Success loves speed, delay kills dreams
I’m taking part in a 60 day workshop on personal knowledge mastery (PKM) with Harold Jarche (@hjarche) to get better at making sense of the abundant information we come in contact with. One of the challenges is on using Twitter to come in contact with other people with similar interests to learn from and share […]
Read More Resilience in thinking – be ok with the oppositeAn idea to learn and understand what you do and how you do it. And maybe do this a little bit better. I’ve been reading this book by Richard Feynman recently. The curiousity he approaches life with and the energy to understand rather than accept passed on knowledge is inspiring! If you haven’t read it, […]
Read More Thinking + ideas = learning1 minute summary – longer 6 minute read underneath. 1 minute summary. Break down goals into the smallest pieces. Do these actions daily to build towards habitual actions that take you closer to your goals. It’s easy to set too big or too small goals, and do nothing. Instead start small, do daily and achieve […]
Read More Goals versus Habits & some thoughts about how to think differently about both.Reading about pessimism and optimism and the differences between the two. One statement I really liked was how pessimists make everything a general statement whereas optimists make specific statements. For example: “I can’t believe I messed up that job interview, I’m terrible at interviews” – takes away your power to do anything about the situation. […]
Read More Pessimists versus optimistsI’ve had a few interesting conversations this week about challenging assumptions, both personally and professionally. Thinking about what we do, how we do it and why we do it – has been interesting to consider and I’m hoping to summarise them below to be helpful with actionable advice you can follow. Why are we doing […]
Read More What assumptions or actions are you carrying forward without examining? 3 questions to ask yourself and some thoughts to consider!An amazing evening of conversation tonight made me realise that all the effort in the world doesn’t matter, if you’re on the wrong path. Only by looking up. Seeing what’s coming up next. Figuring out where you would like to add value. Meeting the future need, rather than the current one. And then being brilliant. […]
Read More When effort meets future lookingDo you have a behaviour or habit that you’d like to stop? Do you know what the triggers are for it? Do you know what your default response is to certain events and how you can interrupt them? Or would you like to? I came across the formula E+R=O which stands for Event + Response […]
Read More Event…Pause…+ Response = OutcomeI read ages ago when I started this blog that when you’re writing, you should always have a person reading it in mind – it helps communicate better to what they care about and helps you tailor your message to this group / individual. Tonight, from Belfast airport, on the way back from a Leadership […]
Read More Dear Taxi Man… A summary of our conversation for you to consider…Yesterday I was lucky enough to be able to MC at a Citi Dragon’s Den in a beautiful location, Riddel Hall in Belfast. There were a number of guests there, including the dragon’s themselves who represented Citi, Microsoft and Dell. I had been prepping for this since I was asked to do this last week and […]
Read More Innovation – disruptive technology and the Dragon’s!I was speaking to a friend recently about a career change and we had a coaching conversation about this. They’ve always succeeded in what they do and rely on this results focused approach to progress in their career. This move was a change from an company they’d been with for a while. It was time […]
Read More Expectation versus Experience – failure or presence