by DavidFraser | Apr 11, 2012 | Change, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
We all have power to achieve things or to be a certain way, possibly more than we’re comfortable admitting. As Marianne Williamson said, “it’s not our darkness but our light that most frightens us.” This is quite a different thing from “power over” other...
by DavidFraser | Apr 10, 2012 | Change, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Organizational Learning, People Magic, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Progress on anything challenging typically needs a balance of head and heart perspectives; some emotional intelligence alongside the logic and rationale of the numbers and the processes. Neither on their own will be sufficient. But where to start? Where to meet the...
by DavidFraser | Apr 9, 2012 | Change, Energy, Leadership, Personal Mastery
Forgiving others’ perceived wrongs is such a freeing thing to do, both for them and for us. History shows that those that get the best results over time act as if other people are doing their best, even if they don’t seem to be doing as well as they could. There is a...
by DavidFraser | Apr 4, 2012 | Change, Energy, Leadership, Learning, People Magic, Personal Mastery, Systems, Wisdom
We’re pretty used to being clear about what we want, what our vision is—clear enough that if it showed up, we’d recognize it. But what if we can’t get to that straightaway? That’s where “creative tension” comes in. Creative tension is what Peter Senge (author of...
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...
