If you have a job for life, you’d better make sure it’s your passion, lest it become your poison. A job for life is more of a life sentence. Sure, it provides security, if that’s what you’re looking for. Yes, nice steady income, low risk, paying … [Continue reading]
Stop thinking about what’s possible!
Realists always proclaim you have to consider feasibility and look logically at things before you get too carried away. Can you name a single realist that has ever achieved anything remarkable? Yet if you are rash and care not for realism, you’re … [Continue reading]
Jerking Your Chain
Who is having a laugh at you right now? They say something, do something, that makes you mad. Do they do it on purpose? Surely not, they are just ignorant. Either way, you have a problem. … [Continue reading]
STOP Getting Hijacked by Your Emotions
Do you remember the Photocopier game from 21 Dirty Tricks at Work? Well, that was just one example of how dubious characters can play you and your emotions to their advantage. So you really do need to pay attention to the way you keep reacting, … [Continue reading]
Getting Started Seriously
While walking with a new friend, she shared with me her dream to be a writer. I asked her, “What have you published?” … [Continue reading]
Certainty is Created by the Certain
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 … [Continue reading]
Escalate and Suffer
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. … [Continue reading]
In Pursuit of Self-Reliance
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 … [Continue reading]
If You Go Looking for a Fight at Work…
One thing I've learned over the years is that quite often you get what you expect to get. This is especially so when it comes to what you expect to get from other people. Are you setting yourself up for a fight, failure, or success? … [Continue reading]
The Secret to Making the Politics Easy
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, … [Continue reading]
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