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ARTICLES :: PHOENIX ASHES : career re-ignition
Phoenix Ashes' job is to reignite your career. Unlike many consultants, she doesn't hold the blowtorch, but helps you bright sparks to reignite it yourself, being a sounding board and practical listening ear, helping you to think through your options, both obvious and lateral. These may be tough times in The City, but there is bright light at the end of the tunnel. Phoenix is direct, and a little cheeky, but her heart's in the right place and much that is positive can come from all the experiences you have from your hard graft in The City.
Procrastination
What are you not getting around to doing? more >>
The Danger of Making Assumptions
Have you ever made an assumption about how something will be done or what will happen and then been surprised or frustrated about things turning out differently to what you expected?
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Managing Yourself
Much has been written about managing others, but little about managing yourself. You won’t find ‘manage myself’ on anybody’s to do list, but it is a vital skill in work and life. Managing yourself is vital, after all, if you don’t, who else will?! more >>
Empathy
What is a key life skill that is under-utilised and yet when used is amazingly powerful? The answer is empathy. The dictionary definition of the word empathy is: “the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in their situation” and the verb empathise means ”to be able to understand how someone else feels.” more >>
Follow Up
Have you ever met a useful contact or interesting person at an event or party, learnt a new concept at a presentation or training course or come up with a great idea, and not got around to following it up? Do you ever promise to do something, volunteer your time but not get around to doing it? Have you ever done a marketing or new business activity but not monitored how it was received or what resulted from it?
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Giving Appreciation
What costs little or nothing, makes people feel good and takes little time to do? Sex!
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