It’s been more than two years since this post about ‘habit change‘ and in that time I’ve been experimenting with strategies for getting stuff started.
Aside from their Motivaider gizmo, the good folks at Behavioral Dynamics have also described methods for ‘following through’ on their website, and in an excellent ebook.. They’re all useful, but my favorite by far has been the ‘willpower leveraging‘ approach.
If you can find a way to ‘kill two birds with one stone’, then willpower leveraging provides (Continued)
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At this time of year many people at least think about making resolutions and setting goals.
Slimmer, healthier, happier, wealthier… these are four of the popular themes.
Some even get to making plans and taking action.
And in the weeks ahead, progress will be made, and results seen.
But, eventually as motivation begins to falter and everyday reality intrudes, a curious and unsettling thought will present itself:
Willpower alone is (usually) NOT enough.
Clinical psychologist, Steve Levinson, came to this conclusion some years ago when he realized a possible connection between habits, behavioral change and goal achievement.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
That headline’s a quote from Dr. Steven Covey, the author of “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People“, a book I enjoyed reading in the 1990s.
Did you read it?
And if you did, can you remember any of those famous and much talked about seven habits? (Click the link above to refresh your memory.)
I once heard that question put to a psyched-up sales audience at a seminar, after someone stated how great the book was. The speaker then made a great point by asking the person to list all seven habits. With some effort they could remember perhaps three or four but, amazingly, none of the audience could list all seven!
The audio clip always reminds me just how easy it is to ‘feel good’ about reading motivational books but not get anywhere from the time invested in doing so. Why? Because building habits such as applying the knowledge gained from a book or a seminar requires regular nurturing and exercising. Even when you don’t always want to do it…
Which brings me to the point of this post and to what I consider to be the most important of those seven habits. (Continued)
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Last year I wrote that “Your Online Resume is Everywhere.”
Whether it’s Twitter, LinkedIn, FaceBook, or a personal blog, many smart people have figured out that leaving these digital breadcrumbs for others to follow online can be a wise career investment.
Especially when the others might turn out to be future employers, colleagues, customers or people of “influence and persuasion”.
Here’s an example from the marketing world that I like the look of.
Gareth Case is a b2b technology marketing manager in his day job but also makes time to run a personal blog, and is also active on Twitter as@Gareth_Case.
By following these online trails I can quickly get an idea of who he is, and what skills and experiences he might bring to a future opportunity.
All good career nurturing content.
But here’s what encouraged me to check Gareth out further (by following his Twitter feed.)
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Seems like no time since I was enjoying ‘Great Depression 2‘ drinks in a Tokyo watering hole back in Dec 2008. However, what the Japanese media calls the ‘Lehman Shock’ kicked off in 2008. And here we are in October 2011, now facing an overlapping troika of massive personal, sovereign and supranational indebtedness whose resolution is by no means guaranteed.
Trying to unravel a complex and dynamic mix of socio-economic variables is beyond most mortals, in my opinion. Yes, political leaders and central bankers believe they know how to tinker with systems and kick cans down the proverbial road of our future. But, and I’m sure they all know this too, it’s well nigh impossible to legislate for human greed, stupidity and stubbornness – theirs, as well as their constituents.
What I’m reasonably sure of is that all systems, whether nature’s or our own, eventually reset in one way or another because they have built-in limits to growth . (For more background see this post entitled, “career Growth Primer – The Malthusian Approach‘.)
At the micro-economic level, if you’re an individual who has in-demand talent, experience that’s valued, and are internationally mobile; your career horizon remains relatively bright. But for those with little experience (recent graduates), or with domestic or extended family responsibilities that require a local presence, prospects are even tougher than they were just three short years ago.
So what’s to be done? (Continued)
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