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Author Archives: Andrew Halfacre
The World Is Plastic
Last week I asked a client to describe his perfect day, an ideal day, just the way he wanted it. He couldn’t. It was clear he had never come across that idea before and had never even considered the question. … Continue reading
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Do Not Worry About Tomorrow
One of the hardest things when working with clients who want to make a change is getting them to start today. They always agree on some changes they want to make and also agree it would be good to start. … Continue reading
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How to be original – tell the truth
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out … Continue reading
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Listen To Your Longings
Choose your tools carefully but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at your writing-table. Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down The Bones Listen to your longings for they are trying to tell … Continue reading
The Mallet
Walking down the street you notice a lady in business dress who is hitting herself over the head with a wooden mallet. Every five or ten seconds. Bash. Bash. Bash. Never enough to be fatal but hard enough to hurt. … Continue reading
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Be Yourself – As Hard As You Can
Still, I think it’s not the main thing, the essential thing.I hope the message that people really take, really internalize is that being yourself, as hard as you can, is the way to have important and lasting impact on our … Continue reading
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Three Ways To Increase Your Charisma
In your world there are people who know what they want. We call them charismatic because their amazing clarity beguiles and charms us. In a confused world, such single-minded focus is rare and alluring. They have a purpose, a clear … Continue reading
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Writing Wednesdays: “That’s What I Want to Do”
Hermes saw gymnasts on TV for the first time, and he knew at once: “That’s what I want to do.”Everything since has been simply reinforcement. via Writing Wednesdays: “That’s What I Want to Do”. This is a great story although … Continue reading
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Stop Thinking And Come To Your Senses: Today
The best time to do this is when you think you can’t or don’t have the time for all this ‘soft stuff’: 10: Stop thinking, and come to your senses. What do they tell you? Spend a day or two today … Continue reading
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Multi-tasking Is A Myth
And we don’t pay attention to boring things. Sometimes you can’t hear what you really want because there is simply too much other stuff in the way. Turn some of it off and the answer begins to stare you in … Continue reading
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