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Turn Words to Action

Have you ever heard “inspirational” phrases like the following: Believe in yourself Be in the moment Don’t quit Open your mind I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of them. And I’m pretty sure hardly any of them have inspired you to action beyond anything more tham simply nodding your head [...]

By Jamie Dixon|July 28th, 2018|Communication, How to Connect With People, Influencing, Storytelling|
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Start Any Explanation With Agreement

You know some things better than other people do. If you’re an accountant then you probably know more about finance than I do. And if you work in marketing then you probably know more about your customers than your company’s engineers do. But at times this presents us with a [...]

By Jamie Dixon|July 28th, 2018|Communication, How to Connect With People, Storytelling|
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How to Make Anything Sound Interesting

We’ve all had the experience of listening to someone speak and feeling like it’s going over our heads. We know they’re talking, and we know they’re talking about something, but for some reason their words seem to go in one ear and come out the other. You’ve probably experienced this [...]

By Jamie Dixon|July 28th, 2018|Communication, How to Connect With People, Storytelling|
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