Vince Cabrera
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Is there a downside to forward thinking?
I have noticed that I often focus on whats missing from my current reality when compared to my imagined ideal life. Such a constant focus can be a cause of ongoing unhappiness and frustration. There is nothing unusual about our pre-occupation with forward thinking. Human beings are designed to evolve and this is achieved through
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Good Leadership Requires Honey!
There is an old saying that I have borrowed from Richard Carlson which is so apt “You catch more flies with honey”. In simple terms you get better results treating people with respect and politeness than you do from being aggressive, pushy and nasty. While most business owners accept the logic of this there is
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Redefining the Purpose of Business
“The purpose of business is threefold: the fulfillment of society’s living needs and the creation of an environment in which happiness and self-development may floursh and art and beauty are encouraged. All else is an invasion of the ego into business endeavours.” Michael Bernard Beckwith It will come as little surprise to most people to
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Work Place Bullying – Symptomatic or Systemic?
I have been witness throughout my legal career as an employment lawyer to many unpleasant work place incidents between employer and employee and employee and employee however even I was surprised to hear in recent media reports that New Zealand has one of the worst records in the developed world for work place bullying. While
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Inspirational Quote – “The Angel of Change”
“Challenging circumstances are the calling card of the angel of change. They serve to loosen our octopus grip on limited thinking; they shift our everyday reference points, creating a gap through which Reality may enter our awareness. When we resist change, the angel of change seems negative and may even cause us to have nightmares.
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Feeling Troubled? Why not inspire change instead?
“Trouble” is an interesting word in that it conveys a certain meaning which is always negative. In general use it can mean a problem, a difficulty, a worry or cause of concern, something distressful, something annoying or disturbing………….you get the drift? The problem with trouble (excuse the oxymoron) is that it is a generic word
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What will it take?
I had started coaching a seemingly successful business owner who had been in business for over 16 years. As I began working with him I noticed that over a period of time he continued to make excuses for not doing assignments and for cancelling his coaching sessions. You guessed it – he was far too