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Small shifts to help you live bigger

Start direct, end warm

When we ask something of someone, or need to say no, the default pattern is usually to soften the blow like this:

Soft thing → But → Thing we need to say.

Career soft skills coach Soph Hirst explains that in a lot of cases, flipping the order comes across better:

🚫 Sorry, I know you’re super busy and this is really short notice, but would you mind reviewing this doc today?

✅ Could you please review this doc today? I know it’s short notice. Thank you, it’ll keep the timeline on track.

🚫 I’d love to be involved, thanks for thinking of me! It sounds really interesting! But I don’t have the capacity, sorry…

✅ I don’t have capacity right now. But thank you for thinking of me. It sounds interesting and I’m keen to hear how it goes.

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Work & Identity

This short read from Coach Parin shares simple, practical exercises we can try to separate our identities from work and ask ourselves what we truly want next.

Great if you’re in a moment of transition or feel work sometimes defines too much of who you are.

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A little something to lift your mood.

Alison Friend is reviving the oil painting medium with a humorous twist…