The late night infomercial that helped Mel Robbins become famous Mel Robbins is now the most widely booked female Keynote speaker, author of two best selling novels, collaborated with Audible on two learning series, recently filmed a syndicated day-time talk show with Sony Entertainment and presented at TED with her talk […]
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What I’ve learnt, a Fathers Day reflection ’Tis easy enough to be pleasantWhen life flows on like a song, But the man worth while is the man with a smileWhen everything else goes wrong Ella Wheeler Wilcox Firstly, I found researching some things for this article interesting. For instance, if you Google “The […]
Curiosity IS the breeding ground for Empathy I don’t like that man, I must get to know him better — Abraham Lincoln One of the things that continues to amaze me is the genuine uniqueness of people. If I reflect on the people I have seen today during my early morning walk with my […]
To lead is to see the shape of people — and the empty space in problems, then fit the people to that space and let them grow. If the problem space is to large, the stretch to far, you have failed them. If the problem space is to small, the fit too tight, you have failed them
Becoming comfortable in the uncomfortable People grow in discomfort; they change in pain. One of the best (and worst) things about the military, is that you are always pushed out of your comfort zone. Postings (how the military moves you around jobs) that enforce job changes, and oftentimes location changes, force […]
Learn any skill, increase your productivity and improve your work quality In a world where you rarely need to discover information, where you can use the internet to find it. How important is intellect? One of my favourite quotes regarding this is by William Gibson and in it he hints that […]
Get outside perspectives, double-check your stories, and master the art of pronoia I heard something the other day: 100% of the stories we tell ourselves are true — even if they aren’t. I’m not sure where it’s from, but it’s true. Numerous times, I’ve sat with my friends and recounted old stories. Despite my […]
Procrasti-later… I was actually putting off writing. Before that I was putting off doing the dishes. After this I might put off doing some sit-ups. I can be a serial procrastinator, choosing to work with bursts of enthusiasm rather than consistent effort. I knuckle down for periods of about 50 […]
What would you like to see? At work, several years ago, they introduced a policy to reduce the amount of leave someone could carry over. They did it for a good reason. An acknowledgement of the importance of leave for replenishing for work, and that high leave balances are essentially […]
Six steps to an influenced outcome Tim and Brian Kight through their company Focus 3 are promoting a philosophy that is gaining traction. It has been spoken about in principle through a few adages over the years; Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our […]