by DavidFraser | Nov 20, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
It’s tempting to try and reconcile things. It resolves that cognitive dissonance that so bothers us. We prefer to eliminate tension, and so we should when we can. It’s good to reduce differences or apparent differences. But sometimes… The division is...
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 | 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 | Sep 27, 2013 | Change, Learning, Personal Mastery
Be careful you don’t get in this situation… You’ve said you have a capability in such and such. It turns out you actually aren’t very good at it. You could get help. But you can’t accept help because you’ve said you can do whatever it is. Then you’re really...
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...
by DavidFraser | Sep 17, 2013 | Influence, Learning, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
You and your unconscious. How have you been getting along lately? I’m serious. You’re like two people: One being your conscious mind, and the other that person in the background who actually runs most of your life, and your relationships with other people for that...
