A worthy enquiry. Does your personal performance and satisfaction increase when you stop caring so much? The evidence suggests (IMO after 20 years of listening to people making their way) is that when we care less about what others think of us, we start to make better decisions for us...
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When we can’t tell the client we don’t quite get what they want, so we plough on half cocked – they might think we are dumb? When we can’t ask the team for help as they’ll think we are a weak link. When we can’t mention someones great work, in...
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The Lone Ranger was never alone for goodness sake, he had Tonto as his trusted sidekick and of course his horse, Silver, who was as a trusty a companion as a person could hope for. In fact, Tonto, made his initial appearance in the 11th episode of the radio show. Fran...
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John the MD has three work stations in his office. Station 1 is dedicated to Project A. Station 2 is dedicated to Project B. Station 3 is dedicated to Project C. He will typically work on Project A at Station 1 for a set period of time (might be 3...
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We can take a huge weight off our minds when we choose to stop struggling with reality as it is. Three legged dogs don’t sit around moping, wishing they had four paws. You don’t sense they are going over why things aren’t as they used to be and ‘if only...
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The sooner we let go of the notion and reel in the behaviour that we control anything but our own actions and behaviour – the more CONTENT and EFFECTIVE we become. Other people are exerting their will, and circumstances are doing their own thing all the time. Everything, test me...
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The light-bulb conversation went like this. ME: “How can I help?” MD: “Sigh. I don’t know Paul. What I do know though is this. I seem to spend most of my time picking people up, (good people) when they are down, reminding them of the big picture, refocussing them when...
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Days turn to months, months turn to years, years turn into careers. Spend your days on the things that count by counting the days that count. Cue Donald Rumsfeld. The visual spreadsheet is to help plot how you could be spending the 20 business days available each month – with...
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The result you want is that people get right into straight, direct and to the point conversation. Holding meetings where we try to winkle issues out without preparation is like nailing jelly to the ceiling – lots of energy expended and little to show for it. Have the Team prepare...
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Are you terribly busy? Then what a relief. A group of authors (to assist busy, busy parents) have condensed classic children’s stories into 60 second summaries. I did a double take on that one. Whilst sometimes (to my inner guilt) I feel too knackered to spend 20 minutes on the...
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