Stress is good for you!?
I often hear people say “stress is good for you. It stretches you and helps you get more done, helps you win…”
Have you ever heard that?
Let me tell you: stress is never good for you! I stress: never!
Tension however can be very useful and is sometimes critical to success.
Take the case [...]
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In corporate circles there is often mention of the “glass ceiling”. An unspoken limitation imposed by senior management holding individuals back from promotion and advancement for one reason or another, ranging from a less than perfect education background, to not towing the party line on ideas or culture, to maverickism and sometimes racial, sex or [...]
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This Saturday January 17th & Sunday January 18th
JOIN us for a Self-Help WEBATHON
to assist the victims of the Costa Rica earthquake!
It’s LIVE right here! Join us!
Tune into my 45 minute talk for free on Sunday 18th at 00.15 (that’s a quarter past midnight Saturday night):
“Tiger or mouse in the face of uncertain times?”
3 ways to [...]
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Genius
Leonardo Da Vinci once said: Genius is the ability to hold 2 opposing thoughts in one’s mind at the same time.
Too often, I hear people complain that they did not reach this goal or did not win that deal…yet again! They are disappointed, frustrated and even bitter about it, and perhaps close to giving up.
Unknowingly, [...]
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Imagine
You’re either a business person about to close a big risky business deal
Or you’re a pro-athlete ready to sign with a new team promising to jet-propel your career
Or pehaps you’re a performing artist invited to sign on the dotted line with a dynamic new label…
And just as you are about to take the [...]
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Some years ago, back when I was working for Burger King Corporation, responsible for the operations of many of their restaurants in Greater London, I spent a good deal of my time in my car driving accross the urban sprawl from one store to another. Luckily I had the good sense to put that unproductive [...]
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In his book “the 7 habits of highly effective people“, Stephen Covey talks about habit number 7: “sharpen the saw”: principles of balanced self-renewal. You can’t cut a tree with a blunt saw. Equally, living life with a blunt mind does not work very well.
One of the best ways to sharpen the mind is through [...]
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Chris Hoy, who just picked up 3 gold medals in Beijing (making him the first British competitor to win 3 golds at a single Olympics since 1908) does. In fact, at the early age of 13 he wrote in his diary that one day he would win gold at the Olympics!
…What goal do [...]
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Being authentic is not something people talk about a lot. Maybe because it is a quality not much appreciated and not much sought after in our money oriented, materially emphasised, image and fame driven culture. Politicians have become spin masters, entertainers have become fame seekers, sportsmen have become idols.
How much authenticity are our role models [...]
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A quote that recently caught my eye and amused me:
“What literature can and should do is change the people who teach the people who don’t read the books.”
– A. S. Byatt (post-modern novelist and poet)
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