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Written by: Christiane Pohl

How to manage better by stepping back to move forward - Click To Read Article
How taking time off to reflect on what works and what does not can help a busy leader in solving work related issues and take appropriate actions.

Solving conflicts by changing the game - Click To Read Article
Usually we perceive conflicts to have two sides. But there is a 3rd side which lives in all of us. The role of that 3rd side is to bring peace to conflict and help others get back on track. To do that we need two main ingredients - Space and Vision!

Stillness for mastering modern day living - Click To Read Article
If you are looking for a powerful tool to stay calm and focused under pressure and to increase your creativity then a daily dose of silence and stillness is what you need.

Successful Living Part 7 - Succeeding by looking at the sunny side of life - Click To Read Article
Attitude – Awareness – Authenticity, Neil Pasricha got me thinking and I realized that his 3 A's of Awesome have also served me well in creating my awesome life life.

Successful Living Part 8 - Health and Happiness through your Breath - Click To Read Article
Relating my own experience of how a series of unique breathing techniques increased my energy level and eventually changed my life.

Effective Leadership - What is the secret? - Click To Read Article
Taking a look at a unique leadership development course developed by HBS professor and authors Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, and Kari L. Granger.

Money can't buy you love but it can buy you happiness - Click To Read Article
Exploring the issue of happiness by introducing you to the latest research from a group of Harvard professors and my own observations over the years.

Succesful Living Part 4 - Overcoming FEAR - Click To Read Article
Inspiring quotes from famous people on overcoming Fear

Successful Living Part 3 - The Nine Universal Laws of Life - Click To Read Article
A listing of the 9 universal Laws of Life by Jeff Herring, including a law for Balance, Stress and Hope.

Successful Living Part 6 - My Reactions are My Life - Click To Read Article
Two examples of how the way we react determines the way we feel about life. We can have a happy life or a crappy life - to a large extend the choice is ours.

The 4 main Stress factors and how you can reduce their impact - Click To Read Article
How to live better by making small adjustments in your diet and life style. How to influence your cognitive filter and raise your trigger factor.

All Talk and No Action? – Turning decisions into commitments - Click To Read Article
How can you walk your talk? Five key steps on how you take decisions and then act accordingly,keeping in mind that decisions are not effective without action commitments.

The Top 9 Traits of Successful People - Click To Read Article
A selection of 9 traits from tapping into the research and insights of experts on the subject of success

Taking the Drama out of Life by Keeping it Simple - Click To Read Article
How to overcome the addiction to destructive emotional patterns and stay focused

Beginning with End in Mind - Click To Read Article
Insights into gaining clarity about what really matters to you and how to get there.

How to reduce Stress and increase Health, Happiness and Success - Click To Read Article
Tools and insights of how stress is caused and the most effective ways for reducing it.

How to navigate around the Fear of Public Speaking - Click To Read Article
Many of us need to speak in Public sooner or later by giving presentations, participate in seminars or simply by having to convince others to come on board. You may never loose the Fear completely, but there are many steps you can take to navigate around it. The first and most important one in to understand what is the source of your fear. The next step is to identify what helps you to feel more confident on the big day. Here are a few tips that have helped me change course in a big way

Avoiding the trap of taking things personally - Click To Read Article
The less personal we take what others say the more freedom we gain. Communicating in the right way is one of the most important steps. Here are a few tips.

The Importance of Increasing your Personal Impact - Click To Read Article
The impact we make is vital in all areas in our life and work. Are you making the impact that you would like to make? Here are two steps you can take that will help you be more powerful.

The Values of making Mistakes - Click To Read Article
A variety of useful insights of how to use your mistakes as stepping stones to success.

The Purpose of having a Vision - Click To Read Article
Gain clarity on the difference between Vision, Mission and Purpose and how they interlink.

My simple guide to creating an Extraordinary Life - Click To Read Article
Eight valuable ideas on how to create a more extraordinary life!

Increasing Success in Life and Business by Embracing Insecurity - Click To Read Article
Valuable insight in how to successfully deal with insecurity and 3 steps to get you started.

Experimenting with Prayer to lower Stress - Click To Read Article
A call to find out that praying on a daily basis can help you to be calmer, more focused and less stressed.

Discovering the Entrepreneurial Spirit within you - Click To Read Article
Sharing of some profound insights on Entrepreneurship after a week end seminar with Michael Gerber.

Gratitude, Purpose and the Wisdom of Pooh - Click To Read Article
Food for Thought in three short stories about Gratitude, the Purpose of Life and a bit of Wisdom from Pooh.

Stress less by shifting perception - say YES to what is happening inside you and around you - Click To Read Article
The level of stress we experience depends on greatly on our Perception of people and situations. Our perception of reality rather then of reality itself. Therefore the most effective way to better cope with uncertainty is be shifting our perception.Simple No? It is one of the paradoxes in life ...the most simple things are often the most difficult to master. However, the following easy to adopt, yet effective approach has helped many to succeed.

Do women have different leadership qualities than men? - Click To Read Article
Research is not conclusive on the subject. Traditionally however, leadership is broken down into archetypes that you may identify with: it is said that male leadership qualities are those that focus on getting things done, taking charge and acting systematically, while female leadership qualities are those that focus on creating conditions for life. How can women contribute?

Actions speak louder than words - Click To Read Article
Some thoughts about the gap between theory and reality in implementing lessons from Leadership training programs.

How to avoid stress and suffering by retraining your Brain - Click To Read Article
What is the function of the right side of the brain cortex? What does that mean in relation to stress? What is modern meditation and how does it work? Space the essence of living and breathing...

Sucess and Profit by leading from your Heart - Click To Read Article
The best leadership involves the head as well as the heart. But what do we mean by 'leading from the heart?'This articles looks at the qualities such leaders may have.

Does Spirituality enhance the work environment? - Click To Read Article
Is there a place for spirituality in the work environment? And above all what exactly do we mean by spirituality? I have always felt a bit self-conscious about using the word myself and after researching those questions I would now define spirituality as being an expression of life enhancing values that are anchored somewhere in all human beings. What is spirituality for you? Does it find expression in the way you work?

My 3 (+7) Traits of great Relationships - Click To Read Article
Relationships are life's greatest treasure. They are at the core of everything we are and do. Relationships can bring us much suffering and also much happiness. The choice is mainly ours. And to avoid suffering there are some special traits that we can develop and nourish.

Do you have it in you? - Embracing new forms of Leadership - Click To Read Article
Which are the qualities of an all-embracing leadership style? How can you be at the same time dynamic, confident and enthusiastic? I recently came across a list of leadership qualities that I consider the cornerstones of an all-embracing leadership model.

Why Vision matters! - Click To Read Article
During a discussion with friends I claim that our life is mostly the result of our visions. Our visions are shaped by our beliefs, concepts and ideas about who we are and what is possible. So what about aiming for the (in our mind) impossible?

When 'LESS IS BEST' - Click To Read Article
Often the key to achieving more is actually through doing less. There is a time to act and a time to reflect and a time when 'less is best'.

The Art of Floating - Click To Read Article
Achieving success by following the flow - I also call it the Art of Living.

The 'Fear Factor' and what you need to know about it - Click To Read Article
Or how to remove a major roadblock in communication

The Art of Feeling Good in Life and Work - Click To Read Article
What is the one thing we all want in live? To feel Good! It sounds so simple. But is it? I took a careful look at my own life and asked myself: When do I feel really good and what does it take?

Stress Less by Meditating on a Raisin - Click To Read Article
Instant relaxation and a 'delicious' way of taking a mini break for your brain.

Service Heroes - Angels disguised as people that can make the sale - Click To Read Article
Deep in our hearts we are all dreaming of SERVICE HEROES, people who take the stress out of doing business Good service is always important, but extraordinary service really dazzles people and brings them back time after time. Here is an example......

No Time? …5 Steps to make the most of your days - Click To Read Article
Time, time, time - most people I come in contact with seem to lack it. And the challenge is that the only way to Make Time is to Take Time and, YOU are the only one who can take it. Here are 5 effective steps that can help you to succeed.

Making Soup from Stones - Click To Read Article
How to lead by example and together reap the fruits.

Leadership Skills – Taking responsibility for our own choices and learning to stop playing the Blaming Game - Click To Read Article
One of the core leadership skills is taking ownership for ones choices and behavior, because each time we blame others we give part of our Power away.

Less Stress, More Profit - the Value of Corporate Stress Management Training - Click To Read Article
• Recent statistics on the cost and affect of work related stress • Interesting research on the benefits of meditation and breathing • Value and benefits of systematic stress management at work

Join forces to expand your vision - Click To Read Article
Some useful tips of how setting up on your own can be easier and more successful by engaging the help of others and thinking BIG.

Increase your Impact by declaring your Intention - Click To Read Article
Take 7 simple steps to achieve the outcome of your choice

How to successfully deal with difficult people....part 2 - Click To Read Article
...by Knowing your Emotions, creating Space and using each encounter as an opportunity for growth

How to successfully deal with difficult people and feel good - Click To Read Article
Part 1: My top 5 tips 1.Reframe 2.Leave your EGO behind 3.Depersonalize 4.Understand Fear 5.Be Practical

How honest are you prepared to be to grow your Business? - Click To Read Article
What challenges is your business going to face in 2009? What measures are you going to take to grow your business? To really get to the bottom of the issues, to really focus on finding better solutions we need to apply a great deal of honesty - here is my 3 step approach to identify the real problems and solve them. .

How do I get past the feeling of being stuck in life or work? - Click To Read Article
"I feel stuck." That's one of the most common things I hear from many people I talk to and work with. They feel stuck for many different reasons. They may be in a relationship that no longer is working, but don't know how to end it. They may not like the way they work or live, but aren't exactly sure how to change. Or they may just want to incorporate more fun in their lives, but aren't sure how to make that happen. And I have one single profound insight to share with them...and YOU -

Exploring the Dynamics of Less Mind and More Heart - Click To Read Article
...and waking up to the realization that Life is more than struggle and stress and that we are human beings full of potential and possibilities.

Creating a Vision - Click To Read Article
Three key questions to get you started Having a Reference Point An example from my own life

Do you struggle too much for too little? - Click To Read Article
Connecting to the way we FEEL about something is the most effective way I know to find substantial solutions, struggle less and achieve more. 10% of life is what we do and 90% is how we feel about it.

Coaching your self by Questioning yourself - Click To Read Article
Asking questions in order to explore concepts, ideas and belief systems is one of the more powerful coaching tools and dates back to the time of Socrates, the father of Western Philosophy.

A Road worth Traveling - Click To Read Article
Having a destination and sometimes a guide is the starting point for deciding on which road to travel, which route to take. In this case I am talking about the journey though life and how having some help with our baggage can make the trip so much easier and more fun.

A U-TURN in Perception - Click To Read Article
How to step out of the box by stepping out of time. Gaining new perceptions by adjusting your ways of doing.

7 Steps on how to Stress Less, Manage Easier ...and Have a Life - Click To Read Article
Seven powerful Steps to help you Stress Less, Manage Easier, Achieve More and make the Vision for your Life and Business Reality.

Adopting Ancient Wisdom to enhancing our Modern Day Life & Business - Click To Read Article
Enhancing our life and business environment by exploring and adopting the art of non attachment, non judgment and not knowing





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