by Ela | Mar 20, 2014 | Books, Get Unstuck, How-to, Learning, Performance
Photo courtesy Fe Langdon, available on Flickr. “You are what you focus on” is the title of a chapter from the “Accidental genius” book by Mark Levy. There are two important points I will be making here, so please pay attention. Focus Your...
by Ela | Jun 27, 2011 | Learning, Understanding
Let’s say you are making progress in spurts. You live comfortably from one day to another until you encounter a certain idea. Not an idea. A strong idea. Perhaps you read a book. Or you listen to the news. Perhaps you overhear a conversation in a bus. Or your...
by Ela | Apr 8, 2011 | Effective communication, How-to, Learning
When people talk, listen completely This is the third post on active listening. Please read first the previous active listening posts, part 1 and part 2. There are two planes of active listening: setting-up the stage and caring for the message. The first plane was...