by Melissa Hereford | Jul 15, 2019 | Confident Conversations, Negotiate With Confidence
If you’re anything like 90% of my clients and friends, you’re struggling with burnout or over-busyness. Let’s be real, it’s not easy to set boundaries, especially when you’re working hard to build your career and want to 1) be seen as a team player, 2) take...
by Melissa Hereford | Jul 3, 2019 | Confident Conversations, Negotiate With Confidence
We are creatures of habit. Routine is one of those touted mandatory things that all successful people follow. Steve Jobs wore the same thing every day, the jeans and black turtleneck, so he never had to think about what he was going to wear. Read any “highly...
by Melissa Hereford | Jun 19, 2019 | Confident Conversations, Negotiate With Confidence
You don’t have to feel confident in order for other people to see you as confident. You can feel nervous on the inside and still project confidence. Here are some ideas to get you started: Your body – Stand up straight, as if you have a string pulling you up...
by Melissa Hereford | Jun 19, 2019 | Confident Conversations, Negotiate With Confidence
I’ve always loved this term “Friends With Benefits.” I know, it’s generally used for something racy (!!), but when you think about it, all of your friends give you different benefits. Friends from college give you a connection to your past and memories of a time in...
by Melissa Hereford | May 21, 2019 | Confident Conversations, Negotiate With Confidence
When I was a child, I loved the Schoolhouse Rock song Three is a Magic Number. I learned my 3 times table to this song! And I loved the examples: The past and the present and the future. The faith and hope and charity. The heart and the brain and the body. Turns out...
by Melissa Hereford | May 8, 2019 | Confident Conversations, Negotiate With Confidence
The last few weeks have been tough. You know that my beautiful mother-in-law passed away, I wrote about it last week. I’ve forged ahead because I have to keep going and my to-do list is never ending (as is yours!). I had to dig deep. And it made me reflect on my...
