Tag: Goal Setting
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Redefining Failure
“Living Safely is Dangerous” Nietzsche What is your relationship to success and failure? I have been reflecting these recent weeks about how I respond to “failure” – when things do not turn out as I hoped or wished. The video below shares my thinking about a better way of approaching failure in our lives. How…
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Living a Purpose Driven Life – inspired by Dandapani
I was in Boston to teach on the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation EMP (Entrepreneurial Masters Program) this week. MIT Endicott House is one of the most beautiful locations for leadership retreats and programs. I brought my drone to capture the scenery around the main buildings. You’ll see the drone shots right at the beginning of the video…
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How to Achieve your Most Ambitious Goals
In his TED talk, Stephen Duneier explains that what defines him are not titles, but an approach to decision making that transformed him from someone who struggled with simple tasks to a guy who is continuously achieving even his most ambitious dreams. For thirty years, he has applied cognitive science to investing, business and life.…
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Fully Committed: Success comes from Putting 20x More behind your Opportunities
This video is about a strategy for focussing your life’s energy and resources into fewer but more strategic projects. (I tell a story that I have never told in class). How do you ensure that you are dedicating your efforts to what is really important in life, and not diluting your efforts, resources amongst hundreds…
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Finding Balance between Ambition and Peace of Mind, External vs Internal Success
“If someone followed your life and took 24 hours of film of everything you do for a day and they edited that into a one-hour documentary… the editor could decide to make you look like the worst villain ever or the greatest hero ever… it depends on which parts of your day he puts into…
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Finding Purpose and Defining a Vision for your Life
Last week’s blog post (Do you have inspiring goals?) triggered a wonderful response in emails and comments. I had many questions. A common question was about how to begin to find a purpose and define a vision for your life. This video shares a tool I found 8 years ago that had a major impact…
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Do you have Inspiring Goals?
Here’s a simple idea: Plan a life you would like to have. If you love your life now, stick to what is working. If you don’t love your life right now, change something. Use your Imagination first Are you aiming at the right thing (or at any thing)? Start by describing in detail the life…