Have you been told that the way to boss up is to set a bodacious goal, make a splashy announcement, and then hope for the best? You don’t have to rely on hope, swagger, or enthusiasm to achieve big results. Instead, power sustainable success with qualities like vision, connection, and communication—all soft skills. 

In the January series, Three Ways to Shift Goals from Aspirational to Attainable, we’ll discuss how you can use these qualities to shift wishing and dreaming to succeeding and sustaining.

3 Ways to Shift Goals from Aspirational to Attainable

Power is more than pushing and shoving your way through the world. Hard choices require genuine power, which pairs critical thinking with soft skills like adaptability, creativity, discernment, empathy, and healthy self-confidence.

Ditch the tired, obsolete version of destructive power and live a Soul Boss life, where you stay the boss of you. Download the free ebook today. Go from tripped up to powered up!

Genuine Power-7 Techniques to Be Powerful in a Loud, Complicated World

“Be intentional” sounds simple enough. But do you secretly think setting intentions is complicated, time-consuming or boring? Scratch that.

Reaching your goals takes more than wishing, hoping or willpower. You can navigate nasty surprises that threaten to short-circuit your intentions with ease—you just need the right skills.

Don’t leave your heart’s desire sitting on a shelf. Skill up like a Soul Boss so you can declare, “My year was lit!”

Light it Up-7 Skills for Setting Intentions That Work

Has a setback made you focus on your faults? Don’t put the past under a microscope. Use soft skills to stop selling yourself short and get your healthy self-image back.

Brush Up Your Setback Mindset

Difficult people will test every soft skill in your toolkit—it’s true! But don’t let closed mindsets or frustrating behaviors get the best of you or become a distraction. Learn how to use soft skill How tactics to up your EQ game.

Meet With Yourself First

Are you the first to answer in meetings, like playing beat the buzzer on Trivia Night? Don’t let self-imposed pressures to be right or first be the boss of you. Dig for what’s happening behind the scenes, and build a reputation where you listen all the way through.

Listen All The Way Through

Self-confidence doesn’t have to wait for a perfect day or a big win. Learn how soft skills will help you stay self-assured, stable, and resilient so you can thrive every day!

Self - Confidence Doesn't Have to Wait for the Perfect Day

Have you confused perseverance with muscling through and carnage everywhere? Learn how soft skills will help you be steady, determined, and confident.

See Challenges as Temporary and Solvable

Practicing self-control and integrity is easier than you think. Learn how soft skills can help you achieve practical, attainable descriptions like being authentic, upright, and true.

Thrive By Putting Integrity Into Action

Do you want to develop qualities to thrive, like curiosity, empathy, and persistence? Don’t wait for the perfect day. Learn how to practice these soft skills every day.

3 Ways To Thrive With Soft Skills

You'll have plenty of feedback over a long career—good and bad. Learn how soft skills will help you handle whatever life throws your way.

Change a Feedback Fail to a Soft Skill Guardrail

Have you fallen into a rut of the same old beliefs and habits? Learn how soft skills will help you evolve and improve in positive ways.

Change a Fixed Mindset Fail to a Soft Skills Guardrail

Has your self-image taken a hit from a sour situation? Learn how soft skills will help you maintain a clear, healthy sense of self in tough situations.

From Self - Image Fail To Soft Skills Guardrail

Do you want to achieve peak productivity? Don’t wait for a break in your schedule. Use soft skills to turn down the stress and tension with prime time.

Be A Prime Time Pro

Are you in a working from home funk? Get back to peak productivity with soft skills. Learn 5 ways to reimagine your day.

5 Ways To Reimagine Your Day

Are you pushing when your mind, body, and emotions are begging for a break? Learn how soft skills can help you make the shrewd choice to take recovery time.

Be A Recovery Expert

Don’t let hustle culture push you around. Learn easy ways to start the day centered, grounded, and present.

Break Out Of Hustle Culture

Are you crafting a pitch for your quiet quitting exit strategy? Learn why you need three essentials: technical acumen, work experience, and soft skills expertise!

Quiet Quit With A 3 - Step Pitch

Qualification are a springboard, not a destination. Learn soft skills examples so your know-how and achievements are on the tip of your tongue!

Quiet Quit With A High Value Pitch

Don’t get left behind when The Big Opportunity, The Crisis, or The Pivot happens. Get ready for the career lottery ticket coming your way with next-level soft skills!

Soft Skills Basics in a Flash free 15-minute course: https://soul-boss-soft-skills.teachable.com/p/soft-skills-basics-in-a-flash

Quiet Quit With Next Level Soft Skills

Do you want to expand and grow professionally? Don’t postpone your success. Start now by repurposing soft skills you do well and mastering new ones.

Quiet Quit By Reskilling And Repurposing

Are you ready to change spinning and cycling to elegant execution? Then show the planning stage of projects some love with soft skill How tactics.

If you're new to soft skills or want a refresher, boss up with my free 15-minute course, "Soft Skills Basics in a Flash." You'll learn what soft skills are, why people who understand soft skills stand out in a crowd, and practical, actionable ways to use soft skills every day. With the bonus 1-pager, "7 Ways to Pitch Your Soft Skills Superpower" in your back pocket, you'll leave calm, self-assured, and ready to speak soft skills with anyone who asks.

https://soul-boss-soft-skills.teachable.com/p/soft-skills-basics-in-a-flash

Start Projects Right

Don’t give up on that big project—instead, fine tune your execution. Switch from a fixed to a flexible mindset and use soft skills to stay agile and successful.

If you're new to soft skills or want a refresher, boss up with my free 15-minute course, "Soft Skills Basics in a Flash." You'll learn what soft skills are, why people who understand soft skills stand out in a crowd, and practical, actionable ways to use soft skills every day. With the bonus 1-pager, "7 Ways to Pitch Your Soft Skills Superpower" in your back pocket, you'll leave calm, self-assured, and ready to speak soft skills with anyone who asks: https://soul-boss-soft-skills.teachable.com/p/soft-skills-basics-in-a-flash

Execute with Agility and Strategy

Do you feel a tension between your “yes” reflex and healthy choices? Shift from overloaded to elegant execution with soft skills and manageable milestones!

Check out my new course, "Soft Skills Basics in a Flash." You'll learn what soft skills are, why people who understand soft skills stand out in a crowd, and practical, actionable ways to use soft skills every day.

https://soul-boss-soft-skills.teachable.com/p/soft-skills-basics-in-a-flash

Use Manageable Milestones for Elegant Execution

Are you ready to stop the frantic chase for inbox zero? Learn how soft skills can help level up your productivity and build your street cred.

If you're new to soft skills or want a refresher, boss up with my free 15-minute course, "Soft Skills Basics in a Flash":  https://soul-boss-soft-skills.teachable.com/p/soft-skills-basics-in-a-flash 

You'll learn what soft skills are, why people who understand soft skills stand out in a crowd, and practical, actionable ways to use soft skills every day. With the bonus 1-pager, "7 Ways to Pitch Your Soft Skills Superpower" in your back pocket, you'll leave calm, self-assured, and ready to speak soft skills with anyone who asks.

Change From Stressed And Scattered To Your Best Self

Are you facing the headwinds of unsolicited advice and strong opinions? Learn how soft skill How tactics will help you conquer uncomfortable feedback.

How You 2.0 Can Manage Feedback

Mishaps may happen, but they don’t have to be the boss of you. Use soft skills like compassion and healthy self-esteem to keep an open mind. Stay teachable!

If you're new to soft skills or want a refresher, boss up with my free 15-minute course, "Soft Skills Basics in a Flash": https://soul-boss-soft-skills.teachable.com/p/soft-skills-basics-in-a-flash. You'll learn what soft skills are, why people who understand soft skills stand out in a crowd, and practical, actionable ways to use soft skills every day. With the bonus 1-pager, "7 Ways to Pitch Your Soft Skills Superpower" in your back pocket, you'll leave calm, self-assured, and ready to speak soft skills with anyone who asks.

How You 2.0 Can Stay Teachable

Are you ready to say goodbye to old-fashioned ways of working? Learn how to streamline projects using soft skills. Streamlining is the sophisticated choice!

How You 2.0 Can Streamline With Soft Skills

Have you fallen under the spell of over-optimism? Stop waiting until the stars align and level up with soft skills and empowered choices.

If you're new to soft skills or want a refresher, boss up with my free 15-minute course, "Soft Skills Basics in a Flash": https://soul-boss-soft-skills.teachable.com/p/soft-skills-basics-in-a-flash. You'll learn what soft skills are, why people who understand soft skills stand out in a crowd, and practical, actionable ways to use soft skills every day. With the bonus 1-pager, "7 Ways to Pitch Your Soft Skills Superpower" in your back pocket, you'll leave calm, self-assured, and ready to speak soft skills with anyone who asks.

How You 2.0 Can Level Up With Soft Skills

Today on Soul Boss Soft Skills, we’ll talk about January intentions. Having a big idea is one thing, but the trick is to make your vision cogent, scalable, and driven by shrewd priorities. The case study will reveal a real-life story about how a business executive leveraged soft skills to create a multi-million-dollar company. So, stick around to find out how you can mirror his tactics to take your vision from aspirational to attainable.

Boss up with my free 15-minute mini-course, "Soft Skills Basics in a Flash": https://soul-boss-soft-skills.teachable.com/p/soft-skills-basics-in-a-flash

Succeed By Becoming The Practical Visionary

Soft skills aren’t optional—they’re a required competency for interdependent, matrixed environments. Hear the story of how actor Leslie Jordan used emotional intelligence to succeed. Changing his mindset changed his life.

Succeed By Becoming The Wise Collaborator

Every goal starts as a raw idea. However, you also need to be a great storyteller to share your vision and passion. Hear the story of how one woman used the soft skill of communication to power her passion project.

Succeed By Becoming The Precision Storyteller

What goals will truly move the needle? Soft skills like collaboration, communication, and managing your emotions. Go beyond green smoothies and more steps and learn five 5 breakthrough uncomfortable intentions.

Succeed By Making The Done List

Why is talking about power so difficult? Find the answers in my #FREE ebook, Genuine Power, available now at your favorite bookseller. Enjoy today's excerpt!

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Introducing Genuine Power

Are you trying to solve a tough problem with a one-and-done, mic-drop conversation? Check out Technique #1 from my book, Genuine Power: Use power tools with care. #Storytelling #Podcast #Inspiration #personaldevelopment

Use Power Tools With Care

Are you ready for sustainable results? Harness your dynamic energy and try Technique #4 from Genuine Power, Control the Burn. 
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Control The Burn

Creating your style of personal power takes insight, diligence, and a lot of practice. Here's a short list of genuine power traits. 

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Genuine Power - Putting It Together

Are you stuck trying to make a hard choice? Is your self-image under fire? Do you feel tempted to stir up or crank up a situation? Then reach for an affirmation.
 
Repeating short, positive statements opens your heart and mind to possibilities. They're more than wishful thinking—Even Albert Einstein recognized the power of the subconscious, saying, "Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you."


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101 Genuine Power Affirmations Intro

The path to successful intentions isn't a secret. Skill up like a Soul Boss so you can declare, "My year was lit!

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Introducing Light It Up

Intentions short-circuit without a What, Why and How. Connect the dots to light them up!

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Crafting Intentions With A What, Why And How

Successful intentions take more than a "New year, new you" mindset. Clean the slate of what didn't work the first (or second or third!) time around. #podcast #inspiration #leadership #storytelling #intentions #goals #personaldevelopment

Skill #1 - Start With A Clean Slate

Following the crowd is so last year. If you want to light up your intentions, choose goals important to you. Start by listening to your instincts—you'll save time and discover the intention hiding in plain sight.

Light it Up—7 Skills for Setting Intentions That Work is free at Amazon only on 1/1-3/19. Download it today!

Skill #2 - Listen For The Echo

Setting competing intentions is a fast way to short-circuit your goals. You can light up your intentions by working sequentially. Skill up from the ridiculous myth of, "I can do everything well and all at once." Create and stack rank priorities!

Skill #3 - Find The Metric That Matters

Who's the boss of you—your phone, social media, or credit cards? Change that and become the creative, wise CEO of your life—a Soul Boss!

Life can be challenging and uncomfortable. So, I’ll show you clear, practical ways to use soft skills to solve hard problems. Soulful moments won’t happen every blue moon—they’ll happen everywhere you go.

Your goals deserve more than wishing or willpower. Skill up today with inspiring tips, tactics and affirmations!

Michelle Mains

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