I’ve invented a new way to score my golf game. During a recent game I took mulligans liberally. When I hit a bad shot and thought I could improve the result with better technique I took a do over. At the end of the round I counted my score plus my mulligans. I shot 93 [...]
Tomorrow doesn’t have to be so much of a mystery if you have goals and you’re doing something today to reach those goals. People need a short list of things to do that are Important but Not Urgent. Those activities like relationship building, planning, prevention and visualizing meditation are typically baby steps toward achieving goals. [...]
You’ve probably heard the phrase ‘low hanging fruit’. It refers to the fruit that’s easiest to pick when harvesting, because the picker doesn’t have to reach for it. It’s the same in business where we generally want to be as efficient as possible. In my coaching practice my job is often about helping clients identify [...]
I’ve written before that Managing and Leadership are different aspects of the work a leader does. Managing is that part that’s like a border collie barking at sheep to get them focused on doing their ‘eating grass’ job. Leading is like a racehorse in the lead down the backstretch. The horse is seemingly pulling all [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
