What needs to go?
Are you enjoying your meal? The diners nodded appreciatively, however, the waiter paused and asked again. “Are you really sure you’re enjoying your meal? It’s just, I noticed that you didn’t take a photo of it.” “I noticed that you didn’t take a photo of it.” Whenever I go out to dine, if I can, […]
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Choices
What happened to the superb owl? This month has seen several world ranking events televised. I suspect my preference isn’t the most popular around the world, or even in my household. However, it does have some lessons we can learn from. One of the biggest events in the USA was screened this week, and […]
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Education, or Qualification
Can you help me pass grade 5 please? The day I started my business nearly 20 years ago, I had some really interesting opportunities come my way that I was able to enjoy. One of the first was from someone who wanted me to take their place for a few months. I was to teach […]
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Life Sentence
Steve decided that he wanted to redecorate his lounge, and wondered how many rolls of wallpaper he would need. He asked his neighbour Andy how many rolls he had bought. Andy said he bought 5 rolls of wallpaper, so Steve purchased 5 rolls too. When he had finished redecorating he found that had a roll left over entirely untouched …
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People quit people or position
I can’t count how many times I have heard people say they left an organisation because of what “they” did; it might be that John did this, or Jane did that, or a very popular reason is “they” offended me. Rarely, however, do “they” include the organisation …
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Tough Times and Turning Points
This turn of events also brought me to the start of a journey into a new season in my life and career. A transition from majoring on sales for other people and minoring on and training, to the new season where I am majoring on speaking, coaching and training and only engaging in sales for the newly formed “Leadership for Business”.
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It’s intuitive, isn’t it?
Everybody knows that! There are some things that you either know or you don’t know, and until you know, you don’t know that you don’t know. Things like how to drive or how to change a tyre on a car, or how to make a cappuccino correctly. Everything else is intuitive, isn’t it! Things like […]
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Time, and Life the Universe and Everything
We could consider each day to be like a fresh new cheque (or a new check in US currency) in a chequebook, and we can choose the value to write on that cheque. We can choose to have a lazy day and write a value of £10 for the day, or we can choose to have a really productive day and write £1,000 for the day.
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Which mistake are you making?
I arrived at the conference a couple of days before it started, and one of my fellow coaches asked me what I was hoping to get out of this conference. My reply was to say; “I am hoping not to screw up on Monday”.
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The main thing
We have all been given 24 hours in every day, and that is just enough. ~ Roger Fairhead I have heard the phrase “There will never be another you” on many occasions, encouraging the hearer to focus on their uniqueness. In a world of wannabe lookalikes, there is a particular opportunity for those people who […]
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