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It’s Time for a Career and Life Checkup
By Linda Cattelan · 9 years ago
Anytime is a great time to reflect on the past twelve months and acknowledge your personal and professional growth, your accomplishments, and all of your experiences. As you look back and review it‘s also a ...
3 Myths And Misconceptions About NLP
By Linda Cattelan · 9 years ago
I discovered NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) about 11 years ago. At the time I was looking for ways to de-stress and reduce overwhelm. I stumbled on NLP as a result of a weekend retreat I ...
Finding Your Self Worth
By Linda Cattelan · 10 years ago
Do you measure your personal self worth based on what others think of you? Do you work really hard to make others like or approve of you? Do you find it hard to say no ...
3 Ways NLP Can Help You Be More Successful
By Linda Cattelan · 10 years ago
There are many ways NLP has helped me, and it can assist you too in your career, business or in your personal life. NLP has helped me grow personally and professionally, and has been invaluable ...
Awaken The Star Within You
By Linda Cattelan · 11 years ago
Years ago I read a great book called "How to be a Star at Work" by Robert E. Kelley. This book became and continues to be one of the "100 Best Business Books of All ...
Finding Your Passion
By Linda Cattelan · 11 years ago
A really good friend of mine is always saying "when you love what you do, you never have to work a day in your life". It’s a mantra and quote that has stuck with me ...
10 Ways to Increase Your Intuition for Greater Success
By Linda Cattelan · 11 years ago
Whether you are coaching an employee or making a business decision you are probably tapping into your intuition. Intuition is sometimes referred to as "gut feeling", "sixth sense" or "knowing". Regardless of what you call ...
Powerful Presentations: 4 Easy Steps to Making Interesting Presentations
By Linda Cattelan · 11 years ago
Why is it that some speakers captivate an audience from the very start of their presentation while other speakers don’t? Great presenters have structure to their presentations and a consistent format they use to ensure ...
Perception Is Projection
By Linda Cattelan · 11 years ago
Why is it that two people watching the same accident have two totally different accounts of what just occurred? They both saw the same accident-yet, they processed two very different versions. According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ...
4 Ways To Connect Using Communication Preferences
By Linda Cattelan · 11 years ago
We may have lost some face to face connection, but in today’s world of social media communication, we have moved to faster, more frequent communication than ever before. Now, more than ever, what you say ...
Creating Success This Year
By Linda Cattelan · 11 years ago
This is a great time to reflect on the past year as well as a time to think about what you want to create this year. What did you accomplish that you are most proud ...
Overcoming Mountains To Reach Your Goal
By Linda Cattelan · 12 years ago
Ever wonder why goals seem so impossible to reach at times? Last month I travelled to Peru to hike the Inca Trail and visit Machu Picchu. It has been a personal goal of mine for ...
Using Neuro Linguistic Programming Techniques to Get Better Sales Results
By Linda Cattelan · 12 years ago
We're all in sales whether we want to believe it or not. When was the last time you had to sell your boss or colleagues on an idea you had, or put together a proposal ...
Impact and Influence: A Key Competency for Top Performers
By Linda Cattelan · 12 years ago
The ability to impact and influence others is a key competency frequently identified in top performers. While we assume salespeople are good at impacting and influencing, the ability to impact and influence others is often ...
Are You Leading a TOP Team?
By Linda Cattelan · 13 years ago
As a leader you are only as good as the team you lead. Your team may already be performing well against objectives, or perhaps they consistently fall short of the goals. A TOP Team is ...
Mastering Job Interviews Using the SOAR Answer Model
By Linda Cattelan · 13 years ago
Here you are in the interview you have been dreaming about. Now what? Will you nail the interview by making a great impression mastering artful responses to behavioral questions being asked? Or will this be ...
Interview Mastery -- Answering Questions like a Pro
By Linda Cattelan · 13 years ago
Here you are face to face with your interviewer. It's the moment you've been waiting for, preparing for. Will you nail the interview or will you be stumped by the interviewer's questions. Anticipating the potential ...
Stop Negative Self Talk Now!
By Linda Cattelan · 13 years ago
Why is negative language and negative self talk so disempowering? Only 10% of our mind is conscious while 90% is unconscious. The conscious mind is our analytical, rational and logical mind and is said to ...
Preparing For the Perfect Job Interview
By Linda Cattelan · 13 years ago
So you’ve finally landed an interview for that dream job you’ve always wanted. Now what? Do you go into panic mode as you try and figure out how to best prepare for the interview or ...
Kick Start the New Year by Setting SMART Goals
By Linda Cattelan · 13 years ago
Many people are not able to articulate what they really want in life in clear and concise language. Oddly enough, people are generally pretty good at articulating what they don’t want. So it’s no wonder ...