Career Planning, Learning and Performance

The problem a lot of employees have during their work is they get paid to perform a specific set of actions, so they rarely tend to do anything outside of these.  Why should they if they’re not getting paid to?  That’s the common mentality. Unfortunately, the deal they’ve agreed to keeps them firmly in place, [...]

Most people seem to throw around the idea that you must be a big ‘risk taker’ to make it in business.  It’s a viral message passed between people who haven’t thought about it enough.  Unfortunately it gets passed on to some poor hopeful who is rather risk-averse.  He definitely doesn’t want to risk making himself [...]

A lot of people come out in a rash when they hear the word ‘theory’. Theory is boring isn’t it?  We want the fun, hands on, useful practical stuff.  What you may not consider though is that the practical experience came before the theory (and will come again if we apply it).  The theory, usually, [...]

When you say ‘yes’ to a task or activity, remember you’re simultaneously saying ‘no’ to a whole lot of others. When you say ‘yes’, make sure you acknowledge what you’re saying ‘no’ to. Are you saying ‘no’ to something more important? Are you saying ‘no’ to something that will have a bigger impact on your [...]