Listen…Silent
November 28, 2012 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Free and Laughing, Practice
Did you ever realize that the word “LISTEN” has the same letters as “SILENT”? How profound. Listening is a skill that is fundamentally important to the success of any and all relationships – love, business, family, friendship. Yet most of us have a very, very hard time really LISTENING. Speaking is vaunted as a […]
How to turn “time wasted” into time well-spent
November 26, 2012 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Free and Laughing, Observe
“That was a total waste of my time” I muttered to myself. I had just completed a meeting with a large multinational here in Toronto to “pitch” my Executive Coaching services. The meeting had not gone as I had intended. It got more and more painful as the minutes laboured on. I was not connecting […]
Sorry
November 22, 2012 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Free and Laughing
“Sorry, not my Thanksgiving Day today” I am so tempted to say this when I am wished “Happy Thanksgiving Day” on this special American holiday. Thanksgiving Day is not a tradition in my Jamaican culture, and the national Thanksgiving Day in Canada takes place in October. So why do non-Americans insist on wishing me “Happy […]
