GREATNESS in action! 🎉🎉 Last Thursday was the Presentation Day of my Great in 8 coaching program. It’s only for 6 highly-motivated people and it’s only twice a year. We have 8 weeks of online coaching sessions and weekly personal feedback and mentorship on your own Personal Communication Project. Week 5 is all about presentations so […]
Don’t FALL BEHIND on your English skills! Even on vacation, you can learn. Because, even on vacation, I can teach. Here I am, on vacation last week, during my favorite season….fall! And of course, I love making (spontaneous) lessons to help you, based on what I see and hear in my daily life. I can […]
Hello, Let’s talk about self-care. It’s not what you think it is. This is my monthly manicure. I love it. It makes me so happy when I see my colorful nails doing fun things. And this brings me to self-care. Many people think that self-care is getting a manicure or eyelash extensions, or going shopping, […]
What do native speakers do (and what do many non-native speakers NOT do) when it comes to giving bad news? They frame it. Say what?! They put their message in a frame. They package their message in a way to get the most out of that message and increase communication with their counterparts. Let me […]
PERFECTION. KILLS. PROGRESS. I had this talk with a client yesterday about why he should stop beating himself up by comparing himself to others he felt were ‘perfect’. Let me break it down for you. Perfection is self-sabotage. Perfection kills progress. Perfection stops creativity. Perfection limits risk-taking. Perfection is you holding a false ideal against […]
I was working with a CEO recently who had to give an all-important speech. It meant a lot to him, both personally and professionally. The thing is, he struggled with some words that popped up in his talk. Words like ‘compulsory’, ‘psychological’, ‘beneficiary’, and ‘affiliation’. Those would make any mouth stumble, especially with the added pressure […]
I’ve been there. And I bet you have too. Have you ever stopped, checked your sentence, and pressed ‘send’ on that email, while hoping for the best? Because you weren’t sure if you used the right word? I know I have….in Dutch (and lots of other languages, too)! So many people confuse ‘advice’ and ‘advise’, for […]
CUSTOMER OR CLIENT? Have you been saying this right? I was talking to a client the other day (see what I did there?) about her work. She’s a consultant for a multinational and was talking about her customers. The thing is…she didn’t have any! It’s not that she was interacting with ghosts, or becoming delusional, it’s […]
Hi! I’m writing you on the tails of the hardest day for me. September 11th. I remember exactly where I was when I got the call about my beloved city. And the beloved people who I lost that day. All I can say to you is this. We have no say in how long our […]
3 TIPS TO SOUND MORE NATIVE IN ENGLISH: What do native speakers do in English that non-native speakers have to learn? And are often not taught? I’m going to go through 3 of them right here. 1: LINKING: Native speakers almost never speak word for word. We speak in phrases. We link the ending of one word with […]
