by DavidFraser | Feb 3, 2023 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
What’s your habitual time unit of focus? An hour, a day, a week, a month – or more – or less? What quantum of time do you block out for a singular, intense task? Probably all intervals of time have their place, depending on what you need to get done, though, of...
by DavidFraser | Jan 9, 2017 | Business, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
How often do you review your goals (assuming you set some in the first place, of course)? Obviously, it’s traditional to set personal goals at the turn of the year and it’s a good idea. It’s a good time to do it too, because we need a bit of downtime to reflect on...
by DavidFraser | Jun 8, 2016 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
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...
by DavidFraser | Jun 1, 2016 | Personal Mastery
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...
by DavidFraser | May 25, 2016 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
It’s so tempting for the “boss,” especially if they are also the owner of the business to assert their authority and tell people what to do, just because they can. It feels like a right, or even just “right.” That might be why they set up...
by DavidFraser | May 18, 2016 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
Review rarely—if ever—seems the most pressing thing to do: Taking a step back to reflect on our direction and to review our aims. We almost always have something clamouring for our attention right now: Something that needs to be done, if not straightaway, then pretty...