Posts Tagged With ‘ emotions ’

Want to know the truth about flat hunting in the current London market? It absorbs incredible amounts of FQ and EQ The face of a man who has just completed 35km on a Santander bicycle looking for flats Undoubtedly one of the biggest events to happen to me, my life and my business in the last 2 months has been my upcoming eviction from my Central London apartment. As such, I felt it deserved a special series of short blogs exploring this event. This is the third in that series where I explore why this happened, what it means for me and my business and how I am trying to overcome the challenge Followers... Continue Reading

It is a cruel farce. Scammers use the names of federal agencies charged with protecting citizens’ financial security to rip them off. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has confirmed the existence of a new scam in which someone purporting to be from the agency contacts individuals and tells them they are eligible for a payout in a class-action lawsuit. On one condition: to collect the money, the scammer says the taxes owed must be paid upfront. This is known as an imposter scam. Imposter scams involving other federal agencies – the IRS or the Social Security Administration –... Continue Reading

One big problem people have when negotiating for a job or a raise is that they get in their own way. Negotiating unleashes a brew of emotions – fear of rejection, a lack of confidence, doubts – that can sabotage them. The British have coined a word for this type of anxiety: collywobbles. Moshe Cohen, author of “Collywobbles: How to Negotiate When Negotiations Make You Nervous,” consults with companies and individuals on leadership and negotiation strategies. But his idea for the book came out of the graduate classes on negotiation he teaches at Boston University. Cohen realized that even... Continue Reading