by DavidFraser | Oct 16, 2013 | Relationship Skills
…is what you’re not giving. That’s a line from a book called “A Course in Miracles,” highlighted by Marianne Williamson. Useful secular advice it is too… When things get difficult, it’s tempting to expect other people to make...
by DavidFraser | Sep 17, 2013 | Influence, Learning, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
You and your unconscious. How have you been getting along lately? I’m serious. You’re like two people: One being your conscious mind, and the other that person in the background who actually runs most of your life, and your relationships with other people for that...
by DavidFraser | Sep 2, 2013 | Business, Marketing, Relationship Skills
We tend to think of brands in isolation, as if they exist in their own right, in an absolute sense. We think of a logo perhaps, or a style of packaging, or a particular tagline or strapline. Actually… The properties of a brand only really exist in the minds of...
by DavidFraser | Aug 26, 2013 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
You can only either lead or follow at any given time. So says conventional wisdom. You have to choose: Follow for a while to build connection; then perhaps lead to achieve an outcome. The issue then is have you built enough connection for the influence you hope to...
by DavidFraser | Aug 11, 2013 | Relationship Skills
We come up with all sorts of elaborate ways to engage with our world, but really whatever you are working on, however big or small, it almost always comes down to this… …relating effectively to the person in front of you. Even a group situation is a set of...
by DavidFraser | Aug 5, 2013 | Change, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
It’s an easy trap to fall into. In fact, it’s not so much a trap as the normal course… We act today to justify how we were yesterday. And we do the same tomorrow, and the next day and the next day… I know I’ve done this—many times. We all do it, I think....
