by Lucy Freedman | May 31, 2018 | Consultants, Emotional Intelligence, Influence
Smart, helpful types (like you and me), are truly interested in what others have to say. We want to understand more than just the surface level, sometimes because we want to empathize, sometimes because we need or want to know more for its own sake. Questioning can...
by Lucy Freedman | May 25, 2018 | Consultants, Influence, Leaders, NLP
A central goal of Syntax for Change is that we practice to be “universal communicators.” What does this mean, and why is it the key to expanding your influence and simplifying your life? You have long since realized intellectually that each of us thinks...
by Lucy Freedman | Jan 13, 2018 | Consultants, Emotional Intelligence, Influence, Leaders
Are you sometimes frustrated when good ideas, from you or others, go nowhere? What do you do when you run up against resistance or just can’t seem to get a response? New ideas and solutions are needed for problems to get solved, for innovation to occur, for...
by Lucy Freedman | Jan 12, 2018 | Consultants, Events, Influence, Leaders, News
We’ll be holding our signature training in Austin, Texas, September 25-26, 2018. You can find details and register by clicking here. We’ll also be sending out notifications via our regular newsletter, The Syntax Messenger. If you haven’t signed up...
by Lucy Freedman | Jan 12, 2018 | Emotional Intelligence, Influence, NLP
Reflections on being happy, including why your happiness is a gift to people you don’t even know. What is happiness? What does it take to be happy? We all want to feel happy. Do we know how? It seems we were born knowing how. Babies show their feelings —...
