#0506 Deep Time
There is always a pull between managing and doing. Sometimes we must check in, comprehend, delegate, guide, question, approve. Other times we must simply do. If I spread my managing meetings throughout the day, I…
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#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…
#0504 Last Minute Urgent
Your to-do list looks different to mine. My order of priority is unlikely to be yours. Clients will have their own. Just because it is urgent for you, does not make it so for others….
#0502 Always On
Marketing is not something you do only when you need more clients. It is something you do always, so you are never in need. read that again…
#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…
#0500 Five Hundred
Halfway there. Seth Godin once wrote that you have to get past the first thousand blogs to get the to the good stuff. It felt impossible at the start but here I am at 500…
#0499 Reputation
How would they describe you behind closed doors? Late, rude, unreliable, pushy, scattered, odd. Dependable, intelligent, organised, productive, inspiring, awesome. Your reputation is everything in business, work on it, protect it.
#0498 Dear Diary
Weirdly I love Mondays. The house goes quiet again after the bustle of the weekend and routine kicks back in. I am habitual by nature and a schedule gives me a sense of comfort. When…
#0497 Are You Invisible
How’s the irony! Marketers are not always successful in communicating the value of being highly visible in market as a business in order to attract more clients, which to us seems like a no-brainer. No…
#0496 Perspective
It has been documented to death. Whenever we have a problem or need to learn something fast, we invariably turn to Google for the answer. A quick search will uncover many thousands of ‘”how to”…
#0494 Networking
Have I been approaching it all wrong? As an introvert I have always struggled with networking events. Breaking into conversations and introducing myself has always been uncomfortable for me, so I generally avoid them. At…
#0493 What Inspires You
Talking to a mate about the notion of retirement. It seems that employees want nothing more than to work through to retirement and call it a day. Entrepreneurial types however cannot think of anything worse….
#0492 Keep Executing
Just finished a three month major internal project. The easy thing to do would be to pat myself on the back and take a well deserved break. Instead I took a moment to celebrate the…
#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…
#0489 Connecting
In my work helping organisations embrace storytelling as a means to convey a message I developed a communication framework called Show up, Share, Connect. A simple three step anyone can follow with discipline and practice….
#0488 Accepting Failure
You will suck at it. No-one is born a master at anything. Hell, humans are the most useless of all creatures at birth. We crawl before we walk, mumble before we speak and often crash…
#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…
#0486 Just In Time Learning
I have stopped reading books. Let me clarify, I have stopped reading books that I am unlikely to do anything with. You know, interesting but not very useful at the time. Now, I seek out…
#0485 The Last Mile
Runners speed up when the finish line is in sight. The same energy boost occurs when you are close to completing a goal. The last push even when you may be exhausted. Psychological? Maybe. Effective?…