Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Richard Bach, author of “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”, once said:
“Argue for your limitations and sure enough they are yours.”
On one level this clearly makes intuitive sense to me - because I’ve seen many instances as a teacher and coach where people literally did not believe that “We are all better than we know…” (Kurt Hahn’s words, [...]
Saturday, December 27, 2008
With Christmas now receding into the distance, the rush is on in Japan to (literally) clean things up before 2008 ends and 2009 (the year of the Ox) begins.
I too have been busy - starting with a review of my own vision-roles-goals and then drilling down into what worked and what didn’t in [...]
Friday, December 19, 2008
This is rather embarrassing to relate on a public forum but since there’s a useful lesson for you and I… keep reading and I’ll spill the beans!
For a few weeks now I noticed from my web traffic stats that a certain goal mapping product I sell was not doing so well.
Ho hum, I thought. Plenty [...]
List writing sometimes gets a bad press - perhaps because of the ‘endless hassle’ that To-Do lists create in some people’s minds.
But it doesn’t have to be that way and in fact I use lists as a very powerful process of reinforcing behaviours and feelings that ordinarily would escape my attention - or be soon [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
For nearly 2 years (while I was in CCIE “do or die” study mode) all I ever seemed to read were Cisco Press books. And even now my forearm muscle memory cannot forget carrying those 500(!) page books on 2 hour round trip commutes in crowded Tokyo trains, with one hand on the hanging strap [...]
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
UK-based readers might recognize the influence of Shakin’ Stevens in the title of this post.
I was never a fan but remember watching Top Of The Pops (now extinct) and complaining how I couldn’t get his catchy little ditty out of my head (it was the hormones, no doubt!).
Well, 20 plus years later the hormone flow [...]
How valuable has education been to your career success?
Kind of a loaded question, eh?!
Reminds me of what Tony Robbins (the personal development guru) is reputed to have said when queried on his lack of formal qualifications:
“I have a Ph.D. - a Ph.D. in Results.” lol!
How disarming! ‘love it!
Anyway, I happened to come across UK-based [...]
This is the third of 3 posts on goal setting excuses. (Here are the first and second posts in the series.)
Setting BIG goals, without some reference to a higher vision or purpose can be less than inspiring.
In fact, downright dull.
Words I often hear from people who say they detest setting BIG goals are: “It’s sooo [...]
This is the second of 3 posts on goal setting excuses.
That old story about no workaholic at death’s door ever wished they’d spent more hours at the office might make you smile.
But how about you and your goals?
Perhaps you’ve set some but are too busy to get started.
Too busy doing what?
Here are 2 possibilities:
1. You’re [...]
This is the first of 3 posts on goal setting excuses.
Do you avoid setting goals in a field of interest because you think you have little or no ability?
I suspect that many people are 100% correct in drawing that conclusion - that is, they think they have no ability.
Think again!
The Ability Excuse
Consider the likelihood that [...]
