This post includes additional detail to support my post at ActiveGarage blog: Origin of Leaders Pt 3: Learning – Growing through the Crucibles in your life. It is worth reading that post first for the background and context for this post. How do we achieve mastery? An entrepreneur friend recently commented to me an early … Read more
I was asked by Irina Kremin to give her a tip for speakers. I gave her “The most important question for a speaker”. Video here and summary on Irina’s blog: Best Conference Tips. It was a fantastic experience to spend a weekend with Europe’s Toastmasters organisation. Irina has provided a nice summary of my educational … Read more
Fake it. Yes, pretend. There are three benefits that grow from you “acting” confident: Attitude follows Behavior: Over time, you become more like you act—self-assured, confident, and convinced of the truth of what you are saying. Emotional Contagion: Walk down an airport corridor and smile, and watch people smile back; change your facial expression to … Read more
A family lives in the outskirts of a remote village on a small plot of land. The family own one cow. Each day they live from the milk of the cow. If there is little milk, they eat little. It there is lots of milk, they eat well. The lives of the mother, the father, … Read more
There are 4 ways of dealing with Anxiety Remove the source of anxiety – avoid the stress. This is a poor coping strategy. There is no growth in capability. There will always be a reduction of my performance levels when the stressor is present. Manage my level of anxiety – learn to auto-adjust down (relaxation … Read more
On 9th August 2010, Ed Stafford arrived at the sea, having walked the length of the Amazon river. Over 860 days of walking, 20,000 mosquito bites, 5,000 leeches, poisonous spiders and snakes. No boss told him to do it. Nobody paid him for it. Why did he do it? How did he keep going for … Read more
“Writing is among the greatest inventions in human history, perhaps the greatest invention, since it made history possible. Yet it is a skill most writers take for granted. As adults we seldom stop to think about the mental-cum-physical process that turns our thoughts into symbols on a piece of paper.” Andrew Robinson, The Story of … Read more
I am up in the mountains an hour from Barcelona with the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation local chapter. the sun is shining. Yesterday we spent the day on a horse ranch called Hipica Can Vila working with the horses. Today, we have had a full day with Jordi Vila-Porta, author of the recently published book: “Success” (“¡Exito!”). … Read more
I had a shower this morning and in the moments of pause between shampoo and soap it hit me. Another day gone. Another shower. Another day beginning. Where are they all going so fast? What am I doing with all this time? My little late night brainstorm: Six ways to make sure today is not … Read more
I wrote about letting go of my iphone and blackberry over the summer, I think that the best way to find energy is to be present here and now and switch off my constant running, sprinting towards the future. Here is Scott Stratten telling this story in a much more powerful and personal way on … Read more