It doesn’t matter how driven, ambitious, motivated, passionate, committed. At some point everyone feels less than 100% motivated. It might be some bad news which knocks the wind out of your sails. It might be overdoing it and therefore tiredness. It might be not hitting your goals and feeling deflated. It might be that you […]
Is there anything that you want to change in your life? It might be a habit, it might be some aspect of your personality, it might be a behavioural aspect of your leadership: patience, talking too much, needing to win, being over helpful or bragging too much etc. You realise that to change will be […]
Leaders are readers. Every leader is a reader. Not all readers are leaders but all leaders are readers. A lot of people read but they’re not leaders. If you’re going to lead, you’ve got to be thinking further in advance than the people that you’re leading. Four reasons for reading: 1. I read for inspiration […]
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” Henry Ford Leaders are learners. At a university graduation a graduate said, “Now I’ve completed my education.” I wanted to say, “I’ve got news for you! You’re […]
Charlie “Tremendous” Jones once said that “You are the same today as you’ll be in five years except for two things: the books you read and the people you meet.” I’m not sure if that is entirely true, but it certainly impacts the levels of change, success and contentment we experience in life. This is […]
A couple of years ago a well-known author, Rick Warren (The Purpose Driven Life) spoke about the success of his book. It sold millions and millions of copies. He had to work out what to do with the money that was flooding in. He outlined what he decided to do (with his wife) – he […]
A couple of years ago I read the book – The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling. I found it simple to understand, very helpful and easily applicable. At the Transformational Group we use this system and concepts in our business. The 4 Disciplines of Execution are precise procedures for […]
You can be focused on maintaining the status quo, goal orientated or growth orientated. There is currently an ad on TV which I love. Two people are talking in a restaurant about starting a new business. The owner is serving these people and says something in Italian. They ask another waiter, “What did he say?” […]
80% of respondents to an Accenture survey from 483 organisations believe people issues are much more important today than they were just three years ago. Do you realize that we are able to acheive much more than we ever have before through finding common pathways of understanding, recognizing different talents, combining resources, and sharing roles. […]
Its a choice: Discipline or Death These past few years, a lot of my time has gone towards building a business, so much so, that I lost sight of the habits it takes to really succeed. No matter how you measure success, discipline is a mindset that becomes habits which take in our whole life […]