This is a bit of a different approach to the daily motivational messages. We are very quick to judge based on what we see. Homeless people are dirty and a pest, right? But do we know how they became homeless? Do we know what or who they were before hand and what led to their … Read moreDid you judge too quickly?
We all experience pain. Some will experience unbelievable pain and loss in their lives. You have a choice! You can wallow and suffer in the pain and loss or you can take it and fuel it into a purpose or direction that hopefully stops it occuring for others or creates an awareness to help others … Read moreTurn pain into progress
We have all heard the saying that you either sink or swim. It’s time to look at the swimming part. You see when we were babies our parents threw us in the swimming pool and waited to see if we floated. I’m sure there’s been a few instances where over-concerned parents have had to jump … Read moreSwim or sink
You can’t push a button that’s not there to be pushed. Cliché that we hear all the time is “You really know how to push my button”! Remove the button! We allow ourselves to be emotionally controlled by other people. If we stop this or remove this power we will find that we are much … Read morePush my button
I am a huge fan of delegation and outsourcing. I write about it frequently. However, to be a true leader, you need to get dirty. An example. I once spent a day at Microsoft doing a course in geo-location app builds using a tool they had acquired. After 4 hours I had a working demo … Read moreGet Dirty
Yesterday I spoke about the importance of understanding emotional power when it comes to your team. More importantly when it comes to the fact that people do fail and will fail and how we need to deal with this. Today is just a statement that I’d like you to think about over the weekend. “Rather … Read moreUnderstanding emotional value
As a leader we have to realise something. You lead people and not products! People are emotionally driven (EQ) and in such how we handle them, lead them and engage with them will make all the difference to the company. It is common practice (and human nature) to scold or reprimand when people mess up. … Read morePraise the miss
Yesterday I spoke about being the hero. But what is the hero and what causes us to be heroes? We see that sometimes due to necessity a normal person can and does become a hero. Let me give you an example. If you were standing in the queue and someone needed urgent help you would … Read moreAwaken the hero
I have talked about being a superhero a few times in past posts. But let’s look at the two words separately: Super – Very good or excellentHero – A person admired for their courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities. Nowhere does it say a spandex outfit or a cape. I want you to sit back … Read moreTo be a hero
You see the more successful we are the more arrogant we can become. The know it all attitude will be the downfall of many great leaders, organisations and even empires! Ask the Romans! The biggest challenge in continued growth is knowing that you are still growing, still learning and still susceptible to fail! We get … Read moreAsk the Romans