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Don’t just talk the talk, walk the walk!
I had just joined a new start-up division of an international organisation. I was really excited about what I could learn and achieve in my new role. Week 1 was induction week, fifteen of us had started together. All of us were a bit nervous but excited and highly...
read moreThe road to what we want out of life is not always smooth!
In these challenging times, the road to what we want out of life has definitely got harder! It reminds me of an experience I had in August 1991, I had just finished my bakery apprenticeship and had been studying accountancy through night school. I had no experience of...
read more‘Get your car out of the garage’ and take self-responsibility.
There is an old Japanese saying, ‘fall seven, rise eight’. What is hope? One kind of hope is the expectation that tomorrow will be better than today. It is the kind of hope that has us yearning for sunnier weather or a smoother path ahead. It comes without the burden...
read moreWhen you are 80% ready, move!
Alexander Watson-Watt is given much credit for the much smaller Royal Air Force’s turning back the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain in 1940. In 1935, while heading the radio department of the National Physical Laboratory, he wrote to the British...
read moreI’ve Learned by: Erik S. Chapman
I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life goes on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she deals with these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas...
read moreHabit…
Who am I? I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Show me exactly what you want done and after a few lessons, I will do it automatically. I...
read moreWould you rather be right or have a happy marriage in 2022?
One of the most harmful habits I see in many people is our overwhelming need to prove how smart we are. This often leads to incredibly stupid behaviour or dumb arguments, in which we fight to prove that we’re right and someone else is wrong. Or the boss, who can’t...
read moreThere are two types of people who hate year-end performance reviews…
Those that are giving them, and those that are receiving them! It’s that time of year again! I was recently working with a senior management team. One of the managers, told me that when he is due to have yearly performance reviews with his team. They usually descend...
read moreTake self-responsibility and finish your race!
It was 7 pm on the 20th of October 1968 at the Olympic stadium in Mexico City. The light was beginning to fade and the temperature was finally starting to cool. The closing ceremonies had just finished and the athletes and spectators were beginning to leave the...
read moreAre you still making rafts when you could be building a bridge?
One of the most common barriers to innovation I hear is “we have no time”. Many leaders today, are so busy doing their day job, they have no time to focus on trying new things. Is it though, we are so busy making rafts to cross the river that we never look up to...
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