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Unlocking Success: The Power of emotional intelligence

How do you guide your decisions and how do you know they are the right decisions? Emotional intelligence can help, it refers to the ability to recognize, understand, and manage our own emotions as well as the emotions of others. It involves being aware of our emotions, expressing them appropriately, and effectively using emotional information to guide our thoughts and actions. Read on if you want to know more!

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Why you aren’t confident, yet!

Understanding how self-talk and mindfulness will help you to build your confidence and shine in any environment, personal and professional. Here is everything you need to know to make it happen.

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How to overcome your fear of being put on the spot.

Become more confident when being put on the spot. Most times when we find ourselves speaking in public we are speaking off the cuff or are being put on the spot and come up with a congruent communication. This blog post will help you think on your feet.

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Once bitten twice shy, 5 ways to overcome your fear of public speaking.

One may not think so, but glossophobia – the fear of public speaking – is a very common phobia and is estimated to affect up to 77% [1] of the world's population. Who would have thought? For some, it may express itself as a slight nervousness at the prospect of public speaking, while others experience full-on panic attacks and intense fear. Learn how you can overcome your fear of public speaking with 5 simple tools.

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It’s a people business: how managers can produce top-notch performance by developing their people.  

If someone asked if you could distil the job of a manager down to its very essence, what would you say it is?

The answer is already in the job title: to manage the company’s people. The purpose of any company is to produce profitable results, but those results depend entirely on the efforts of the people who work for it.

This makes a company's people the most valuable asset that a company can own.

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How mindfulness will change the way you live, love and communicate.

From the time we wake up to the moment we get home from work, our daily routines can often feel like riding whitewater rapids of competing demands. To get through the hectic day, we mostly rely on habit, reacting automatically rather than responding mindfully and with an intention to whatever life, and other people, throw at us. Many of us want to reclaim control over our lives, but how? Let me share with you the superpower that is at your disposal 24/7.

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