Knowing What (Really) Matters Having the ability to differentiate what is important from what is subject to awareness. Being aware that you live in a dynamic work where the only constant is change and that you need to bare this in mind at the moment engaging in any activity. Having a plan and sticking to […]
Influence your world The ability to influence your world, your environment starts with you. That may seem obvious but to many people it is not. Being able to influence yourself first is step one towards shaping your environment. When you are aware of your values, preferences, outcomes and intentions and you have choice about your […]
People who reach high levels of performance and become exceptionally effective in their field show certain patterns of behaviour that many people would not even be aware of. One of these patterns is the ability to manage their state, or be ‘emotionally intelligent’ as some like to call it. However, managing your state is only […]
As the business world keeps evolving, so do the requisites that organisations look for in their employees. The skills and attributes that once took you from employee to manager are likely to be different from those you need currently in order to advance to the next stage in your career. In today’s business world there […]
Happiness and how you focus your attention One of your most valuable resources in any situation is the ability to focus your attention at will. This is a key to your happiness. No doubt you are familiar with the metaphor of the ‘glass half empty or half full’. That is an example of how you […]
Setting the scope You may have heard of the saying ‘it is not what you say, it is how you say it’. Well, there is plenty of wisdom that can be derived from this saying. Words can have different meanings according to the context in which they are used as well as tone of voice, […]
Most of us pursue knowledge to a greater or lesser extent. We learn new things, some of us master them and then we pass them along to varying degrees of accuracy. Those of us who take learning seriously, are working on becoming ‘A man/woman of knowledge’, as Carlos Castaneda says in his book, The Teachings […]
Context – keep it in mind In the western world we are accustomed to experiencing life in terms of pros and cons, advantage or disadvantages and other similar categories. What we tend to forget though is that when it comes to labelling a quality as an advantage or disadvantage context is king, followed second by […]
Choose the meaning of what you feel We have touched the topic of reframing many times in the past and from my own experience I know that it certainly works. However, recently I came across an article that discusses a study carried out at Harvard University where it was found that interpreting sensations differently from […]
Awareness – the key to creating your own luck As members of at least one culture, we all engage in identifiable culture specific behaviour almost as if we were running on auto-pilot. We grow up imitating our elders and so we learn behaviour that we do automatically without even realising it is happening. We tend […]
