#0515 Intent
Something was off. For six months, they had held onto something which they had misconstrued the intent.There are always three sides to a story, yours, theirs and the truth. Problem is, unless you record everything,…
Tag: Achieving your Goals
#0513 Shoeboxing
The list never gets shorter. Whenever I find myself ticking a few things off the to-do list I will invariably add a few more while I am there. To manage the never ending lists (business…
#0512 Quantity vs Quality
Differentiate from the two. There are times in the day when I am doing three things at once, cruising through my to-do list. Things for the most part that do not require too much brain…
#0511 DIY
At what point should you stop? I have been a DIYer for my entire life. Whether that be at home or in my business. For the most part, I love it. Giving something a try…
#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…
#0508 Haste
“Festina Lente” is a fabulous Italian saying meaning to “Make haste, slowly”. Meaning to set tiny, short-term goals. Don’t try and accomplish everything all at once. An ethos I seem to naturally adhere to. Completing…
#0507 Yeahbuts
How many ‘yeahbuts’ do you have in yours? Whenever I get invited in to help organisations streamline their communication I generally find a combination of two extremes. In some areas they neglect to communicate at…
#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…
#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….
#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…
#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…
#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….
#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…