Fish discover water last

Fish discover water last. George Kelling a criminologist came up with the broken window theory: “A broken window that isn’t fixed, suggests that no one is in charge and no one cares” This sends an unspoken but powerful message that encourages antisocial behaviour. We are shaped by subtle cues from an environment that drive both […]

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Do we add sails or remove anchors?

Which is more efficient, moving to the first option by adding sales on the right or the second by removing anchors? I was thinking yesterday evening about how I’m so guilty of wanting new shiny things and convincing myself that I need them. I drew this picture to try and make sense of this for […]

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Character and Integrity versus Credentials

I’ve started reading John C. Maxwell’s “How to Influence People” and just wanted to document one of the first chapter’s points around credentials versus character. In ancient times, brick makers, engravers, and other artisans used a symbol to mark the things they created to show that they were the makers. The symbol that they used […]

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Remember this one thing

Sometimes it’s tough to remember how great you are. We get so caught up in the daily problems and issues we face instead of reflecting on the things that make us who we are and the things we’re capable of. One of the big things recently for me on a Leadership program I was coaching on […]

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I can attitude

Whether you think you can or can’t, you are usually right. -Henry Ford Maybe as adults we should revisit reading children’s books, there’s a lot we could learn. In the classic children’s story The Little Engine That Could, children are taught the lesson that hard work and belief in oneself pays off. The story is […]

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