Career Planning, Learning and Performance

. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? No idea. Which came first your career or your lifestyle? Erm… well, your lifestyle had a say in your career choice of course. But your career choice has determined your current lifestyle and will continue to do so.  So, do you enjoy your lifestyle inside and [...]

. PicApp Image Here’s a productivity lesson I’ve derived from sales training. Ever heard the old sales training advice ‘ABC’?  Always Be Closing.  If you’re not in sales you might have heard it in movies like Glengarry Glen Ross or Boiler Room (two excellent movies by the way that everyone should watch if they want [...]

I’m going to show you how you can make a huge leap of progress in your career. I meet plenty of people through my work, all at different stages in their career.  It doesn’t take me long to decide which of three general attitudes they have towards their work: 1.  There are those who think [...]

. . If you could work from home, would you? I find myself having or hearing this conversation a lot. Many people surprise me by saying, ‘I just couldn’t work from home’. What ‘Working From Home’ Really Means What they may be overlooking, is once you work ‘from home’ you’re pretty much managing yourself. So [...]

A major choke point to improved performance (and the resulting personal rewards) occurs directly after having learned something potentially useful. Thats when all your efforts can fall down. Translating new knowledge, skills and behaviors back to the job is a huge weakness and limitation for most people. Let me tell you one thing about turning [...]

A major choke point to improved performance (and the resulting personal rewards) occurs directly after having learned something potentially useful. Thats when all your efforts can fall down. Translating new knowledge, skills and behaviors back to the job is a huge weakness and limitation for most people. Let me tell you one thing about turning [...]

A major choke point to improved performance (and the resulting personal rewards) occurs directly after having learned something potentially useful. Thats when all your efforts can fall down. Translating new knowledge, skills and behaviors back to the job is a huge weakness and limitation for most people. Let me tell you one thing about turning [...]

Are you playing a game you can win? Are you currently playing in a league you can win? If not, choose a game, or league, or career that you can win. Choose your competition so that you can win in certain areas (and get rewarded appropriately). Of course at the same time you want to [...]

Are you playing a game you can win? Are you currently playing in a league you can win? If not, choose a game, or league, or career that you can win. Choose your competition so that you can win in certain areas (and get rewarded appropriately). Of course at the same time you want to [...]

. . I just finished reading Harvey Mackay’s new book ‘Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door’ which in my opinion had some useful tips in, but was nothing particularly ground breaking.  There were two major points that stood out to me that people should take on board above all others.  The [...]