The Poetry of the Elevator Speech
Once, when the mathematician Blaise Pascal was asked, “Why did you write such a long letter?” he answered, “because I didn’t have time to write a short one.” If you are in the business world at all, you should take the time to write a good elevator speech. Most people in the business world don’t need to be told what …
Compare yourself to others/Don’t compare yourself to others
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man.” — Benjamin Franklin It’s a new year and people’s thoughts are turning to what to do now that they’ve blown their resolutions already. No! Just kidding. People are still looking forward toward the New Year and evaluating themselves …
Hypnosis and Meditation – Good for you?
Hypnosis and Meditation Good for you? The connection between Hypnosis and meditation is sometimes questioned. Are they the same? How are they different? What are the benefits of the regular practice of meditation beyond any “spiritual” benefits we might subjectively experience? Any objective proof? Would hypnosis offer the same benefits? I had a teacher once, Dr. Stephen Wolinsky, who not …
NLP is Not a Therapy
There is a regrettable tendency among some practitioners of NLP to refer to themselves as an NLP Therapist or even an NLP Coach. It’s regrettable because we are supposed to be practitioners of a communication art and those titles are inaccurate at best and misleading at worst. NLP is not a therapy so you can’t be an NLP therapist, and, …
Download Doug O’Brien’s paper,
“Be your Best with Self Hypnosis”