FirstThey Have to Like You: The Power of Body Language

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Show interest and attention by making eye contact, nodding, smiling and making positive gestures as someone talks. Make them your entire focus.
Before you start a meeting, take time to read the room so you can decide whether people need reassurance, encouragement, or a change to shine.
Make others feel seen and heard by asking for their thoughts or concerns. Avoid rushing through to stay on an agenda or get your own ideas out.
Be aware of your posture. Standing in a balanced, broad shouldered way with your hands at your sides shows confidence. Slouching, crossing your arms, fidgeting or hands in pockets are defensive stances that evoke distrust.
Mirror the speakers gestures to show affinity with their thoughts and thought patterns.

Stay Inspired,

Angela

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Make 2022 The Year You Stop Proving Yourself

Ta-da! You did the thing. But at what cost and for what reason? This is your year to stop jumping through hoops and move forward with momentum and aligned action.

Stop emphasizing doing over being. Performance is not a measure of worth, accomplishing what only you can do is.
As "what is true for me?" When you follow your own path, you always have momentum even if you face setbacks. Failure is only catastrophic when you tie your success to someone else's approval.
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Doing what you don't want to do to get approval is a lot like prostitution,
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Angela

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Transform Your Relationships with these Emotional Intelligence Skills

There is an art to being self aware but not self absorbed. To being emapthetic to others without compromising your boundaries.

See your own emotional patterns from a point of detachment, not trigger. Understand that you need to consciously work to unravel these stories and the bias filter they place on how you perceive the world.
Understand that others have their own filter and be curious about why instead of reacting to their behavior based on assumptions.
Ask questions instead of creating a story based on your ego narrative.
Focus on the why more than the what. Provide people with an emotional exit ramp so you can move past excuses and defensiveness and focus on solutions.
Pick your battles. Seek alignment through purpose not tasks.
Work on completing your thoughts through meditation and journaling so that you can more easily recognize your own story patterns.

Stay Inspired,

Angela

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