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It’s hard to resist giving advice isn’t it? We all do it whether it’s solicited… or not. When we feel sympathy or frustration with another person’s dilemma it pulls at our heartstrings. Of course, the human thing to do is to try to solve their dilemma for them. We try...

She looked at me quizzically and said: “What a breath of fresh air! The conversation we just had, you know.” “What did you like about the conversation?” I asked. “Well, we don’t usually speak like this at work. Straight talk about what we really think and even feel...

At lunchtime one day, I bumped into two managers who are also friends of mine. An impromptu conversation started with one of them about her longstanding intention of writing a book. Although this was a goal near and dear to her heart, she hadn’t been able to start. I...

There’s no denying that genuine conversations are hard to have. But they just don’t get easier when you keep putting them off. In fact, they get harder and harder by the minute. We all have conversations that should be happening in our life, but aren’t. Sometimes we...

We know that difficult conversation; the one that never actually happens, but desperately needs to. The conversation we needed to have but didn’t, about what each of us want from an upcoming holiday, a project, or a relationship. In fact, hard conversations actually...

Is it the pace we set for ourselves that provides precious little time to think? Maybe it’s the pressure we feel to say “yes” to every opportunity that comes our way. After all, isn’t it great to be needed? A good friend of mine was recently facing this dilemma. A...