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<title>Andy Smith - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Inspirational NLP trainer and emotional intelligence specialist Andy Smith has been running the Create The Life You Want workshop for the last 10 years, and working one-to-one with clients both privately and in a corporate setting since 1993. Andy's new book, "Achieve Your Goals: Strategies To Transform Your Life", was published by Dorling Kindersley in summer 2006. "Andy is a wonderful resource - as a coach, he creates an idea-incubating atmosphere of creative curiosity, and one idea from our first session together earned me $500 in less than 24 hours!" - Michael Neill, coach and Hollywood actor As a trainer, ... ]]></description>
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<title>Why You Should Care For 'Negative' People in Your Organization - And How You Can Turn Them Round</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Why the most 'negative' people in your organization may be an untapped resource, and how to start turning them round. Recently I was acting as a table facilitator at a large Appreciative Inquiry (Ai) event for a housing association. The table I was assigned to was right at the front, near the stage, where an iPod and travel speakers were doing their best to add a bit of uplifting background music - although you could hardly hear them from more than about 10 feet away, so vast was the room.]]></description>
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<title>Integrity, Self-Awareness, and Leadership</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:29:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Integrity is generally agreed to be a vital quality in a leader. This article shows how the original metaphorical meaning of 'Integrity' (from the Latin meaning 'untouched'), implying that someone is 'intact', 'whole' or 'not tampered with', can teach us something about leadership when we take it literally.]]></description>
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<title>Upscale Your Influence - In a Way That Works For You</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:42:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are many tips and tricks for influencing others - a good source is Robert Cialdini's classic book "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion". Rather than try to learn all of them at once you may prefer to use a simpler way to discover what works uniquely for you, because there's a lot to remember and you may not be comfortable using some of the sneakier tricks.]]></description>
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<title>Social Awareness and Leadership</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:30:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What makes people want to follow a leader? What makes them - in the most extreme cases - willing to lay down their lives for that person?]]></description>
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<title>7 Big Mistakes in Goal-Setting - #4 - Not Putting a Date on the Goal</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 06:59:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are 7 big mistakes in goal-setting, that will lead to failure and disappointment time after time. Not putting a date on your goal is one of those big mistakes. Here's how to avoid it...]]></description>
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<title>7 Big Mistakes In Goal-Setting - #3: Not Fully Engaging Your Imagination</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 06:57:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are 7 big mistakes in goal-setting, that will lead to failure and disappointment time after time. Not fully engaging your imagination when you set goals is one of those big mistakes. Here's how to avoid it...]]></description>
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<title>7 Big Mistakes In Goal-Setting - #7: Not Knowing What You Want</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 06:54:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are 7 big mistakes in goal-setting, that will lead to failure and disappointment time after time. Not knowing what you want when you're trying to set goals is probably the biggest! Here's how to avoid it...]]></description>
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<title>7 Big Mistakes In Goal-Setting - #6: &quot;Taking too much on&quot; and Getting Discouraged</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 06:48:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are 7 big mistakes in goal-setting, that will lead to failure and disappointment time after time. Taking too much on and getting discouraged is one of those big mistakes. Here's how to avoid it...]]></description>
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<title>7 Big Mistakes In Goal-Setting - #1: Thinking &quot;Away-from&quot;, not &quot;Towards&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 06:48:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your unconscious mind can't process negation (the concept of "not" something). So always set your goals so they are about what you want, rather than about getting away from what you don't want.]]></description>
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<title>You Don't Need to Feel Guilty When You Take a Break</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 06:46:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We all know that we work better and feel less stressed if we take regular breaks during the working day. However, the stressed individual may feel uncomfortable and guilty about taking breaks, even when they admit that their usual driven work patterns are causing them stress ("but the work just won't get done"). Research is beginning to establish a scientific basis for common-sense advice...]]></description>
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<title>7 Big Mistakes In Goal-Setting - #2: Trying to Set Goals that are not Really Yours</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 06:45:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are 7 big mistakes in goal-setting, that will lead to failure and disappointment time after time. Trying to set goals that are not really yours is one of those big mistakes. Here's how to avoid it...]]></description>
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<title>Five Ways to Relax Instantly</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 06:40:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you need to relax when you're out and about and it's not convenient to take twenty minutes to lie down and relax totally: maybe on your way to a crucial appointment, in an interview, giving a presentation, or any other situation normally regarded as highly stressful. Here are five ways to relax that my clients have found work for them, and that you can use to relax anywhere.]]></description>
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<title>7 Big Mistakes In Goal-Setting - #5: Not Taking Knock-on Effects of Achieving Your Goal into Account</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 06:34:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are 7 big mistakes in goal-setting, that will lead to failure and disappointment time after time. Not taking into account the knock-on effects of achieving your goal is one of those big mistakes. Here's how to avoid it...]]></description>
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<title>Make Space For What You Want In Your Life</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:16:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why good things won't come into your life unless you make space for them - and what to do about it.]]></description>
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<title>Six Questions to Make Your Workplace Stress-Free</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:35:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are responsible for a team, a division, or a whole company, and you are concerned about stress levels among your people, this article is for you. Many CEOs see stress as an intractable problem which would cost too much to tackle properly -- or alternatively something that only affects 'whiners' whom their organisations would be better off without. Employee assistance programmes, corporate gym memberships and flexible hours are seen as expensive, of dubious effectiveness, and in the worst case, as mollycoddling staff. Many organisations do the bare minimum to comply with legislation -- and some get stung for heavy penalties as the law gradually tightens up.]]></description>
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