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Bring on the learning revolution
How many people do you know that are truly passionate about what they do? Probably not many. I know I hadn’t met anyone truly passionate about their work until I was in my late twenties, and when I did I remember being completely blown away by the very concept of being passionate about your work.… Continue Reading
Do You Know the Costs of NOT Managing your Commitments?
In the quest to improve performance we’ve gone through several useful philosophies about what to manage, specifically we’ve been told to practice managing: time people projects energy These are all valuable management philosophies but they do not acknowledge the most fundamental practice: the practice of managing commitments. What are commitments? Commitments take several forms e.g.… Continue Reading
Two Principles for Getting More out of Life
Everybody loves simplification so here are two simple principles you can use in the practice of your life; two principles you must own to get more from life—and by “own” I mean not just understand and explain, but know and act from (without thinking) like an extension of your own mind and body. These principles… Continue Reading
What does it mean to do your best?
Seems like an odd question to ask. The answer is, well … do your best; give it everything you’ve got. What does that mean, everything you’ve got? I hear people say they gave it 100%, and others say that they gave 200%. Hmmm. Makes me wonder if they have any idea what percentages mean. All… Continue Reading
Opinion disclaimers
Have you ever listened to the pharmaceutical adverts on TV? As the soothing voice says “Absolv, when taken immediately after upsetting your partner can bring on feelings of contriteness that a puppy would envy. Clinical studies have shown that 77% of users of Absolv are forgiven for extreme transgressions including not sharing with housework, coming… Continue Reading
Are you ambitious?
Many moons ago a senior director at my old company sat with me talking about my career and said, “Peter your problem is you have no ambition.” That felt like a slap across the face because at the time there was no one working harder than I was and prior to coming to the head… Continue Reading
The one thing to get when you have a boss
As we drove along the winding road to Maracas beach in Trinidad, my friend Ilene said to me, “You know, I’ve come to realize that there’s only one thing you really need to get when you have a boss.” “Really?” I replied; my sense of intrigue and wonder stimulated because Ilene is one of the… Continue Reading
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What is your concept of truth?
What is your concept of the truth, and why is it germane to the practice of your life? Well think about it.If you live your life according to things that you believe are true, and they’re only partially true or flat out wrong, what do you think the impact would be on your life? Pretty… Continue Reading