Most of the time we focus on answering the question—or trying to. But is it the right question? Are we investing our energies in solving the right problem? In my own (sometimes painful) …
How others see us, and what to do about it
How others see us is very important in determining our results and what happens in our lives. Many factors affect that, of course: Our track record and so on. However, a big part of it is how we see …
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If you realise you’re improvising…
It's great to be resourceful in solving problems with what's available. But that ability carries a hidden danger... We have the option of not dealing the with issue permanently. If you realise …
Why do we resist help so much?
It's remarkable really, how hard we work to stop others helping us. Why is that? Is it because the help is clearly rubbish? Is it because the help doesn't actually apply to us? Is it because the …
It’s not a question of whether you’re interested or not…
...it's a question of whether you need the knowledge. Sometimes we base our choice of what to learn about by what interests us, but actually to succeed in our goals, we need to learn about what's …
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Personality traits: self-reinforcing?
If we decide, for whatever reason, to be interested in detail rather than the big picture, for example, or possibilities rather than procedures, and we find that that (unconscious) choice works for …
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