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As Golden Week approaches, will you be traveling? When you’re on holiday, do you switch off completely or are you still doing some work? In the past, I was constantly overworking. I always had my BlackBerry and laptop with me even when I was in Thailand or the UK with...
“I get so nervous giving presentations.” Many clients tell me this when we start working together. And my response is usually, “Good. That means you’re a normal human being.” As human beings, from primitive times, we needed to be part of a group to survive. If we...
- a conversation with Judy Liu Can you imagine giving away 90 percent of your possessions, living out of a suitcase, and waking up in a different place every 10 days - all while excelling in a corporate career as the head of learning and development for a global...
Snowboarding with family for my birthday, it struck me how giving presentations and snowboarding are alike. You may wonder in what way? Well, I remember just after my first snowboarding lesson at the age of 47, I happily started practicing on the easy slopes. Then, I...
It’s that seductive time of “New Year, new you.” The fresh start feeling is so appealing because many of us want to improve ourselves and our lives - be healthier, more confident, more organized, more skilled in our work, a more positive influence on others. Is...
At the beginning of the year, I set several business goals and personal goals. One of my personal goals was to do a chinup by the end of the year. I started training in the gym, hanging from a bar, using resistance bands to give me a lift, and practicing seated...
What do you do when you’re feeling overloaded with work and other responsibilities? If you’re like many working women, you may do one of two things. 1. You keep pushing through with what you’re doing (especially in the Japanese culture where “gaman” is often seen as a...
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. - William James How many incomplete tasks do you have in your life? You may have... Boxes that you haven’t unpacked since you moved… Repairs that need to be done… Dental or doctor appointments...
– a conversation with Miki Sturges Have you had this experience? You want to achieve something, you learn all about “how” to do it, you put in the effort, and you get to a certain level… … but somehow it just doesn’t work out. Something is holding you back. It’s not...
If you’re like many high-performing women in a fast-paced work environment, you’re probably constantly “putting out fires” - rushing from one urgent task to the next, without pausing to consider how to really make the most of your expertise, time, and energy. Even if...
If you’re like many Japanese business professionals who feel uncomfortable or uncertain speaking in online meetings and presentations in English, you may think that your English capability is the problem. Actually, that’s probably not the main problem. In fact, you...
I used to be a typical overachiever. I said “Yes” to everything that people asked me to do at work and often outside work too. When a sempai (senior colleague) advised me to “Underpromise and overdeliver,” I thought that was brilliant! What a GREAT way to make people...