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Grace Marshall

What makes you laugh?

Business Life, Happiness

I was chatting with a client recently about networking situations, and how laughter really helps to break the ice, engage an audience and build connections. It got me thinking, what does make people laugh? Do you have to be a comedian? I don’t think so. The times I’ve...

“So, what do you do?”

Business Life

What do you say when someone asks “So, what do you do?” In my last post I wrote about how to put together your 60 second speech (also known as an elevator speech), as many networking meetings have an item in their agenda where each person is given 60...

Why it’s good to talk

Business Life, Happiness, Personal Productivity

We’ve all heard the clichés about talk being cheap, all talk and no action, if you haven’t got anything useful to say… Children often get told off for talking too much, but rarely for talking too little (with the exception perhaps of teenagers). But...

Something I’d like to share

Business Life

A funny thing happens sometimes when I’m networking, someone I’m talking to will lower their voice as they refer to another coach, and ask "So are they your competition then?" While I’m well aware of the benefits that can come from a bit of...

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