Posts by Jenika
Your Turn! | De-Lurk Day 2016
Did you know that it’s almost our anniversary? Blush. Well, in a sense. This blog went online October 18th, 2011 – so I’ve been sitting on my virtual sofa here, quietly teaching about psychology for almost five years. And I do think of this as a quiet space. There are plenty of glassy, loud, flashing…
Read MoreYou’d Get More Done If You Stopped Doing This
I was thinking about you guys while I was cleaning the bathrooms a few weeks ago. (This’ll make sense in a minute.) For reasons passing my understanding, the builder of my house decided to include 4 bathrooms. The house is not that big. I have no idea who would think it needed four toilets, but…
Read MoreIs It Time To Change Your Packages?
Kenneth Cole said something interesting in Forbes this month. He learned quickly after starting a footwear company that his job isn’t just to “create great-looking shoes.” He had to find out what people wanted to wear, then give it to them – just in his own way. This mental shift is elegantly simple – but…
Read MoreWhy Do People Always Pick My Middle Package?
Actual subject line that landed in my inbox: “Help me solve a sales mystery, please?” Well, fetch me my cape, Watson! There are games afoot! (Obviously I watch too much BBC. Also, I like good subject lines.) The email: I know there has to be an answer to this quandary, I just can’t find it.…
Read MoreMaking Business Friends – Good News For Introverts
“Networking.” As an introvert, that unwelcome word makes me picture standing around at a busy event trying to talk to people when I’d rather be home reading. Ugh. But we know for a fact that relationships mean everything – in life and in business. Relationships can create emotional and material wealth, lift us, strengthen us,…
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