Learn how to work with two opposite power types when working on your project. I’d like to introduce you to two power types you must have on your team. Whether they are involved as service providers, partners, or outside counsel, these two “power people” will help to keep your project moving, IF you understand their Read More
Posts by Shannon Parish
Professional Life Coach, Graphic Recorder, Creative Service Provider serving Authors, Speakers, Entrepreneurs and Nonprofits since 1997
Creative Minds – What to do?
Creative people are fascinating, complicated, frustrating … and oh, so necessary! Creative individuals often have a hard time communicating to others what they are seeing (unless its other Creatives.) Imagine visualizing something that has never existed before, and then trying to describe it to people who have never seen it, or who do not have a Read More
Creative Minds – Focusing On Focusing
When a creative mind is flowing with creativity, the focus becomes creating, not focusing. Focusing on creating and focusing on focusing are NOT the same activities. Just talk to any Creative who is bursting with ideas and concepts. The more they speak, the more they imagine, the bigger the vision becomes, and the more complicated Read More
Communication, Conversation and Listening, is a Gift
Learning how to be a better listener, communicator, and conversationalist isn’t rocket science. The key is being curious and other-focused. If it’s so easy, why do most of us fail so miserably at it? Speaking to a young wife regarding her troubled marriage, she threw up her hands and said, “He never listens to me!” Read More
Are You Coachable?
Coaching is for people who are tired of where they are, and they want to move forward in life. Coaching is invaluable in business, or in personal life. It’s nearly impossible to make the progress we want to make with only our minds, experiences, and self-defeating thoughts leading the way. Hiring a coach is an intelligent Read More