Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
If you have never heard of Allan Pease before, let me fill you in. What Allan and his wife Barbara don’t know about body language and communicating is not worth the paper it’s written on.
I first came across Allan through a company I used to work for where we used his body language video in the training sessions we ran. The ones we watched were quite 70’s in style but the message was and is the same.
It was a very funny video (even though now it probably wouldn’t be politically correct!) but with all the right messages.
They have sold over 20 million copies of their books in 50 different languages, so that has to tell you what a fan base they have, all those people can’t be wrong. Plus they do videos and audio. Take a look at their website and see for yourself by clicking the following link - peaseinternational.com
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
I must get to the computer more often. Although in fairness I have been attacking the accounts this week.
I didn’t mention in last week’s blog that, as a family, we went out for a meal to celebrate my sister’s birthday. This is something we haven’t done for years due to her not living in the same country as us! She doesn’t like celebrating birthdays as she’s always felt disappointed by them, which to me seems such a shame and something that I hadn’t realised.
Her friend, who is also over here at the moment, joined us for the meal, which made for a very warm, comfortable and lovely evening.
We decorated the table with balloons, presents and posters and then much to my sisters embarassment (not ours of course) the staff bought out a cake and sang Happy Birthday to her.
She did look daggers at me but I think secretly she enjoyed it (and to be honest I didn’t much care as it was about all of us celebrating her birthday - am I a mean sister or what?).
We left them all at the end of the evening with, for me, a tear in my eye. My sister and her daughter plus her friend and son were all going off to Europe for a mini holiday.
It was as we were leaving that I realised that the last time I had seen my sister’s friend had been 19 years ago and yet it felt as though I’d only seen her last week.
It was quite a smack in the face to think that so many years had passed and it left me feeling quite emotional.
It must have been that kind of week really.
I had a text from one of my very good friends reminding me that it had been six weeks since we’d seen each other. Although we send little emails and she’s never far from my thoughts I was staggered. We immediately rectified that and she came over Thursday night for a hug and chat.
We sat talking for nearly 4 hours!
And finally on the catching up front. We heard from an old family friend that we haven’t seen for well over 10 years. We normally send Christmas cards (mom and I) but he always gave excuses for not coming to see us.
He used to be best friends with my dad and another chap Ken. They were the Three Musketeers. Sadly my dad passed away 13 years ago and Ken not long after. I think that the reason for him not coming to see us that we may have been a painful reminder for him.
Anyway I did no more that contacted his wife and invited them to come over in a couple of weeks time. This means that he can see the whole family including my sister and her daughter. I am pleased to say that she was delighted to receive the invitation and I’m really excited by it.
It will be interesting to see what their reaction will be when they see my eldest son, as he has similar looks to my own dad.
So all in all a good week on the social front.
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
The world is very much a mirror. When you smile at someone, which is more likely - the person smiles back, or the person frowns or scowls at you?
Conversely, when you pull a long face at someone, what’s the likelihood that the person is going to smile at you instead?
When you smile, you make others smile, you make others happy, and in the process, you make yourself happy.
When you smile often, people like being around you and being with you. The overall feeling is that of warmth, closeness, and happiness.
You may not realize it, but when you smile, you are actually subconsciously telling yourself to be happy, that you are happy.
So, smile often. It’s contagious!
(This piece is courtesy of JaneBond who writes on MySpace. The articles are lovely pieces she either finds, re-writes, or writes herself.)
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