People buzz a great deal these days about ‘partnerships’, ‘collaboration’ and ‘joint ventures’ – but to be nifty and effective about these, we have to get to trust each other – and quickly. And do you ever get the feeling intuitively when you meet someone, that you can trust them – but that their behaviour [...]
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Why Trust Triggers May Be Your Missing Asset
Posted by mrsmoti on March 15, 2012
http://mrsmotivator.com/2012/03/15/why-trust-triggers-may-be-your-missing-asset/
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Success
‘I’m at a cross-roads’ said my friend, when I bumped into him last week ‘my last project didn’t work at all, and I’m keeping our family going just with established consultancy I’ve had
Posted by mrsmoti on October 23, 2011
http://mrsmotivator.com/2011/10/23/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-success/
Is Advice becoming Your Dark Destroyer?
In Middle-earth on the web currently, where marvellous teachers with names like Guido and Korval advise on formatting. No wonder games-developers-turned-fantasy-writers dominate online book sales. They are the only folk who really know what’s going on. Now if you earn your living from giving advice in one form or another, you’ll know this is a [...]
Posted by mrsmoti on August 29, 2011
http://mrsmotivator.com/2011/08/29/is-advice-destroying-your-confidence/
I Scratch Your Back – When the Heck are you gonna Scratch Mine?
Like everyone with a creative streak (most of us), I have loads of ideas. 1 in 10 of these works and makes some money. But several times a day that doesn’t stop me thinking ‘Good grief, this is a brilliant idea. It’ll change the world and make a fortune’ Now recently I’ve had several meetings
Posted by mrsmoti on July 31, 2011
http://mrsmotivator.com/2011/07/31/i-scratch-your-back-%e2%80%93-when-the-heck-are-you-gonna-scratch-mine/
When Your Boss Hacks Your Weakspot
Bosses can be like mothers, possessing an uncanny knack of identifying weakspots and how to drill into them, most painfully. And our weakspots usually involve what we care most about being found out not to be. In other words, weakspots almost always involve pride: the top quality in your self-image that you will defend
Posted by mrsmoti on July 11, 2011
http://mrsmotivator.com/2011/07/11/your-weakspot-how-to-stop-your-boss-hacking-it/
Is the System Stealing Your Soul?
A salutary and short tale this week. A friend got a new job based on her success at winning funding for a project. The friend excelled at applying for funding, but she had few skills to run the project. But that did not deter the organization she worked for installing her at its head. She [...]
Posted by mrsmoti on January 30, 2011
http://mrsmotivator.com/2011/01/30/is-the-system-stealing-your-soul/
How To Spot a Collaborator
and what to do when you’re stuck with someone who isn’t. Talk of collaboration and partnership is everywhere at the moment: it’s one way of making the recession seem less grim. Setting up several new projects reminds me that some people have far stronger co-working instincts than others. Here’s how to spot signals for easy [...]
Posted by mrsmoti on September 4, 2010
http://mrsmotivator.com/2010/09/04/how-to-spot-a-collaborator/
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