The latest issue of the RSA Journal includes a lead article by Gillian Tett entitled “Making a Good Impression – how cultural shifts are driving…
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Musing on the power of questions
I was reminded in new ways of the power of questions that are asked without then immediately seeking to answer them by being comfortable.
Humans are Predictably Irrational
Over the years I have learned enough about the human condition (and myself!) to know that we humans are, as Dan Ariely puts it in…
Feeling guilty about not writing
I’m also feeling guilty about that, feeling that I “should” be writing more about big ideas, but I am not sure I would have much…
Uneventful and Quiet, Boringly Normal
As a theme, my daily posting over the last while has been, well, relatively uneventful and quiet and boringly normal, even.
What would the world have to look like to you?
When you see someone doing something that doesn’t make sense to you, ask yourself what the world would have to look like to you for…
Life carries on in the people I meet
“Life carries on in the people I meet, In everyone that’s out on the street.” – Peter Gabriel, I Grieve
Wistfully missing the age of Business Cards
I have very rarely handed out business cards for at least a decade now. I miss this way to communicate the essence of what you…
When you can’t control the outcome
Don’t try to control the uncontrollable. I’m generally pretty zen in situations where I can’t control the outcome.
Never let schooling interfere with education
How focussed are you on learning and where do you seek to gain your education at your own stage of life and career?
How can I help?
I go into every conversation with someone new with the thought “how can I help?”. To me, a huge part of what life is about…
Thoughts from Ride 7 – Trust the Process
Trust the Process is a phrase I use as an anchor when working with clients on transformative work for themselves, and for their business.
Driving Cars because “we’ve always done it this way”
How many things do we do because they are how we have always done them – like driving cars around?
Sometimes it feels hard to slow down
I often remind clients in senior leadership positions that “the less you do the more valuable you are to your business.”
The increasing irrelevance of nation states
As global trends continue, we must ultimately consider the relevance of nation-states.
Is not experiencing fear or stress my superpower?
Living in the absence of fear, stress, and anxiety is very powerful and a superpower that many people do not possess.
What’s for you will not go by you
The translation of that Scots phrase is “what’s for you will not go by you” and I am reminded of this as I am currently…
Live life forwards
It is important to understand the past and its impact on the present, then let us live life forwards.
Giving experiences rather than gifts
Over time I have become less and less interested in material possessions and more and more focused on experiences.
It is what it is and Response-ability
I have, over the years, become more and more practiced about events I have no control over. In short, I can take “response-ability”.
Elite Lessons: Be running your own Inner Game
Choose your own inner game to run, particularly in environments where you are not being stretched in what you are doing.
Who am I?
This post is apropos nothing other than that I am musing on this topic, and perhaps in sharing this it may help you consider “who…
Instinct, buying a house and Think Feel Know
As to leadership and business learnings, “Think Feel Know” is one of the most powerful indicator tools I have ever worked with.
Patience in the Summer
The northern hemisphere is in the usual summer “slow” mode, particularly in England, where schools often don’t go back until September.
Don’t try to time the market
Focus on consistent investment over time, rather than timing the market, you will smooth out the ups and downs.
Make your CV or Resumé your Prospectus
Make your CV your Prospectus; make people want to invest in you. What are some of the potential features of a personal prospectus?
Are you prepared for mortgage rates of 10% or more?
Prepare for worse, hope for better. Run your numbers on various (much) higher mortgage rates and see what happens to your household budget.
What are you brilliant at ? Try using your Red Hat
The red hat represents feelings and instincts. When you’re engaged in this thinking, you can express your feelings without having to justify them logically.
Ride as long or as short as you feel, but ride.
The hot weather was set to break in the UK, so early in the morning I got on my bike in the light drizzle and…
Be willing to appear foolish
So much advantage in life comes from being willing to look foolish in the short term.
Kairos – all time is not the same
The Ancient Greeks talked of two types of time. Chronos, or quantitative time, and Kairos, qualitative time.
I miss the brilliant mind of Christopher Hitchens
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.” – Christopher Hitchens
I see no joy, I see only sorrow… and hope
The most powerful force in the world is Hope. I am hopeful in this space, I do find multiple leaders to work with that believe…
The beauty of a still mind
My mind was still. I felt serenely calm, with no worries, no concerns.
I’ve decided to stop being self-aware
I’ve decided to stop being self-aware, what I do is none of my business
Yes, and…
Where could “Yes, and” take you today?