The first blog post in this series took a look at the Pendulum Summit panel’s perspective on “why” we do what we do. The second reflected on “how” we bring ourselves to what we do. This final post gets into the nuts and bolts of the stuff we do, or should be doing, when we work towards the fulfillment…
Read MoreAll the greats have said it, Fats Waller, Ella Fitzgerald, Bananarama…. It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it How we bring ourselves to the things we do daily turns out to be a real differentiator. From building relationships to building resilience the most important distance, as Dr. Bob Rotella put it, is…
Read MoreHere I sit, struggling yet again, to get back into the rhythm of my writing. Ringing in my ears are the words of Dr. Bob Rotella who said at the Pendulum Summit this month: Imagine how motivated you would be if you knew that the game tape of your entire day was being broadcast on national television. If all of…
Read MoreOk, so there has been a hiatus in my writing. The mojo was gone, or the discipline or the motivation, I’m still not entirely sure. But I know that, as a result of my tactical retreat, there is a renewed impetus to get writing again and while its not flowing as it did before, I’m doing it regardless…. So bear…
Read MoreThis blog post is an appendix to the Resilience, How to Spin on in Spite of the Landscape blog post I published only two weeks ago and it comes from the “Physician heal thyself!” space. I experienced a disappointment in my business in the intervening weeks between the posting of the Resilience piece and now. It was an opportunity that passed…
Read MoreI like cycling. It gets me outside, it raises my heart rate and it provides solitude and headspace. Living in a beautiful part of a country with stunning countryside means that a short spin from the house gets me right out into the wilds. Cycling provides a slower, more complete perspective of your surroundings. You see so much more from…
Read MoreI said it in the last blog post and I’ll say it again; “Habits are not broken. They are replaced.” (Tweet this) If we’re doing it right, we replace bad habits with better ones. In this case procrastination is the bad habit resulting in stress, fear and some fairly serious consequences when it becomes chronic. (more…)
Read MoreSo, you’ve given the first blog post in the series a little thought and come to the conclusion that, yes, you do procrastinate… even just a little. What to do about it? Well, I’d be tempted to jump right into the organization aspect and start talking about how you can better structure your approach to work. However, that would be…
Read MoreOnce upon a time long ago, in a house far away, stood a man baking bread, King of his demesne. He blended the ingredients methodically and kneaded the dough with care. He lovingly placed the loaf tins in the oven and spent the baking time, “Tidying around”! When, at last, the bread was baked and cooled, he carved two doorstep…
Read MoreFar from the empowering experience of being trusted, supported and developed to a level above that at which you are right now, I’ve found of late that peoples’ understanding of “Delegation” is something less than it should be. (more…)
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