by DavidFraser | Apr 22, 2015 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
What really is a priority? It so often seems urgent things are the priority and sometimes they undoubtedly are. The trouble is if we keep doing the urgent at the expense of what will make a long-term difference, we gradually become more and more sub-optimised and less...
by DavidFraser | Apr 13, 2015 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
We know we need feedback: We need other people to let us know how we are doing; to challenge our ideas; and to shake our assumptions (especially if they are out of date). That doesn’t mean we necessarily enjoy the process, of course. Often it’s distinctly...
by DavidFraser | Apr 1, 2015 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
Ok, we probably need to stop before getting on to the gold plating, but how thorough do we really need to be, in practice? Perfectionism probably isn’t the ideal trait, in most situations. We need cost-effectiveness too. There’s a difference between...
by DavidFraser | Mar 30, 2015 | Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
We perhaps tend to think of “brand” from the purely business point of view of supporting a premium price for a product or attracting customers. But the concept is also very relevant to relationships at the individual level. If we have a favourable personal...
by DavidFraser | Mar 25, 2015 | Leadership, Learning, Personal Mastery
Is this true? Watching my early teenage years children struggle at times to focus on their homework in the face of diverse and increasing electronic distractions, I wonder whether their generation is growing up in the most distracting environment there has ever been....
by DavidFraser | Mar 18, 2015 | Personal Mastery
One thing writing teaches you is, when you get going, keep going. When you’ve overcome your own inertia, keep that boulder moving. Lots of other things are like that too. But what about planning and prioritising? Don’t we need to stop and assess our...
