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- a conversation with Brittany Arthur After weeks of fighting with her body, she realized this wasn’t working for anyone. Even though she wanted to have the energy to keep delivering outstanding work to her Japanese clients, her body was saying “No.” It was the first...
Can you picture a small child who’s upset and pointing at something? The mother says, “What is it? Use your words.” She desperately wants to understand, but the child’s finger is so shaky and she doesn’t know what he’s pointing to. Keep that image in mind as you read...
When you’re giving a business presentation to clients, colleagues, or a conference audience, you want to be clear, concise, and convincing, right? And you probably want to feel confident - whether you’re speaking in person or online. But you can’t do that when you’re...
Have you ever had a goal, but struggled to keep up the motivation to do what was needed to achieve it? Common goals I hear are… “I want to improve my English” “I want to start my own business” “I want to have more time for myself” “I want to get a job overseas” “I...
One of my fabulous female entrepreneur friends was having a very stressful time because she had too many new client requests and not enough team members to deal with them. She was scrambling for a solution. But how could she find reliable people to help with the...
Have you experienced this? You have so much going on at work, but suddenly you’re not feeling great - perhaps from physical symptoms or something that’s affecting you emotionally. You don’t feel like working. What do you do? Do you push through anyway? In Episode 174...
People often ask what makes a good coach. But have you ever considered what makes a good coachee? One of my clients asked me this recently. Even if you don’t have a coach - what would make you good at learning from other people? When you know that, you can learn more...
When I was a child, I used to say things like, “When I’m 9, I’m going to keep my room tidy...” “When I’m 11, I’m going to help with the washing up…” My mum and dad used to joke about it because when the birthday in question came, nothing changed. Even from a young...
If you’re like many overworking women, you want more of a sense of ease in your life while still being able to do great work. At the same time, you may want to be a wonderful mother, wife, daughter, or friend… Does that sound familiar? Many seem to think that the...
I’m guessing you value your time and don’t want to waste it, right? When you consider time wasters at work, you may think of things like Unproductive meetings Lack of clarity Tech issues Interruptions But have you ever thought how much time you waste on certain...
Have you ever started a project and then discovered that it was a lot more work than you anticipated? Probably, right? Well, that was definitely my experience with my first book - Eigo no Shigoto-jutsu. And as I’m celebrating the 6-year anniversary since it was...
You may think that your “comfort zone” is comfortable. But is it really? In some cases, your “comfort zone” might be more familiar than comfortable. For example… …you’re in a job that you don’t enjoy, but you don’t think you can find something new …you disagree...