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Right Things, Right Time
Your ability to do the right things, at the right time, for right length of time in order to achieve your goals will ultimately be the key element in your success. Staying focused on your high pay off activities is the key to productivity and productivity is the well spring of success. The introduction of…
Taking Personal Responsibility
There is a great quote that goes something like this “whatever you achieve in this life is all your fault, what would you be happy to take the blame for?” I’m not sure who said it but it’s brilliant. Let’s face it, footballers blame the referee, students blame their teachers, the old blame the young,…
Positive Research on Coaching
Daniel Goleman tells of a friend, Richard Boyatzis, a professor at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western in Ohio. He researched brain imaging to analyze how coaching affects the brain differently when you focus on dreams instead of failings. Boyatzis said, “Talking about your positive goals and dreams activates brain centers that open…
The Total Leader – LMI Newsletter April 2014
The Total Leader is LMI’s Newsletter. Articles this month include: Multiply Success with Motivation Preparing a Motivational Climate Balance Behaviour Styles to Motivate Give your Persuasive Skills a Boost Build a Foundation for Communication Strengthen your Sense of Identity Bridging the Gap Between Potential and Performance To read the Newsletter click this link …
Increase Productivity – Take a Nap
5 Reasons Why You Should Take a Nap Every Day by Michael Hyatt I am a habitual nap-taker. I take one almost every day and have for years. I used to feel a little guilty about it—like I was slacking off or something. Then Sam Moore, my predecessor at Thomas Nelson, (a publishing company founded…
Manage Your Time More Effectively
The one thing everyone in business has in common is time. We all have 1440 minutes every day. How come some people seem to be able to get more done in their 1440 minutes than others? How come some people seem to be able to take control of their day whilst others are running around…
What is your perspective on life?
WHAT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE? – Ric Elias was a passenger on flight 1579, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? What do you think would go through your mind? In this short five-minute speech Ric shares his…
I love it when a plan comes together!
Saturday evenings when I was a kid were all about The A-Team (oh, and perhaps The Dukes of Hazard)! Hannibal Smith’s famous line in the show was “I love it when a plan comes together.” I thought of my favourite cigar-smoking soldier of fortune when I came across this excellent article and video by the…