I wanted to head out on Sunday, so how to take these challenges and turn them into opportunities? How to turn “lemons into lemonade”?
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Going beyond genius by making it simple
I love to share what I learn and hope this story can help you unlock your own genius then take it up to the top…
Citizens: Doing something so big we need others to help us
This week’s #WhatComesNextLive guest was Jon Alexander, author of the soon to be released book “Citizens”.
Will you make your vision a reality?
Entrepreneurs must have a “stretch” Vision to truly inspire, yet is means little if they don’t make it into a reality.
Simple rules turn desired behaviour into default behaviour
As it may benefit some, a few of my rules that I have added to over the years that shifted desired behaviour into default behaviour.
Less convenient, but worth it
The battle for most convenient is fierce. It might be easier to stake out your claim to interactions and products that are less convenient, but…
What does “Massive Impact” mean for you?
This week I updated the wording on the home page of my site, with a focus on supporting leaders seeking to make a “Massive Impact”.
Are you ready to make a Massive Impact in 2022?
This is the new focus on my home page, to talk to visionary leaders ready to make a Massive Impact.
Making the possible easy
“Making the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant.” – Moshe Feldenkrais
Declaring a commitment
What could you do more of to start 2022, what could you declare a commitment to do? It could be in your leadership of self,…
Shifting my Context from LEADERSHIP to INSIGHT
In 2022, the Context and the focus for myself and those who choose to work with me will be on INSIGHT.
Will you have a regenerative holiday break?
For Christmas Day, I ask you to consider if you can have a regenerative holiday break rather than simply a sustainable one?
The only way to avoid criticism
Aristotle puts it best: “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing”. I choose instead #BeMoreYou.
Every challenge is a learning opportunity
My Purpose is Making Potential Possible. Every challenge is a learning opportunity
When faced with a binary choice, always choose both
First:, “when faced with a binary choice, always choose both”. When faced with options of revolutionary or evolutionary change, then, choose both.
When to work less, when to work more?
Thoughts on when to work less, when to work more, inspired first by Ursula Le Guin, and then by a conversation among parents of adult…
How can I help you?
Today I woke up thinking about helping people. Know that, where given the opportunity to help, that means a lot to me, it is why…
Surprises are a clue that you’re missing something
Surprises are a clue that you’re missing something. Dive in and figure out what.
Elite Mindset – the Journey from Good to Great to Elite
I work at any time with a select group of leaders. If you may be ready for the journey from good to great to elite,…
Soon Come!
Soon Come! Today is (as long as covid testing and results processing go according to plan) my last day in quarantine in Cayman. I soon come out! So excited to meet up with so many old friends over the next ten days or so. I just looked at my diary and realised I have...
Another insight into what makes Katie Ledecky great
Katie Ledecky after her incredible anchor leg swim in the 200Free Relay in Tokyo To me, Katie Ledecky is simply the #GOAT, the greatest swimmer of all time. I've written on this blog several times in the past about Katie to seek to understand a little about her and...
I polish Diamonds
The final step in the process of taking a diamond from the earth to a finished gemstone is polishing. In the language of the trade, "the more sparkle and brilliance a diamond has, the more beautiful it is, and the higher its value will be. It is this step of polishing...
How to become better than anyone is at anything
How to become better than anyone is at anything. Katie Ledecky (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Clickbait-y title got your attention? 😉 Do please read on thought, we can all learn from the greats. So, the title comes from an article from the Washington Post from June 2016,...
The less you do, the more valuable you are
The less you do, the more valuable you are to your business. In recent months I've worked with a number of leaders who have found that, with the extra time they have had during the lockdown, they have found themselves focussing more ON their business than simply being...
Tell the world why you are doing what you are doing
Do you know why you are doing what you are doing? Share it with the world. This morning I woke up to a tweet from Do Lectures asking us to: Tell the world why you are doing what you are doing My purpose is #MakingPotentialPossible. It has always been deep inside me to...
Not For Sale
This is a time of great opportunity for those willing to look at what has historically been "not for sale". Cayman Kai At the North-Eastern tip of the North Sound of Grand Cayman is the popular vacation home area of Cayman Kai. It has been a property hotspot for...
Gravitricity – innovation can be simple
Innovation = Doing things differently and doing different things I coined this definition of innovation some time ago. Sometimes it is about technology, sometimes simply about changing opening hours of a shop. Recently I came across an idea to harness gravity in...
How to enjoy and have productive disagreements
Do you dread getting into disagreements? What if I told you that the highest performing teams have the most disagreements? What would it take for you to want to have more disagreements? What if I told you that you could actually look forward to disagreements, even...
You are what you measure – so what do you measure?
"..the objective of economic policy should be collective well-being: how happy and healthy a population is, not just how wealthy a population is." ~ Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, TED Summit, Edinburgh, July 2019 As UK government and politics, in...
Tell people what you want
Today I learned a lesson about telling people what I want. I hope that by sharing this and a few connected thoughts I encourage you to tell people what YOU want. Yesterday my post was: "Business Strategy Coaching – a simple secret" In that post I shared what I felt...
Your mind is like a parachute: If it isn’t open, it doesn’t work
"Your mind is like a parachute: If it isn't open, it doesn't work." Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, July 20th, 1969. It all began with the open mind and huge vision of one man. On May 25, 1961,...
You are only as good as your people
"You are only as good as your people and you are the greatest asset we have. You are our high performance system." - Chelsea Warr Recently I had a check-in call with a long-time contact who is a shooting star rising up in one of the world's top financial institutions....
Canada, leading on immigration
Canada is welcoming immigration. Nav Bhatia, "Superfan" of the NBA winning Toronto Raptors Recently I was in Canada, including visiting Toronto and eating dinner on King Street the evening after the Raptors won the NBA Title. I've always been fond of Toronto and of...
Manage your energy, not just your time
Managing your energy is as important as managing your time and money. So, I sit here at 7pm on Thursday to write the daily blog for Friday at 8am, feeling quite tired after a really active day full of a variety of meetings. As I am about to write, I get an email reply...
Creating alignment for groups and individuals
I work one on one with leaders around the world to create alignment for groups and individuals. On the #BeMoreYou page of this site, the "How I Work" section of that page outlines how I work 1:1 with leaders around the world. What that page doesn't mention is that I...
Drawing one voice out of two separate strings
Today, some thoughts on the poem "Drawing one voice out of two separate strings" by Rilke, and how it relates to changing paradigms of leadership. Today's post comes from one of my usual wide-ranging conversations with my brilliant friend Bruce Peters. Our general...