The one small shift in your communication style that will help you be heard

The one small shift in your communication style that will help you be heard By: Stephanie Weichert   Republished with permission. View article on Military1.com. The conference call included three former soldiers. Two of them were trying to convince their boss John*, a former Army Colonel, to do things a new way. The conversation went nowhere fast. John responded, “I’ll take a look at that,” and then quickly changed the subject He never did come around […]

‘Am I likeable?’: How your weakness might reveal your inner strength

‘Am I likeable?’: How your weakness might reveal your inner strength By: Stephanie Weichert Republished with permission. View article on Military1.com. You pick the conversation apart. “I shouldn’t have said that,” you think to yourself. “They’re going to think I’m weird.” The conversation replays itself in your mind and by the end of listening to it for the second time, you’re convinced you sound like either a blithering idiot or a hardened, selfish person. How likeable […]

Stopping self-sabotage: Fixing your focus and your physiology

Stopping self-sabotage: Fixing your focus and your physiology By: Stephanie Weichert Republished with permission. View article on Military1.com. It’s easy to hit cruise control when something positive happens. There is a sense of urgency in the air and even the sun looks brighter. When things are going well, people seem to be friendlier. Then Thursday comes. Your spouse sits down at the kitchen table to pay bills, you realize another month is going by without the […]

Harnessing the courage of Thor: How to change your thinking and beat your giants

Harnessing the courage of Thor: How to change your thinking and beat your giants By: Stephanie Weichert Republished with permission. View article on Military1.com. Within the first 30 minutes of Thor: The Dark World, directly following a massive battle, a man made of rock thundered on to the scene. Realizing he was going to have to confront the giant, Thor drew an audible breath. The beautiful woman to his left looked out of the corner of […]