What if the whole world was grounded? This year has turned a farcical notion into a sudden reality and businesses have suffered.  Currency exchange companies have had to make mass redundancies. Brick and mortar stores have had to shut up shop. The hospitality industry is in jeopardy. The future of business real estate is threatened … Continue reading Stressed business models →

Michael Bungay Stanier recommends taming your advice monster and I agree. I think unsolicited advice doesn't take as well as solicited advice. Furthermore I think probing questions that let the 'patient' come up with the answer themselves will resonate most of all. Having said that I think the biggest challenge to taming one's advice monster … Continue reading Scenic route to success →

The title of perfect is a heavy weight to bear. The word was not meant for labeling humans. To be perfect is to be flawless and no human is flawless. Being called perfect can make one terrified of mistakes. So afraid that 1) they don’t try and 2) if a mistake should occur they make … Continue reading Burden of perfect →

It's really hard to understand two people talking to you at the same time. I think it's the same for point making. It's very confusing to try and comprehend two points simultaneously. If you are doing the persuading then by all means make multiple points, but if being understood is your goal, then make one … Continue reading One point at a time →

'Ah Dave has arrived, let's put an end to this awkward small talk and start the meeting.' Does this happen in your meetings? You wait for the decision maker, the person of status, to arrive to begin the serious talk. In this situation the person of status is Dave. Now, do you think Dave knows … Continue reading Dave has arrived →

An amateur sports team starts to video their matches and all of sudden their performance improves exponentially. Why? Because the video doesn't lie. The team could see plain as day, in beautiful technicolour, how much effort everyone put in. The hiding places were replaced with unquestionable accountability.

'Players win games, teams win championships' Bill Taylor Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player of all time and even he couldn't win a championship all on his own. An individual can only get you so far, so how do you invest your time? If you are the best player on the team then there … Continue reading Individuals v teams →

You've just been stung. Not by a bee but by a comment. Someone has stated an opinion about you and it glided past your armour and landed right in your soft and squishy parts. You try not to show how hurt you are but internally you are reeling from this remark. Now, here are my … Continue reading Stung by a comment →

I played sport in school and I was on the cusp of the A team for years but always remained a B team player.  Looking back, I regret not making more of an effort. I really wanted to play for the A's but the time I could've spent upskilling, I wasted watching TV or scrolling … Continue reading Past regret present motivation →

Forbidden Fruit The forbidden is much sweeter than the fruit. I think having free access to the forbidden fruit would ruin it for us. It would remove all the excitement from the experience. I’d say buying alcohol during the days of prohibition was thrilling. Nowadays it’s mundane, it’s ordinary, it’s common place. Anyone with an … Continue reading Forbidden fruit →