Body Language Basics: Introduction
July sees the launch of a new series of posts here on Flipping Heck all about Body Language. We'll be looking at a variety of aspects of body language such…
Psychology & Communication
The Importance Of A Great Greeting
A simple "Good Morning" or "Hello" can speak volumes about you and how people will perceive you. In this post we look at how to foster trust with a simple…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Redux: Habit 7 – Sharpen The Saw
Once you have mastered something you need to continually work on it in order to keep your skills sharp and current. This is the essence of Covey's "Sharpening The Saw"…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Redux: Habit 6 – Synergize
Synergy is the act of getting along in harmony with both those around us and ourselves. Each of the previous habits have helped bring us to a point where we…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Redux: Habit 5 – Seek first to understand then to be understood
Many people have had training in how to communicate effectively, but very few of us have had training in how to listen effectively. This Habit covers how we should interact…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Redux: Habit 4 – Think Win/Win
In order to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome to any situation, we need to go into it with a "Win/Win" attitude. This means that both parties get what they want,…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Redux: Habit 3 – Put First Things First
Now we understand what goals we want to achieve we need to understand what changes we need to make in order to realise our goal. Covey's Habit 3 covers how…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Redux: Habit 2 – Begin with the end in mind
In order to achieve our goals, we need to know what we want the outcome to be. This habit asks us to look at what our goal is and then…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Redux: Habit 1 – Be Proactive
If we want to achieve anything, whether that be in our personal lives, our work lives or our friendships we can't just sit back and wait for things to come…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Redux : Overview
In this series I go back over my initial thoughts on the 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People and see 6 years on whether my thoughts have changed. This post…
7 Habits: Habit 7 – Sharpen The Saw : Principles of balanced Self-Renewal
Habit 7 is all about managing the lessons we learned in Habits 1 through 5 and how to ensure that we keep ourselves healthy and balanced.
7 Habits – Habit 5: Seek first to understand then to be understood
Habit 5 looks at seeing things from someone else's perspective. If we are to be able to have a meaningful conversation with someone we first need to understand their needs…