Managing Expectations
About 15 years ago I presented at one of my first academic conferences. I am not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this.
Bookend Your Day to Achieve More Success
Bookend your day: get up early to anticipate the day, and then taking the time to complete an evening review. Improvement and increased success are likely.
3-Steps to Managing High Stakes Situations
Maintain your focus in high-stakes situations with these 3-steps.
When to Say Yes
Rather than seeing an opportunity as a one-off or a once-in-a-lifetime situation, recognize that if people are reaching out, then you’re on the right track.
Improve Work and Life with This One Strategy
Bring humour and playfulness into your personal and professional life. Witness how your day changes by altering your perspective.
Honouring the cracks of experience
When we experience a failure, whether it is a failed relationship or business venture, we often perceive it negatively. We are trained to think that failure means loss. But what if we changed our perception and viewed our mistakes, flaws, and errors with appreciation? What if we saw the beauty in these challenges?
How Skillful Questioning Can Help You Improve
Knowing the difference between skillful questioning and corrosive questioning is a key ingredient to finding success.
Take Time to Make Waves
The Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai is famously known for his woodblock print called “The Great Wave.” He drew many variations throughout his career, but it wasn’t until he was in his early 70s, that this masterpiece was created.
How to Frame a Situation to Guarantee Successful Outcomes
Have you ever wondered how you are convinced of something? Or how to convince someone to do something? It actually isn’t that hard.
When Goal Setting Hinders Success and How to Prevent It
It seems that almost every business, educational and self-help book tells us that goal setting is the way to success. Goals aren’t the issue though. It is the way we approach goals that is the challenge.
The Backside of the Spiral
I always imagined the path to success as linear. However, success is more like a spiral, moving forward and backward toward success.
Why We Need to Disconnect to Reconnect
We get so busy with our day-to-day routines and rituals. We forget to unwind. And it is in this unwinding that our best ideas arise.
A Smart & Strategic Way to Success
If you’re looking for success, save yourself time and struggle. Mirror what is tried and true. Then tweak it to make it your own. Learning from those who paved the way before us, and then altering it to fit each unique context, is the key to success.
