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Are You Present?

26 February 2013

Here’s a quick career tip, to enhance our working life – be present!

When you go to a meeting, or join a colleague for cake and networking are you ‘in’ the room in mind as well as body?

Or are you Tweeting, texting, Facebooking (is that a verb now? …I sincerely hope not) or simply wondering what to have for dinner?

When we’re ‘present’ and concentrating on the other person we build a stronger connection with them, which increases the level of trust they feel for us.

This could be the difference that makes the difference that gets us the job, clinches the sale, or turns a contact into a friend.

So, this week….please put your phone away, hold one conversation at a time, switch off your internal dialogue and Be Present!

People will like you for it!