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When you have a message to share but you can't get it across

When you have a message to share but you can't get it across

You can have the best idea in the world and still lose people before you get to the point. Most of the time, the problem isn't the idea. It's that you know too much. In my last Think Business article, I share one exercise from Clarityville to help you find what your audience needs to hear, and leave the rest out.

Drop your tool and save your life

Drop your tool and save your life

There's a story about wildland firefighters who are told, in the moment of greatest danger, to drop their tools and run - and who, again and again, choose to hold on instead. It costs them their lives. I've been asking my clients a version of the same question ever since: what are you holding onto that, if you dropped it, would let you move with more ease? My own answer came from three generations of women in my family who never once took a relaxing holiday.