Category: Deliberate Practice
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Don’t Make This Mistake: Good Intentions but No Actions
“The road to hell is paved by good intentions” Be careful that your good intent results in good action. Only action changes our world. We see our Intentions, Others see our Actions We should evaluate actions by their consequences, not their intentions. Soft intentions, often create unintended consequences. We judge ourselves by our intentions, others…
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Where opportunities come from
Jim Collins says that “Return on Luck” is one of the significant factors in extreme success. It is not that successful companies or people have more luck… it is how they follow through on their lucky breaks that makes the difference. One person might meet someone who could open a door of massive opportunity… but…
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Improving your Strengths or Improving your Weaknesses
You cannot win the marathon by sprinting. The winner of the 100m in the Olympics might also win the 200m, but will never be competitive in the 10K… or marathon …or rowing, or judo… Gold medal athletes focus on their strengths and work to amplify their strengths. Usain Bolt doesn’t spend training time trying to…
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Should I write out my speech?
“On many occasions I have seen presenters who thought that displaying a great memory was more important than punching home a well-crafted message.” Terry Neill This is a guest post by my father Terry Neill. It is an edited version of 2 emails that I was cc’ed into recently. Christmas 2019. We were in St…
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Reps vs Hours
What matters most in the gym? The hours you spend or the reps on the weights? In the areas where you must be highly competent to succeed in your role: are you accumulating hours or reps? Do you just do your job or do you spend time practicing the important skills that make you effective?…
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What are you “best in the room” at?
I heard David Meerman Scott share this question in a recent Elevate podcast episode with host Bob Glazer. He was asked by someone “Imagine you are in a room with 2,000 people. What could you confidently say you are the best in the room at?” Take a moment to reflect on this question. I imagined…
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Good Enough is Not Enough
Do you have a Growth Mindset or a Fixed Mindset? This video is about the danger of being “good enough” in many things. As the world grows ever more connected, and ever more complex – those that accumulate a whole collection of “good enough” skills will suffer. Those that can choose to be bad in…
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Rich Mulholland’s YouTube Interview with Conor Neill
Rich Mulholland is an entrepreneur, author and keynote speaker. He tells powerful short little stories with impact though his videos. I had a chance to do a short interview with Rich during the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation Global Leadership Conference in Frankfurt recently. I think you really should subscribe to Rich’s YouTube Channel, you will lose out…
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“The Resistance” Steven Pressfield
“What ails you and me has nothing to do with being sick or being wrong. What ails us is that we are living our lives as amateurs” Steven Pressfield I have often reread the book The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. When you create real art, you will face “The Resistance“. Any creation of…