Goalscape is a great looking new tool for planning and tracking your goals and projects. Check out the video walkthrough below and follow the link for a FREE trial. I tend to manage my tasks and activities with an online task management tool called “Toodledo” . In the office I work with project managers using ...…
“More” isn’t always best. The world would be top heavy if all the world’s bakers went on to become michelin-starred chefs. If every employee left their jobs to become self employed or start a business. If every white belt became a black belt master ninja. If every office junior became the CEO. Advancement and progress are ...…
Beliefs, what you believe to be true, are really only opinions. Beliefs are not true or false, right or wrong, they are only strong opinions. Beliefs are only thoughts that you keep thinking. If you think a thought enough times, over and over and over again, you begin to believe it. Repetition is the key ...…
The book Switch by Chip and Dan Heath is all about change. Changing your business, or yourself. One fascinating and simple tool they discuss is the use of action triggers. Action triggers are a way of pre-loading an idea or decision. They remove the conscious deliberation and conserve self control. An action trigger is the ...…
The typical format of a presentation is based on the pyramid principle. This is the typical approach: 1. Introduction – “Hello my name is …., thank you for taking the time to attend ….” 2. Background / Scene Setting – “As you may know…. ” ”You may have read that …” 3. Build Ideas – ...…
… ish People learn far more from their successes rather than failures. At least, they should do. That is how their mind is programmed. For example, learning to throw a hoop at a peg. If repetition alone was the way to learn, 90% of throws missed, so you would get very well practised at “missing”. ...…
Take your mind off yourself and focus on your audience. When you stand up in front of your audience forget about yourself, think of what you can give to them. What can you share with your audience? What value can you give? Commit to giving it. Focus on them and NOT Yourself. If you focus ...…
Unless you allow yourself to make mistakes, to fail, you are never able to truly test yourself – to work out your limits. “Better Safe than Sorry” Is the worst saying. Nobody ever achieved ANYTHING of any worth without hitting some problems or failing along the way. Learn to “Fail-Forwards” – learn from it, and grow ...…
Humans are goal focused organisms. They need goals to drive toward, something to go for. When you have goals it is like riding a bike forwards – easy to balance. Without goals, without a reason to move forward, it is like riding or balancing on a stationary bike. You wobble. You’re likely to tumble off. ...…
Extract from Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich DESIRE Kindle anew in your mind the fire of hope, faith, courage and tolerance. If you have these states of mind and a working knowledge of the principles in this book, all else that you need will come to you when you are ready for it.…