of about three hundred: Hands up – who has vacation plans? (3/4 of the room put hands up) Those of you with your hands down – put them up if you would like to have them. (Most of the room). Hands up – who has a fitness plan? (About a […]

Sticks and Stones

In his seminal work ‘Profound Simplicity, Foundations for a Social Philosophy’, the late Dr. Will Schutz describes the process in his title by stating that fully understanding something involves three phases: simplistic, complex and profoundly simple. When, as a child, I watched my dad golfing I thought “That looks easy and a lot of fun. […]

How To Overcome The Feeling Of Being “Stuck” In A Dead-End Job: 3-Step Process

Read time: In this guide, you’ll learn how to build the skill of asking for what you want without burning bridges. When you’re afraid to speak up, you damage your confidence, self-esteem, mental health, and overall life satisfaction. Most advice out there either vilify the managers or suggest quitting your job immediately. Neither is a […]