Career Planning, Learning and Performance

Here’s the litmus test: are you proud of what you do in your work? Be honest. If not, what exactly are you going to do about it? Everyone can earn a living doing something they’re proud of, including you, despite your fears, excuses and current lack of ideas.  But YOU have to find it.  Time [...]

What career related challenge are you currently facing that you’d like some help with? I often receive emails from people asking for help. I always reply, but of course per person that’s a huge demand on my time.  Of course, the same questions often come up, so I’d like to do my best to answer [...]

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Lack of ideas, and therefore options prevents many of us from heading down new paths and trying new things.  The thing is, once you take your first step towards something new, lack of ideas is no longer a problem.  Once you’ve decided and stepped forward, your mind is no longer split and your focus tightens.  [...]

A lot of people in my seminars say to me ‘but I’m not a creative thinker’.  What they don’t realise is that they have the ability, they just don’t know how to turn it on. Here’s one way: Whatever area you’re trying to get creative solutions for, list the common popular solutions (the way it’s [...]

One of the biggest reasons why it’s so hard to get in to certain employment or career positions is that there’s too much competition.  These days it’s worse than ever.  Far too much noise. Yet people insist on competing at this level against the thousands.  The person who gets to the top at this level [...]

I sent this post out as a newsletter back in 2008. For those who missed it, it’s worth a look: My advice this month was given to me 10 years ago by a colleague who I deeply respected.  It still holds true and I often think about it.  He explained to me that to increase [...]

Hate to say it but most people are ineffective.  They often don’t get the job done on time AND they don’t get home on time.  No one wins. Effective habits don’t come naturally to us.  Our default setting is ‘ineffective’.  And ‘effectiveness’ was never a subject at school.  It would be ironic in my opinion [...]

Often you don’t need to learn theory by attending a course or reading – you can extract it yourself from examples and analogies that you’re already aware of.  It’s an incredibly powerful way to learn and make highly memorable connections in your mind. Use What You Know Learning is attaching what you don’t know to [...]

This post can help you tighten up your entire approach in your work.  You’ll increase your productivity based on how much thought you’re prepared to put into this.  Despite how unproductive you may feel airlines are from a passenger perspective, they always strive to be more productive and produce a slicker turn around.  Their survival [...]