3 Simple Questions (to Help Someone Best)
In this short blog, I will tell you what I should ask more often when someone comes to me with a problem. It’s three simple questions:
Tag: listening
Listen Louder
It’s easy to talk louder. You have to raise your voice. Listening louder takes more effort. This article gives you three ways to listen louder and have more connecting, understanding, and joy in the conversations with others.
Are You Too Sensitive? You Can do This
This article is about what you can do if you are sensitive to what people do and say around you.
Your Guide for a Perfect Pitch
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. I am sure it happened to you during a networking event. Someone asks you what you do. Do you find this difficult and you start to stammer because you do not know what to say? Then it is might be useful to have a good pitch. In this article I’ll explain…
The Lady and the Painting
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. Once upon a time… Once there was an owner of a flooring company. Every year he went to an elderly lady to maintain for her beautiful wooden floor. Sometimes it was just cleaning the floor and applying a layer of wax. Usually, the work would take no longer than a few…
How service minded are you?
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. Last week I talked to a friend of mine. She had a new job at a local department store. Her new job title is “Service Specialist”. This resonates a lot for me. The way you give service to your client will determine if they will hire you, return or promote you to…
What you need to know about empathy
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. In my first Podcast, I talked with Henk Nieboer. He said that a good engineer needs empathy. This can be a challenge for some engineers who just thrill to make calculations, write reports or give advice. In this article I am explaining what empathy is, what the benefits are and how…
Let’s see where we are
Klik hier voor Nederlands. Another couple of weeks to go until a new year. It’s time to see where we are and to look ahead to where we are going. This year has been my best year ever as a professional coach, trainer & consultant! I am most grateful for that I am able…
7 ways to listen better
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. One of the 100 ways to experience more joy and happiness is to listen. A translation of listening into Latin is “audire”. It means the ability to hear and hearing clearly. It is more than sitting back and boarding your own train of thought while someone talks to you . It requires…