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Storytelling is vital to a professional presentation. Once you learn how to tell a story in a presentation, you can build your reputation significantly. Storytelling can help you connect personally with your audience and make your presentation more memorable.
Many people hesitate to tell personal stories. Common self-doubt include ...
I just randomly came across this poem by Charles Swindoll, called Attitude, posted on a store window. I had to take a picture of it. In a few short sentences he tells us the secret to achieving happiness. No matter, what is happening in our lives and career, we can always rely on our choice in attitude to shift our perspective. ...
A big thank you to our Executive Author, Cindy Wong-Zarahn for writing this article
In the U.S., the national college basketball tournament affectionately known as “March Madness” mesmerizes much of the country for a few weeks in March. The latest tournament is recently behind us, and throughout the TV coverage I was reminded of one of the most inspirational speeches I have ever heard, from Coach Valvano back in 1993. ...
In part 1 of our talk with Executive Author, Jane Lin, we discussed the Best Secret to Finding Your Dream Job. Assuming you have a job offer, now what? Should you negotiate?
We will have on average seven jobs in our life time. Knowing how to negotiate job offers and initial salary at each new job can means the difference in ten of thousands of dollars in pay and give you a chance to impress our employer before we even start! ...
When my kids were in daycare, they were gently cared for. They were nurtured. They had great snacks and long naps. And they were taught about communicating emotions.
I’ll never forget the first time I heard my daughter say, “Mommy, I don’t like that you said that. When you say that it makes me feel sad.” Really? Yeesh. But you know what? I quickly grew to love and appreciate this communication skill. My daughter was able to clearly express her feelings and I was then able to respond to meet her need. Of course, sometimes it was just to say, “I understand that you feel sad. You can have a cookie AFTER dinner.” ...
Do you want to find any job or your dream job? The focus of this post and podcast is for all those who want the latter – a dream job! Finding any job requires many of the same things – a great resume, good interview and networking skills, and a relentless effort to keep applying. However, there is one difference in finding a dream job – a secret shared by Jane Lin, our newest Executive Author to the Soft Skills Gym. ...
I know it’s well into the New Year, but I am still pondering what to do differently this year to take my life to the next level. Here is one idea I am implementing – Say Yes, when I usually say no.
I am realizing, if I want to grow in life and at work.
Why? Because the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Even with that understanding, many of us have a harder and harder time saying yes to new experiences. We have so many bad concepts in our head like ...