You need persuasion to carry your ideas so that the audience is receptive to them. Being persuasive is knowing how to finely balance confidence and respect. Too far in either direction, you’ll either come across as arrogant or simply lose interest. There is a simple two step approach you can follow that will help you be more persuasive.

You need a simple way to calm your nerves when the pressure is on, when that false negative self-talk rises up and takes away your confidence. There is a simple technique that Navy Seals use to help them stay calm in the face of panic and mortal danger. If it works for them in such scenarios, imagine what it does for you in the corporate setting. You have to stay calm to be your best.

If we are happy, we can better utilise the full potential of our brains to achieve our goals. But most of us think we need to achieve our goals first before we can be happy. But this way of thinking limits our thinking, making that goal seem even more difficult, making us feel even more unhappy. So reverse our thinking. And how can we be happy? Start by embracing your inner weirdo. Don't be a statistical mean but be that dot that stands out from the average.

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. It's a famous quote by Jim Rohn who is an author, entrepreneur, speaker, and mentor to Tony Robbins. We'd all do very well to heed this phrase and apply it in the office and in life. You don't need to become a jerk to change. Change needs to be within your personality. Keep the friends and colleagues that you love but recognize that you need to expand the diversity of your social circle in order to grow.

You. Have. A. BIG. EGO! There I said it. Yes, introverts have big egos too. Except unlike extroverts, who's egos are trying to help them achieve success, introvert egos are keeping you where you are. Your ego is what's telling you to not speak up and not take action because it fears being found wanting. Like the friend you've outgrown from school, it's time you leave your ego behind.

There is a guaranteed way to get a return on your time and money. Yet it doesn't appear exciting or sexy so we don't do it. Instead, our hard earned money goes into things that give us false hope and the illusion of an improved way of life. We hesitate at spending money on items that will genuinely improve our standing in life yet we're happy to spend more on buying a dream. It's time we re-prioritize our spending to help us to genuinely improve.

Take a look at your CV and ask yourself whether it stands out from the crowd. More likely than not, you’ve never looked at your CV through the eyes of the recruiter who has to look through hundreds of CVs. Within this context, ask yourself whether your CV will stand out when given a glance of just a few seconds. Here are 7 steps that will help to give your CV that extra edge to stand out.

Apologise when you are in the wrong, when you’ve hurt someone. But never apologise for being who you are or when you are not wrong. You need to recognise the key linkage between apologising for everything and your level of self confidence. Learn this key linkage so that you can adopt the simple action that will greatly enhance your confidence levels.

Want to strengthen the point you have to make? Want to make sure people in the meeting pay attention to what you say? Yes your point must be thought through but you also have to remove the disclaimers you use to sound modest because they are actually working against you. Here are five common weak phrases you should remove to immediately strengthen what you have to say.

Adopt these 3 simple actions today to be more socially attractive. They're so simple and yet so effective. All they require is just a little focus and attention to make sure you do them. Not only will you appear more social but you will also FEEL more social. With these three actions, you will develop a self reinforcing positive cycle where being social become second nature.

Follow this simple mindset and framework to eliminate the fears and false projections you have that prevent you from negotiating for what you want, what you deserve, and what you’re worth. Practice this mindset and framework so that you become more confident in asking for what you want and realise that you hold the power in negotiations, not the other party. Use this realisation to your advantage and watch you life change for the better.

Apply this small change with a simple three step check to improve your communication approach and maximise your chances of getting the response you want. Successful communication isn’t the fact that something has been said but instead it is when what you want has been understood. Particularly in an office environment where the ability to influence and career progression is directly correlated to your communication approach.

Stop holding yourself back in meetings on the false belief that what you have to say isn’t important or valuable. You are giving yourself excuses to remove your responsibility to contribute. Speaking up does create the risk of you saying something stupid. But there is a bigger price to pay for staying quiet. Use this simple realisation to smash your false belief and maximise the opportunities for the real you to shine.

In this blog post, we share with you a simple and proven four-step process that maximises your brain’s capacity and apply its full processing power. Most of us have not been taught how to think. Instead, our centuries old schooling forces and rewards rote learning, which doesn’t help us in life or in our careers. So follow this four-step process to find new perspectives and solutions.

Self-care is about putting ourselves first, taking the right steps to nurture our mind, body, and soul. It sounds easy but most of us don’t focus on it, letting it impact multiple aspects of our lives. Our work-life balance gets out of whack, our eating habits aren’t healthy, we feel overly stressed and overwhelmed. It’s impossible to sustain our self improvement journey in this state. We must learn to take the steps to rejuvenate and return to the most optimal state.

Success is a journey, a process that transforms you into the best version of yourself. But you will encounter mental challenges that can push you off your journey altogether. You need to sustain your journey and we give you three tools you can draw upon when you feel like giving up. Give yourself the momentum so that you can bulldoze through those blockers like a steam train and become the Uninhibited Introvert.