This is the recording of a session I did yesterday with IESE Business School on the topic of writing as a tool to help your career. In this context, writing is not so much about writing for magazines or in a blog… but writing to set goals, to stay focussed, to identify what is important, … Read more
I was listening to Shane Parrish interview Adam Grant on his knowledge project podcast last week. Adam was speaking of the loss of rationality in many public domains. Politics, gender, science, global warming, race relations… are all domains where it has become dangerous to ask questions or engage with open curiosity. As Adam was speaking … Read more
I recently heard Sadhguru share 3 ways that people approach life and work: Idiot – these people don’t enjoy what they do each day Smart – these people have created a life where they do enjoy the activity and the people that they spend time with each day Genius – these people have learnt to … Read more
I was on a zoom call today with Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn. Here’s my lessons from the call… How do we learn Entrepreneurship? The best way of learning entrepreneurship: play boardgames… Settlers of Catan is good – there is trading, there is ambiguity, there are multiple strategies. Chess is good but no ambiguity… we … Read more
The title of this blog comes from a session in a course that Professor Paris de l’Etraz teaches about Life. I met Paris at a dinner in Madrid 4 years ago hosted by another inspiring teacher. Stand in the Traffic: I love the simplicity of this life strategy. Whatever you want in life, there are … Read more
How do those who are successful go on and make a truly lasting impact? Focus (no athlete wins 100m and marathon) Time horizon (Jeff bezos handstand) Habits (little habits every day > big decisions once a decade) Love the Process/Plateau (bamboo – it doesn’t always look like progress) Connected Relationships (communications, trust) Check out the … Read more
(You can’t even complete a marathon if you are sprinting) Set your pace in accordance with the distance A long and fulfilling career is like a marathon. We so overestimate what we can do in a day, and underestimate what we achieve in a year. “Everything important in Life takes time” Tom Peters In order … Read more
The title sounds a bit “salesy”… but that is what the video is about. My friend and colleague at Vistage, Harry Marsland, shared with me one of his secrets to build a successful marketing agency in the UK. He has 5 questions that he would ask to his favourite clients each year: Harry’s 5 Sales … Read more
Charlie Munger on uncommon sense… Competence – you can only be trusted as competent if you clearly understand the limits of your competence. The great danger of experts is they forget the limits of their expertise – “it is better to trust a man of 130 IQ who thinks he is 125 IQ, than to … Read more
If you are a leader, you need to work on developing 2 skills in the people around you: Influence and Decision Making. The Importance of Influence Skills Without the people around you learning how to influence others, they will always need your involvement to get anything done. Read more on Influence 18 Influence Methods to … Read more