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Becoming a Person of Influence has very little to do with the strength of your sales, negotiation or persuasive abilities. In fact, in some circumstances it’s not so much what you do, but rather what you refrain from saying or doing that has the greatest impact on your social interactions with others. And it is this seemingly insignificant difference [...]

How well do you really know the people in your life? For a moment, let’s take a short journey into the mind of a unique individual. As we step inside this “mind” we begin to grasp a picture of this person’s likes, dislikes, fears, thoughts, habits, beliefs, attitudes, preferences, rules, values and the like. We finally see them for who they really are, for what [...]

Whether we realize it or not, we are being persuaded by our friends, family, colleagues, strangers, the government and the media on a daily basis. Most of this persuasion is very subtle and naturally stimulates our hidden needs, desires and motivations for a better and more fulfilling existence. For the lucky few, the Art of Persuasion [...]

As we intermingle and interact with family, friends, colleagues, customers and strangers, we often come across a myriad of conflicting and varied opinions, wants, needs and goals that everyone desires to satisfy at a different level to our own. These variations will persistently lead to disappointment if we are simply incapable of standing our [...]

Some say that Extraordinary Leadership is something that is injected into our psychology at the moment of our conception. Apparently these leadership characteristics and traits come packaged as part of our DNA makeup. We are therefore either born with the gift for Extraordinary Leadership or we unfortunately draw the short end of the straw. Conversely, [...]

Procrastination is something that many of us struggle with every single day. We simply fail to find the motivation to undertake a specific type of task or activity because of a myriad of excuses, habits, thoughts and fears that absorb our daily ritualistic behavior. Yet, procrastination can easily be overcome if we simply take time to understand the [...]

The goal of the IQ Matrix Blog is to present you with Mind Maps that will assist you in attaining your personal, professional and academic objectives. I am extremely fussy and particular about the material I choose to post on these pages. At all times I want to make sure that the material will be worth your time, and will assist you to Accelerate Your Learning [...]

In today’s day and age we can easily become overwhelmed with information, people and tasks that sometimes tend to get the best of us. Without effective knowledge, strategies and tools, it is easy to see how too many small things can lead to so much stress and discomfort for people. It is this feeling of overwhelm – of not feeling capable of being [...]