One of my ongoing “habits of Greatness” is to make a point each month of meeting, learning from and, if possible, having lunch with a “Man or Woman of Greatness”.
Last month was not a disappointment:
I was invited by one of my suppliers to participate at their annual convention. This year it took place on a [...]
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Many of my clients express to me how they wish they had begun their transformational programme many years sooner.
My response to them is this old Chinese saying:
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the next best time is today!
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Fear of failure: a common chronic disease that can paralyse entrepreneurs, aspiring sports champions and professionals alike.
Interestingly, fear of success can have a similar if not greater effect. I’ll talk about that in another post.
Back to fear of failure: why do people have it?
The first reason is negative outdated conditioning of the mind. New expectations [...]
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This is a phrase that my ju-jitsu instructor used a lot. And he was right!
Anyone who has reached a respectable level of skill in their art, sport or profession knows that repetition is the mother of learning!
A Premier League striker does not get good by just kicking a ball a few times. He practises [...]
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With the New Year now upon us, many of us will have made New Year resolutions. And for good reason: we are not entirely happy with how it went last year.
Be it that our jeans have strangely become too tight, or our bank account somehow has not expanded, or our new business didn’t reach the targets [...]
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To know our true self, we must cease to identify with the illusory identity which feels seperate from the whole under the survival instincts fed by the ego.
For the real to come, the false must leave…
(Zen koan)
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing!
Take 30 seconds to answer the following 4 questions:
What is my purpose?
What is my vision?
What is (are) my goal(s)?
What is my plan?
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Our agitated mind too often prevents us from realising our true potential.
But rather than calming the agitation, when life gets tough, we tend to turn even more towards external circumstance and put yet more energy into that circumstance, hoping it will change, hoping we will find a way. Does this sound familiar?
What do I mean by [...]
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At a sales training class I attended last week, the instructor said: “slow down to speed up the sale”.
I noticed the look of confusion on some people’s faces…
I however was very pleased to hear this. It instantly reminded me of what Lao-Tzu taught: “The Heavy is the Root of the Light, Stillness the Master of Activity”.
And [...]
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Following the succesful release of his book, an American Indian Elder was interviewed on TV.
The TV reporter expressed how impressed he was with the Elders story and asked him how he managed to reach such a high level of wisdom and overcome his inner obstacles.
Here’s the elders reply:
“It’s quite simple really. This is how I [...]
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