At IESE this week, Steven MacGregor ran 3 sessions on “Sustaining Executive Performance”. Keeping healthy is one aspect of successful executives. The human being functions best under conditions of stress followed by recovery. Too much stress leads to breakdown. Too much recovery leads to atrophy. The best form of recovery is sleep. How can you … Read more
How to make a video of yourself speaking: The simplest way on any Operating System (Mac, PC, Linux) Youtube has a tool that allows you to record yourself: My Webcam This works on any platform. It is simple interface that allows you to record, review the recording and publish to youtube. Publishing to youtube is … Read more
I come more and more to the conclusion that excellent performance is not about complex innovations, but about small habits. Excellent performance is about small habits I am reading Leading with Emotional Intelligence by Redlan Nadler. He quotes from book The Extraordinary Leader by Zenger and Folkman. They found that doing 5 specific things really well … Read more
Continuing on my series of short videos lessons on becoming a great speaker, I address the question “How much should you practice your speech?“ Do you set aside time to practice the delivery of your speech? It can make a big difference. Please, use your webcam. (How to record yourself speaking on a Mac) My Video … 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
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
We know what to do to achieve what we want. We could make a list of the steps. We could do each of the steps. But we don’t. Some people do. But most don’t. I include myself. Why don’t we do what we know we need to do to achieve the things that we feel … Read more
Greg Digneo of Cloud Marketing Lab wrote a beautifully simple explanation over at Triiibes of how to test an idea before you spend any money building. Even “small” ideas like hosting a webinar or writing a short/free ebook to give away on your blog can be tested even before putting time into creating it. 4 Steps … Read more