Category: Self-Belief
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The Ability to Sell Yourself
How do you respond when a person says “Tell me about yourself?” It might be called confidence, it might be called belief – do you let others see the best version of you, or do they see a dull, low-intensity, passionless version of yourself? Why do we find it difficult to sell ourselves? I spent […]
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The ability to turn back
A few weeks ago I was in the audience with my friend Manuel listening to Kilian Jornet share his life story. At the age of 26, Kilian projects the profound wisdom of a Zen sage. The mountains are a powerful teacher. Kilian will run up and down Everest in 2015. Yep, run up it. He […]
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Knowingly Bad
You can’t begin to improve at something until you are “knowingly bad”. If you are not aware of the lack of something, you haven’t got “taste” yet. If you think you are the best blogger in the world, two things could be true: You really are the best blogger in the world You are blind […]
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Normal vs Optimal
“But, is this normal?” Why am I so fixated by normal? What about optimal? Wouldn’t optimal be a better aim? Is my life normal? Some of it, yes. Some of it, no. But it adds no direction to my journey to the future me. Is my life optimal? Is my running posture optimal? Is my […]
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Accepting Feedback
At the end of every course I teach at IESE Business School, all participants give extensive feedback on their experience of the course, the facilities… and on my role as a teacher. When the summarized feedback reaches me a couple of weeks later, I open the pdf in a state of nervous tension. I am preparing […]
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How do I become a … ?
Good speaker? Writer? Dancer? Singer? Runner? How do I become one? How does the whole thing come together? How will I know if it really is my thing? Will it be worth it? There is only one way to find out. There has really only ever been one way. The way to mastery in the […]
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Deserving Money? 4 Millionaires Earn and Spend.
The 4 Millionaires Four millionaires are sitting on a park bench. Its a sunny Thursday morning. While many others are working the 9 to 5 routine, George, David, Jonathan and Paul are relaxing in the park. As you look at George, David, Jonathan and Paul nothing much stands out. 4 standard guys in a park. They […]
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Resilience: Coping with Setbacks
Time after time I see promising young athletes reach the professional teams, and they don’t make it. Time and time again I see someone do well in the good times, but then allow one small setback to avalanche into a total personal, business and financial collapse. Other times someone struggles through the youth ranks, shows […]
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22 Excuses that I use to not Do Important Work
Here are a few of the excuses I tell myself in order to procrastinate: They won’t let me I am too young I am too old I am only one person I don’t know enough I am not a guru This could be embarrassing This will be embarrassing This is too touchy-feely I won’t get […]
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Lying takes 2 People
Sorry, gave wrong url in the email… here is the correct link for the 9 Steps to Becoming a Public Speaking Expert Are you being lied to? Are you being lied to? Yes. Often. We Enjoy Lies. When we believe a lie, it is because we want to believe the lie. “Everyone is hungry for […]