Where are you looking for success?

August 1, 2010 – 4:49 pm

In medicine there’s a concept of “locus of control”; it means where the patient looks for control of their condition. A doctor I spoke with recently told me that there are some conditions where they want an external locus of control, looking outside of themselves for instructions – where they need the patient to [...]

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Are you driven?

July 25, 2010 – 7:48 pm

No, I don’t mean are you so successful you have a chauffeur!  I mean are you driven to succeed?  Do you feel some force behind you, propelling you forward, driving you to perform?  Is there something that just won’t let you rest until you’ve got everything you set out to achieve?
Many entrepreneurs are like that [...]

Rest & Ponder

July 12, 2010 – 9:34 pm

Dr Steven Covey wrote, in The Seven Habits Of Highly Successful People, about our ability to choose our response to any situation, to shift our paradigm and see the situation in a different light.  The example he gives is the guy on a train who is letting his kids run riot, and we react by [...]

“I’d just do all of it!”

July 4, 2010 – 1:30 pm

Focus and how to choose between opportunities is a big topic for me, and I’m always interested t learn how successful entrepreneurs handle it. I was at a fantastic event on Friday on the subject of Influence, with profits going to Peace One Day, started by the amazing Jeremy Gilley (check it out, a brilliant [...]

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We might as well beat ‘em now!

June 24, 2010 – 9:07 am

With a national expectation of failure by the England football team in the 2010 World Cup, it’s good to hear at least one radio personality expects England vs Germany will turn out right

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Attitudes are caught, not taught

June 21, 2010 – 9:58 pm

Attitudes are not taught, they are picked up – caught – by the people around us observing what we actually do. So we have to make sure what we do is in line with what we teach.

If you want to be a leader …

October 17, 2009 – 4:20 pm

I had a thought today, in the shower. I was pondering how to get the concepts behind Opportunity Management in general and Opportunity Matrix™ in particular more widely known, how to get my ideas out there. In short, as I have big plans beyond just opportunity management, how to become a leader. 

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Taking the time to focus on the good stuff

February 4, 2009 – 8:50 pm

The story in the link below was sent to me last week by my friend, Richard Bellars, the leadership coach.  It’s been around a while, according to Urban Legends, and it’s about a violinist playing beautiful music at a New York Metro station, pretty much ignored by the bustling crowds.

This downturn will be a blessing in disguise for some

December 19, 2008 – 11:21 pm

As we hear about more and more big corporates shedding workers, I find myself wondering whether some – possibly most – of those who find themselves surplus to requirements will find redundancy is a fantastic opportunity masquerading as a catastrophe. It may be my jaundiced view of the corporate life, but in my experience the [...]

Our greatest fear …

October 14, 2008 – 2:16 am

Quoted, I believe, in Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Marianne Williamson famously said:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are [...]

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