#0536 Give It A Go
“Let’s do this” is so much more fun than “no”. Invariably leading to an experience, good, bad or indifferent. Experience is how you grow. An idea is worthless until you give it a crack. Giving…
Category: Change
#0518 Simplifying
Is it fear or a lack of understanding? It astounds me how complicated people make things that have little upside. Cobbled together to get something done when a much simpler version is available. Many of…
#0516 Open to Learning
If you have pure conviction you are on the right path then proceed with gusto and by all means dig your heels in. For the most part, be open to ideas, listen to perspective, seek…
#0514 Time to Do Better
Just because you disrespect your time, does not give to the right to disrespect others. If you are in the habit of turning up late, canceling last minute, running long, you should take a moment…
#0510 Time Travel
Pondering choices. Imagine for a moment you could go back in time just once in your life to change the course of your destiny, when would that be and what would you do different? If…
#0505 Get Curious
What don’t you understand? If you find yourself frustrated with others, it is likely you are not attuned to what is going on with them. In your head it is obvious, but to them them…
#0501 Being Present
With effort, I have become more singular focused. I am able to be present in the moment. Using the technique in meditation, to acknowledge a distracting thought, then bring myself back to the thing at…
#0491 Show Up
I have a red chair in the corner of my office, it serves two primary purposes. It is my thinking chair, a place to contemplate the big ideas, the strategy, the future. My writing place,…
#0490 Enslaved
Who controls your time, your most valuable asset? The majority I encounter are enslaved to the whims of others as to when something needs to occur. Meetings, reports, proposals, first drafts, final versions, the unexpected…
#0487 Feedback
Most struggle with it. Receiving feedback is challenging. How do you not take it personally? Detachment. As a business, detaching yourself from the emotion of the words and focusing on the outcome in service of…
#0484 Not So Bad
There is always a reason to not take action and that in itself is the action. Marcus Aurelius said “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Fear is the biggest…
#0479 Choose
You will not get more time, make better choices.
#0478 Respecting Time
If you are doing this to others you are are doing it to yourself too. One of my pet hates is people not respecting time. Not bothered by a few minutes or the occasional bump,…
#0474 Oxygen
In 2002 my wife and I spent eight weeks travelling South America. A planned highlight of the trip was a four day trek walking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, an ancient ruin set high…
#0473 Growing Pains
It is easy to ignore this when you are busy growing a business but at some point it comes back to bite. When reviewing systems and processes I look for the desired outcome first, then…
#0470 True(r) Self
From the time I first started in business right through to not that long ago I had a distinct business persona and a private one, and never would they mix. On reflection, I believed it…
#0467 Pace Yourself
“You are freaking me out!” I like to get things done fast. From idea to execution often begins on the same day. The rate of change and adaptation can be significant. As a change agent…
#0461 Switcheroo
There is plenty of both… Time and money. Whatever you have you choose to either use it or abuse it. Why do something now that can wait until tomorrow. Focus on the things that will…
#0460 Turn Off Autopilot
Autopilot is another way to describe habits. Getting up at a certain time, putting your shoes on a certain way, driving the same route to work. We form these through our lives as a way…
#0454 Surprise and Delight
If you would like to blend into the background keep doing what you are expected to do at a steady pace. Being efficient, being productive, getting shit done is the expectation, anything less is disappointing….