I often see other English trainers and coaches promise rapid results.

• Speak English fluently in 30 days.
• How to learn English fluently in 10 days.
• How to speak English fluently in 1 week.
• Learn English in 3 hours.

I’ve always felt a bit bad at not being able to promise anything specific.

Of course, I know that people will become more confident communicators while working with me.  But not within a month and with only one session a week.

But recently I came across a beautiful article written by Business Coach, George Kao.

What George has to say about this topic, has made me feel a lot better.

George writes:

“When people trust you, there’s no need to promise results.

If what you’re offering is a product or service they’ve been wanting, they will sign up if they trust your expertise.

Trust is developed gradually (therefore, sustainably) when we show up with authentic content on a consistent basis …

You can’t really promise results anyway: it’s always up to the client to do something to change themselves.

You can, however, truthfully promise your structure, your content and your care.”

So if you’ve been worrying about not being able to promise results within a specific time frame, George’s words might be able to help you.

 

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

Dalai Lama

A thought for the upcoming, well-deserved weekend. 

Car Free Megacities’ map shows the levels of exposure to noise in London, Paris and New York. 

1. Press the button “Explore our noise maps”.
2. Turn the volume on—and feel and hear the noise pollution* in various cities.

What kind of noise disturbs you most?

*Also known as environmental noise or sound pollution.

You want to write an email to someone you know fairly well and don’t want it to sound too formal.

What can you do?

Use contractions. 

You know those words or combinations of words that we shorten by dropping letters and replacing them with an apostrophe?

Let’s talk a closer look.

Here’s what we do.

We take out letters and add an apostrophe.

You’ll see that it feels like a person’s talking to you.

When we’re speaking, we often don’t even realise that we’re using them!

 

 

What do you do about the tasks you don’t enjoy?

Do you leave them until the end of the day or do you do them right at the beginning?

Eating the frog means starting your day with the largest, most difficult and most important task first.

It’s that task you resist most.

Is it a strategy that you use?