by DavidFraser | Nov 13, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
“Be yourself.” We’re familiar with that advice, and it’s good advice. That way we come across as authentic and “real” to other people, which they like, for the most part. But there’s something we miss, and it makes all the...
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 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 25, 2013 | Change, Leadership
It’s very easy to make this mistake… When advocating a change or something new, it’s very easy to miss out that part of the status quo that is also needed. We’re so familiar—unconsciously familiar—with the way things are at the moment that we’re liable to forget...
by DavidFraser | Sep 18, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Systems
You have to hit it hard enough to knock it over. Unless you can go round it that is, or dismantle it somehow. Assuming you can’t, there’s no point in wasting energy and getting a sore head by repeatedly bouncing off. You need to amass enough energy to push through the...
