Peter Shallard says that the currency of Human Potential is willpower. Willpower is a finite asset. It is like a budget that you can choose to spend as you like – but (unlike EU nations) this budget must balance. I disagree. No amount of willpower is strong enough to overcome our unconscious impulses. No amount of … Read more
“The two most important emotions are Passion and Compassion. Without Passion, nothing happens. Without Compassion, the wrong things happen.” Jan Eliasson Ex-President of the UN General Assembly, speaking at a past edition of SIME.
I sat through 12 business presentations today. I used my laptop during most of them. Why? Show me you know me, know my reason for listeningTop reason – not a single presenter made me feel like they had something to say that was relevant to me. Not a single presenter took a moment to show … Read more
How to make a video of yourself speaking on a Mac 1) Open Photobooth. The simplest way to find it on any mac is to go to the spotlight search bar in the top right of your screen and type “photo booth” and click on the Photo Booth listed under Applications. 2) Smile (optional, but … Read more
In a recent article Tom Friedman of the New York Times ponders whether we have evolved from the Iron Age to the Industrial Age to the Information Age to the Age of Interruption, in which the “malady of modernity” is that we are now all afflicted with chronic multi-tasking and chronic partial attention induced by cell phones, email, the internet, handhelds, … Read more
I just came across a talk from Derek Sivers to the class at Berklee school of Music. He shares “6 things I wish I knew before starting”. Powerful stuff. It applies to anyone currently at or going to a college or university: Focus, Disconnect and Do Not be Distracted – don’t let the casual ones … Read more
Peeling a whole orange in one go (skin remains in one single piece); just did that now 😉 Buying something in a shop and it costs exactly the coins I have in my pocket and I rid my pocket of little 2c, 5c, 10c coins The smell of petrol when I fill my car; the … Read more
We would achieve much more if we got out of our own way. The difference between the top athletes and the rest is not better physical ability, but an ability to avoid talking themselves into failure at the key moments. Performance = Potential – Self-Sabotage I remember Peter Allis commenting on golf years ago. A … Read more
Leisure, by W. H. Davies WHAT is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?— No time to stand beneath the boughs, And stare as long as sheep and cows: No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass: No time to see, … Read more
Fear of Failure Clinging to one’s comfort zone Arrogance Defensiveness Impatience Rigid mindset Lack of perspective From Pablo Cardona and Helen Wilkinson’s book “Growing as a Leader“. Have a great weekend.