by DavidFraser | Aug 2, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Sometimes they creep up on us… New options, that is. We don’t notice at first. We’re so busy working on our current options—well, actually, our old options—that we don’t notice new ones have opened up. I know I’ve done this—kept going with something that’s no...
by DavidFraser | Jul 29, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
Sometimes it feels like we’re actors in a drama, just showing up on stage and saying our lines. We’re creatures of habit. We repeat the same patterns over and over, unconsciously for the most part. That’s also true of our interactions with other...
by DavidFraser | Jul 27, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Organizations
We seem to live in divergent times… On the one hand, corporate organisations are becoming more procedural, more numbers-driven, more top-down in their approach. (That’s a generalisation of course, and perhaps not even an accurate one, and there are certainly...
by DavidFraser | Jul 19, 2013 | Change, Leadership
We want people to be consistent. It makes it easier. We know where we stand. Or do we? Where we stand might be an illusion, if the other person isn’t being real. Being genuinely consistent requires us to be certain, but as Richard Bandler said, “Any time you feel...
by DavidFraser | Jul 3, 2013 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Project management
Depending on our background, certain kinds of tasks are easier to tackle than others because different types of work require different mindsets… Smaller, more discrete tasks can be worked on until they’re finished. (Good to do the high priority ones first, but...