#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….
Category: Goals
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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?…
#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…
#0483 Time to Recover
I was in my happy place on the weekend, the garage. Tools were out and I was working on a project I had been planning for a couple of years and finally got around to…
#0481 Frustrating at First
You must let them do it, even if it is terrible in the beginning. There are three distinct phases I have gone though as I have taught my kids how to drive. The first two…
#0480 Running the Gauntlet
Your idea is worthless. It is not a million dollar idea, in fact you will not make a decent living from it. At least not until you learn how to execute, and execution is not…
#0479 Choose
You will not get more time, make better choices.