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Change your thoughts and you can change the outcome.
As a follow-up to my recent blog post: You become what you think about, I wanted to expand on this topic a little further. Today’s thoughts are tomorrow’s actions. What are you thinking about and focusing on? Negative thinking, excessive worrying and being anxious...
You become what you think about.
The same way that a cut of meat takes on the flavour of what it’s marinated in, your mind absorbs the “flavours” – attitudes, opinions, and viewpoints you focus on. These will become your view and likely become your behaviours and actions. There’s nothing...
Don’t let “work arounds” become the norm. Workarounds can create more problems than they solve.
This blog is inspired by a recent conversation with a client. During a coaching session, we were talking about the challenge she faced when trying to fix a problem in her department by avoiding a workaround or hack. Doing it right might be more difficult and...
Act Your Way to Success
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ~ Pablo Picasso Some people will not act until everything is lined-up, all the pieces are in place, and they’re in the “zone”. Typically, these are excuses and self–justification for...
The Impact of Toxic Leaders
You may work for a leader who states their goal is to create a positive work environment and build a winning team. In reality they may lack the knowledge, skills, and emotional intelligence of achieving the goal and actually create a toxic work environment. The impact...
Taking Risk Personally
It is essential that you consider and apply strategic and analytical models to evaluate risk. However, don't forget, at the end of the day, you're dealing with people. As much as the quantitative metrics drive the thinking of senior management relating to what they...
Beyond 10,000 Hours.
You’ve likely heard of the 10,000 hours concept popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers. The research relating to this discovery was actually done by Anders Ericsson, a professor of psychology at Florida State University. His research revealed another...
The Antidote to Worrying.
For many of us worry, anxiety, and fear stand in the way of being effective, achieving balance and allowing our strengths and talents to come to the surface. Worry and anxiety are all part of the human condition. On one hand they reveal things that require our...
Growth Through Learning
Everything I know now is because someone taught me. This may seem like a statement of the obvious but think about this for a moment. Everything that you know today, everything that you do, the habits you've acquired, your ability to do things well, was likely taught...
There Are No “Secrets” To Success
Are you tired of the simplistic infographic 7 Steps to Leadership Success? You’ve seen them. I see them all the time when someone posts the 5, or 7 or 10 keys or secrets to success, joy, peace, and happiness. Really, is it that simple? NO. You’ll see hundreds or even...
Leadership is not a solo practice.
The best leaders are the most vulnerable and humble leaders. They may not have started off that way, but what they did learn along the way was that they need to let other people into their world, and they need to be open, transparent, ask for help and admit when...
Are you more concerned with looking good than getting good?
The process of developing new skills can be messy at times, but worth it when you master them. Think back to when you or someone you know was learning to ride their bike. Chances are good the first few tries weren’t exactly ‘graceful’. Additionally, some start out...
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