by DavidFraser | May 14, 2014 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
The studies show that having written goals makes all the difference to what we achieve, and the more we have to lead ourselves, the more that is probably true. But how exactly do you write them down? For years, I’ve just made a list with some dates—several pages...
by DavidFraser | Apr 30, 2014 | Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Some lessons keep coming round, for me they do anyway… Getting focused has a double benefit—probably more than double actually. Dropping some tasks—disengaging from some projects or organisations—has the obvious benefit of freeing up some time. But it’s much...
by DavidFraser | Apr 28, 2014 | Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
I imagine you’ve had this experience… Someone keeps repeating a behaviour that causes problems for everyone else. “Why do they keep doing that?” we ask ourselves. “Why do they not see that there are going to be consequences? Why don’t they change?” The answer of...
by DavidFraser | Apr 23, 2014 | Leadership, Personal Mastery
It’s a strategy for corporate or organisational survival… “Getting the issue off my desk” (and onto someone else’s). I think we all do this, one way or another—in our personal lives too. It’s one way of coping with the volume of communication we have to deal...
by DavidFraser | Apr 9, 2014 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
…em, quite hard. That’s my experience anyway. Doesn’t mean it isn’t the right principle though, just that it isn’t that easy to achieve, especially if our vision isn’t very clear. I remember… The amazing effect of putting some...
by DavidFraser | Apr 2, 2014 | Personal Mastery
… our first thought might be to push back. If someone treats us as a resource to be drawn upon; as someone they can “unload” with; as a person who will always have resilience for them, it can be a load to carry, of course, but it’s also a compliment. It means...
