The studies show that having written goals makes all the difference to what we achieve, and the more we have to lead ourselves, the more that is probably true. But how exactly do you write them …
The double benefit of focus, and how to achieve it
Some lessons keep coming round, for me they do anyway... Getting focused has a double benefit—probably more than double actually. Dropping some tasks—disengaging from some projects or …
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They don’t know they’re doing it, and nor do we
I imagine you’ve had this experience... Someone keeps repeating a behaviour that causes problems for everyone else. “Why do they keep doing that?” we ask ourselves. “Why do they not see that there …
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Are you playing pinball?
It’s a strategy for corporate or organisational survival... “Getting the issue off my desk” (and onto someone else’s). I think we all do this, one way or another—in our personal lives too. It’s one …
One thing at a time—how hard can that be?
...em, quite hard. That's my experience anyway. Doesn't mean it isn't the right principle though, just that it isn't that easy to achieve, especially if our vision isn't very clear. I …
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If other people lean on us…
... our first thought might be to push back. If someone treats us as a resource to be drawn upon; as someone they can “unload” with; as a person who will always have resilience for them, it can be a …