by DavidFraser | Aug 7, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
It’s a big step to believe that what we experience “out there” is a reflection of what we have “in here.” Such a big step, that the implications continue to dawn on us throughout our lives even after we’ve accepted the basic...
by DavidFraser | Aug 5, 2013 | Change, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
It’s an easy trap to fall into. In fact, it’s not so much a trap as the normal course… We act today to justify how we were yesterday. And we do the same tomorrow, and the next day and the next day… I know I’ve done this—many times. We all do it, I think....
by DavidFraser | Aug 2, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Sometimes they creep up on us… New options, that is. We don’t notice at first. We’re so busy working on our current options—well, actually, our old options—that we don’t notice new ones have opened up. I know I’ve done this—kept going with something that’s no...
by DavidFraser | Jul 27, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Organizations
We seem to live in divergent times… On the one hand, corporate organisations are becoming more procedural, more numbers-driven, more top-down in their approach. (That’s a generalisation of course, and perhaps not even an accurate one, and there are certainly...
by DavidFraser | Jul 19, 2013 | Change, Leadership
We want people to be consistent. It makes it easier. We know where we stand. Or do we? Where we stand might be an illusion, if the other person isn’t being real. Being genuinely consistent requires us to be certain, but as Richard Bandler said, “Any time you feel...
by DavidFraser | Jun 28, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Learning, Wisdom
We won’t achieve change in an organisation or in the world at large until we put our own house in order, whatever that may exactly entail. Our personal change work may well have a different form from what we perceive needs to happen in an organisation. On the other...