While walking with a new friend, she shared with me her dream to be a writer. I asked her, “What have you published?” Nothing. Not a single word out there in the gaze of critical eyes, in any form. Not even a tweet. As with so many dreamers, they just love to drift,...
Imagine a horse race where all the runners and riders are raring to go, itching to get started but uncertain which way to go. In this race, there is no clear winning post, nor even a rail to guide them round the course. Nobody is certain in which direction to race....
It is vital to have escalation procedures in place. Natural to hit a problem and refer it to your boss. Easy to throw the issue to someone else to deal with. Yet whenever you escalate, you pass responsibility and control to others. You are not standing on your own two...
Free yourself from the influence of external events, people and things. Free yourself from those with hidden agendas and obscure pitches, those who play your emotions and your past. Once you free your mind and heart, even from your past, then you can decide and be...
To make handling the politics easy, the very best thing you can do is get curious. Why? Because you have a lot of work to do. Only when you have done that work will it become easy. That work involves building relationships, understanding agendas, considering...
Before you make your move, make sure you really understand how the world looks from their side of the table. No, you don’t need to agree with them, you have to understand your opposition. Imagine sitting in their seat for a moment. Pretend to hold their values, have...