They know the skills we talked about—the ones we practised at the workshop. They reassured themselves about that. They’re quite safe. No cause for concern. No need to change. No need to leave their …
How do you react to others’ successes?
You celebrate them, of course. If you're anything like me though, that's sometimes after a twinge of envy—a brief moment of wishing for a similar success. That’s not the way of personal mastery, of …
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Who’s more conflicted—us or them?
One day he says one thing; the next another. He just doesn’t seem to “know his own mind.” If only he would stick to what he said. Frustrating, but are we really any different? It’s a curious …
Does personal mastery mean perfect mastery?
In a word, “no,” not in my map, anyway. It’s tempting to think personal mastery means complete command of a subject or indeed oneself. But that’s an ideal rather than a reality, even for the most …
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Can they see where the leverage is?
He’s looking in the wrong place... The young man before us insists a particular role will help his career. He’s frustrated that employers don’t see it that way. He goes over his qualifications and …
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Which do you notice first, what’s right or what’s wrong?
Vic Conant, owner of Nightingale Conant Corporation, producer of audio learning programs and more, rarely goes in front of the microphone. One time he did, one of the most striking things he said was …
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