An inflection point is a time to take a new hard look at goals to see if a new strategy is warranted.
So for example, if for people in career transition the most usual option is to simply find another job that replaces the one that was lost.
But taking a new look at goals can produces [...]
Golf teachers will tell you that you need to see your swing on video to get the truth of what’s really happening. I think there’s just to much information in play for our brain to process what’s really happening when we do a complicated motor skill like swinging a golf club. Seeing it on video [...]
April 26, 2010 – 11:55 am
You may have heard the line “snatch victory from the jaws of defeat”. It something many people try to do when they test limits. They may do it in relationships to see how far they can go or with time management when they see how late they can leave a project. I think people are [...]
March 28, 2010 – 11:02 am
I saw an interview the other day with two people who had played the “30 Days to Live” game. They asked themselves what they would do with only thirty healthy days to go and then did so. When I thought about it my first instincts were to re-do a couple of travel things I had [...]
Stress happens. We regularly face events and situations that stimulate hormonal reactions in our bodies. Our reactions are survival mechanisms that we don’t control but if we understand what’s happening we can adjust our behaviour to succeed. To be competent ‘adjusters’ we have to be conscious of what’s going on.
So, for example, say you [...]
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In my last post I made that point that the best marathon runners succeed with Conscious Competence. They pay very close attention to all aspects of their runs. They plan how long each mile will take. They plan how much liquid they will consume. They visualize, rehearse and are focused. If they were Unconsciously Competent [...]
February 27, 2010 – 1:08 pm
I learned about this terrific idea recently. As part of hiring people and then through the performance review process create a list of ways that they like to be motivated. The biggest part of this is asking them from time about what motivates them. Then when the time comes you’ll know what should work.
This [...]
December 9, 2009 – 5:07 pm
Many of you may know I used to work in advertising. I still have a fondness for good creative ideas. The Adidas slogan ‘Impossible is Nothing’ is one of my favourites.
This morning I ran into a professional acquaintance who I hadn’t seen in two years. They’d lost about 200 lbs. It was a really [...]
December 7, 2009 – 12:58 pm
I recently learned about the work of brain science researcher David Rock and it’s application to leadership. Here’s my take on it.
Our brains are wired to react to threats. This was very necessary in the pre-civilized world where threats from predators were all too frequent. In the modern world there are no predators, like tigers, [...]
October 26, 2009 – 1:10 pm
On a recent holiday in Ireland I met Derry, a dairy farmer, from whom I learned more about ‘passengers’, a topic I’ve mentioned before.
Derry raises and sells cows. To be profitable in that business it is necessary to invest expensive resources, like food, on the most valuable cows and cull the rest of the herd.
Of [...]
