Where’s Your Focus?
“It’s a well-known fact that what we give our attention to grows and what we don’t give our attention to tends to fade away.” How to Make Your Dreams Come True – Mark Forster What are your thoughts on this? My dad used to say what what you think about will likely happen.We tend to …
Developing Gratitude
I’ve been working with a business group over the past few months. We start off each session with 3 things we are grateful for. It can be a challenge at times. Some people don’t know what to write. Some think it’s corny. Some draw a blank and feel like they may be failing. Others just …
Humility
This seems to be coming up more in my various social media feeds. So I thought I’d add to it. The best definition I heard was from Lou Tice, the founder of The Pacific Institute. He defines humility as “truth”. Simply to tell the truth. His example was that of a fictitious piccolo player with …
Intro to Bamboo SL
This is a model I’ve been playing with lately. I’ve been learning a lot about mindset, habits and behaviours and this is an attempt to learn something by putting it into my own thoughts and provide it to others. It is developed as Bamboo SL based on the elements that create the outcomes (Satisfaction & …
The $1 Experiment
Many people would like to make money online. Some do it as a full time gig and others for pocket money. I heard of one person develop a “BMW course” which helped them buy their first BMW! They were very upfront about it. Still others do it simply to see if what they do is …
When you’re down … and troubled …
(hat tip to Carole King) You know those times when you’re facing a challenge and you wonder if you’re up to it? All you see is the challenge and little of the opportunity? I had that a few years ago. In 2007, I’d joined an Engineering Group as Head of Human Resources and, on day …
Ask for what you want!
Not what you don’t want. I was speaking with a client the other day about their business culture. I asked them: “What do you want?” They proceeded to list a few things the team were doing they didn’t like. I noted this down and held back comment until they had finished. We discussed few areas …
Allowing Autonomy
This article from the Pacific Institute (note, I am affiliated the Institute) really struck a chord with me. It talks about allowing some risk when guiding employees. Too many rules and teams will be constantly looking at the next step and not the outcome. In creating the “tightrope effect” we increase the stress and anxiety …
The Inner Critic (Self Talk, Mindset)
Do you have an inner critic that you’re tired of listening to? If someone else spoke to you the way you speak to you, would you put up with it? Here’s “Thing 1” … While you’re berating yourself … others have full confidence in you you provide encouragement, support and confidence to others (who also …