Tag: Personal Development

• February 5, 2022

  Freedom is not an Empty Calendar

  What is freedom? What is it to achieve freedom in life? I spent many years thinking that “an empty calendar is freedom”. Recently a coach had me rethink this perspective… an empty calendar is dangerous… it puts my life in the hands of my “lizard brain” 😉 What are you aiming at? Are you working…
• February 25, 2020

  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…
• November 22, 2019

  The 3 Reasons we Change

  There are 3 reasons why a human being makes a change in their habits. If you want to effect a change in your life, or help another with a change that they say they want to make in their life – there are 3 levers that can increase the likelihood that change happens. The 3…
• November 13, 2019

  The most important part of leadership…

  The most important part of leadership? Ensuring that the team, the organisation, the institution, the vision and mission can live on after you. It is hard to let go of the ego part of you that enjoys being “needed”. It is difficult to accept that there needs to be a future beyond you. If an…
• December 7, 2018

  Leadership Communications

  

  Nothing brings more opportunity into your life than speaking well in public. I have been teaching for 16 years on many leadership programs at IESE Business School. Today I’m sharing a playlist of a series of videos that we put together as an introduction for participants of future courses. There are 10 videos in the…
• March 3, 2016

  Making Changes that Stick, Building Good Habits [Video]

  

  Here’s a video I shared recently on my YouTube channel. What is the underlying structure of your life?  What habits are made easy because of the layout of your home, your office, the friends you hang out with?  How might you change the structure of your life in order to make certain positive habits more…