by Pablo German | Apr 2, 2021 | audience, communication, Emotions
Your personal happiness and your career success depend in large part on one thing, your ability to have difficult conversations. In the past, I didn’t have the ability to have difficult conversations. I would resort to silence. In some cases, I was waiting for the...
by Pablo German | Feb 12, 2021 | communication, Wellbeing
In 1976 three men kidnapped a school bus with 26 children and the driver, and buried them alive in a quarry with some food and water. This is known as the Chowchilla kidnapping. They were planning to ask for ransom. Luckily, 16 hours later one of the kids with the...
by Pablo German | Dec 30, 2020 | communication, personal development
Are you someone that has problems saying no? Do you tend to put other people first? Altruism and self-sacrifice are highly encouraged and praised in society. This is understandable. A society where everyone only looks after themselves and no one is willing to help...
by Pablo German | Oct 11, 2020 | communication
We live in a world of appearances. We also live in a world crowded with lonely people. This is not a coincidence; they are cause and effect. The more we want to appear successful, smart, and special to others, the more we need to put a façade to cover our fears,...
by Pablo German | Jul 28, 2020 | communication
What do you do when a friend does something that bothers you? In the previous blog post I mentioned that in the first episode of the podcast Beautiful Ghosts we discussed how reflection helps with personal growth. In that episode I commented how reflection helped me...
by Pablo German | Jul 12, 2020 | communication, personal development
There is no doubt that COVID-19 and the response to it has produced a lot of destruction, but it has also led to the creation of new ways of doing things. One such example is people meeting via video-conference calls instead of in person. Although meeting in person...