Today is a good day to Prep for the week ahead. Repeat this mantra every day. Do you know how to banish anxiety ? Have a strategy for every scenario. Why do world class experts seem so confident ? Because they have encountered every scenario a thousand times. When you are starting off on your […]
Are you scared to fail or scared to plan ? This is a slightly different take on an excellent meme from @cleverinvestor. “Are you scared or nor ready”. The distinction is important. When you are on a mission to do something there are two ways the mind can go. If you HOW to do it
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Survival machines that can simulate the future are one jump ahead of survival machines who can only learn on the basis of overt trial and error. The trouble with overt trial is that it takes time and energy. The trouble with overt error is that it is often fatal. Simulation is both safer and faster.
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Confidence seems to be the One Great thing that stops people from living their dream. But confidence is a double edged sword. I spoke with a client who had Confidence as her number one value. It was the biggest thing that drove her and motivated her in life. Why? Because she didn’t have any. Her
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There are lots of shiny objects between you and your goals. It’s easy to get distracted. However if the end goal is important enough then it’s just easier to star focussed What’s your end goal? What do you do to stay focused?
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I heard @garyvee mention the #Opensourced #entrepreneur on #DailyVee 353. First I was going to call bullsh* but then I had a think about it and realised this is genuine genius. The problem with traditional business is that it is all about secrets and cloak and daggers. The new economy is the opposite because it’s
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I’m speaking at the last NLP Belfast Meetup on Tuesday on the five keys to inspiring leadership. This model that I am presenting has its roots in Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs but weighs more heavily on Spiral Dynamics and the work of Don Beck and Claire Graves. However I’ve incorporated some new thinking about the
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I’ve come to realise that a lot of people are talking the talk but not walking the walk. Learning NLP is not about empowerment as much as it is about self discovery. It is about learning about how you interact with other humans in the world so that you can help them raise their standard
If someone else has done or and was worse off than you, do you really have any excuses? We all have our moments. Both Good and Bad. Meet @shanex1975. Read his story. Slinging Dishes and Making Wishes. MS and Marathon runner. Everything comes down to Execution. What are you doing to turn things around? Make
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I have had such deep conversations with people the last few days. Here is my biggest takeaway. Whatever your opinion is – it could be right, it could be wrong. No matter what the hell your opinion is, there is only one question. IS IT USEFUL? So many of our opinions don’t matter and so,
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