#0340 Alignment
Acknowledge where someone is and then join them there. No matter how good your product or service is, your sales pitch or your board presentation, if they do not believe, you will not progress. Everyone…
Acknowledge where someone is and then join them there. No matter how good your product or service is, your sales pitch or your board presentation, if they do not believe, you will not progress. Everyone…
On foot we are not the fastest on the planet, but in a rocket ship we are. I am not that strong, different story if I am operating a forklift. If I have a complex…
What is the worst thing that can happen if you do? It is a simple question that invariably invokes responses that are nowhere near as bad as you first imagined. Our brains are designed to…
All I needed was a hole. Making a small vertical garden on the weekend I was attempting to drill 12 small holes into some mild steel. It should have taken me maybe ten minutes yet…
Be prolific with your content output while no one is looking. The act of doing so consistently will improve the quality by default. By the time people notice, you will be putting out high quality…
Interacting with AI has taught me to ask better questions. To be super specific in what you are asking to improve the potential output. The better the request, the better the response. Wait, is that…
A photographer takes thousands of images you will never see.Swimmers are doing laps when you are asleep.Hoops are being missed before the big games. And when it is time to perform they make it look…
They say you do not get a second chance at a first impression. I do not believe that to be true. I think every time you meet someone is a chance to set a first…
When I have more money I will…If I had more time I would…Once I know how… It is pretty easy to put off something with an excuse of lacking something in order to proceed. Any…
Start taking notice of what energises you and what drains you. Are you pumped after a conversation with particular colleagues or exhausted?Do you love the buzz of a big group or the intimacy of a…
You are influenced by that which you focus on and you focus on that which you are influenced by. What do you watch & read?Who do you hang out with?What do you work on?Who do…
We have one of those robotic vacuum cleaners that runs early morning, mainly to keep the dog hair at bay. Easy and efficient mostly except for one morning the back door was left ajar and…
If I see something broken I like to fix it. That goes for stuff at home as well as in business. If it is not right I like to make it so. Problem is I…
You will not get there with just an idea. Intent and desire are not enough. Thinking about it, talking about it won’t help much either. It is all in the execution. The rest is just…
Avoidance or seeking? If you listen carefully to your audience you may notice that they have an inclination for either risk aversion or a comfort in the possibility. Understanding their preference (not yours) can be…
No matter how small something is, it, along with other small things will continue to weigh you down if you let them. New Year is always a good time for a cleanse. I am not…
When I suggest professionals write as part of their brand building the very thought brings a sense of fear that they have nothing to say. Yet these same people can stand in front of a…
Something magical happens at this time of year and I am not talking about Christmas cheer or gratitude. I am referring to our ability to get 2 months worth of activity done in three weeks….
If you have 10 things to do to complete a project invariably you will prioritise the top few, then get on to the secondary batch and maybe run out of steam for the last two….
“It was about 10 years ago, no, maybe eleven. Hang on, it was probably 12” We have all experienced this style of fumble in a delivery and all that was going through your head was…