Question: “In my teenage years I developed a strong aversion towards being disciplined, and felt that this was boring. I am now 29, and know I need discipline (a certain routine in my life) to progress in my career. But I can’t reconcile this with my desire to be interesting.” Answer: It’s really simple (though …
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U + DT = ER3 One of the things I love about Albert Einstein is that not only was he unbelievably clever, he was also incredibly wise. It strikes me that his cleverness was in large part an outcome of applying his wisdom. Quite simply, he thought differently from everyone else around him, which enabled …
This is the first in a series of articles for growing businesses about Building Your Team, which will look at a range of issues around finding and developing the best people to help you create a powerful and successful business. This article looks at… What might stop you hiring As your business grows you will …
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One of the things I find most fascinating about motivation is how often what we think people want, and what will motivate them, is not what they want at all. Bizarrely, and really just to underline how easy it is to get this wrong, this even applies to how we think we are motivated ourselves …
If I asked you the question “What do you want?”, would you really know the answer? … Immediately and without hesitation; with complete certainty and conviction? Would you know even if I woke you from a deep sleep at 3:30 in the morning and asked you? Or interrupted you when you were totally immersed in …
