by DavidFraser | Nov 12, 2013 | Leadership, Organizational Learning, Relationship Skills
We all have assumptions—beliefs about the world. We hold them pretty tight usually. We act in accordance with these beliefs, often rather unaware we’re doing so. Indeed, they tend to become part of who we are. The result is our sense of identity gets tied up with our...
by DavidFraser | Nov 3, 2013 | Learning, Relationship Skills
We all have them—those people in our lives we struggle to deal with effectively. And if we find a solution with one, we can be pretty sure there’ll be another along in a minute. It’s tempting to deal with these “difficult” people, or at least the ones we experience as...
by DavidFraser | Nov 1, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Wisdom
Personally, I’m very much in favour of going to the source, and seeking out others’ experience, especially when their achievements are significant. It seems to me they’re worth paying attention to and I take some convincing we know better than they do. I value today’s...
by DavidFraser | Oct 30, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
So much comes down to belief. After all… What does “impossible” really mean? Only that no-one yet believes that such-and-such can be done (running a 4-minute mile, being a famous example). What about “impossible” for you? Only that you don’t yet believe you can...
by DavidFraser | Oct 28, 2013 | Learning, Relationship Skills
Funny how new perspectives come up when you least expect it, like when chatting with a new contact… I’ve often explained “relationship mastery” (the subject and title of my book) as taking an attitude of continual learning about interpersonal relationship...
