by DavidFraser | Apr 3, 2012 | Change, Communication, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
They know the skills we talked about—the ones we practised at the workshop. They reassured themselves about that. They’re quite safe. No cause for concern. No need to change. No need to leave their comfort zone. All is well. Or is it? There’s a difference between...
by DavidFraser | Mar 7, 2012 | Energy, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
You celebrate them, of course. If you’re anything like me though, that’s sometimes after a twinge of envy—a brief moment of wishing for a similar success. That’s not the way of personal mastery, of course. There, others’ success is an enabler, a...
by DavidFraser | Mar 4, 2012 | Change, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People Magic, Personal Story, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
One day he says one thing; the next another. He just doesn’t seem to “know his own mind.” If only he would stick to what he said. Frustrating, but are we really any different? It’s a curious thing… We’re well aware of our own uncertainty about our choices. We...
by DavidFraser | Mar 1, 2012 | Leadership, Learning, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
In a word, “no,” not in my map, anyway. It’s tempting to think personal mastery means complete command of a subject or indeed oneself. But that’s an ideal rather than a reality, even for the most accomplished. Rather, mastery means an acceptance of responsibility to...
by DavidFraser | Feb 25, 2012 | Change, Inspiration, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Personal Mastery
I lately set up a new discussion group on LinkedIn called “Personal Mastery for the Inspirational Leader.” You can join the group here. Well, that’s not the while truth. The group began as “Personal Mastery for the Resourceful Leader”...