Taking people along with you

Taking people along with you

It’s remarkable how often this comes up as a theme: the challenge of getting a group of people on board with a course of action. Our natural inclination is often that the hard task in a situation is working out what to do and the easy bit is taking other people...
If we let go of the big goal…

If we let go of the big goal…

It’s seem slightly paradoxical, doesn’t it? If we put our big goal out of our mind and just focus on getting small things done, it’s easier to take those minor steps—to do the mundane. And so we make more progress towards our main objective. The...
The importance of sifting

The importance of sifting

It’s surprising what a difference it makes, thinking over our experiences and learning. You’d imagine that if we put all that stuff into our heads the process would be automatic after that—that we could rely on our brains to process everything comprehensively; to form...
Learning our lines

Learning our lines

We often invest a considerable amount of time learning about a new skill or way of thinking. We might read a book, for instance. But then we tend to fail to go that little bit further that would bring us a real return on our investment of time and effort: We...