Career Planning, Learning and Performance

Attention Mind Mappers! First, Why You Really Should Mind Map I’ve loved mind mapping for years.  Mind mapping has improved the quality of my thinking and learning, helped me generate thousands of ideas, helped me plan for my business, my work and personal life as well as saved me time and effort in many areas.  [...]

One of the best things I ever did was become addicted to eating frogs. No, it’s not from my years dining out when living in Belgium, it’s ‘productivity speak’ for ‘getting the biggest, ugliest, hardest thing of the day done first’. I learned the idea of eating the frog first thing in the morning from [...]

. 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 [...]

Really?  You can be more productive than your computer allows you to be? Yep.  Well, of course your computer is the right tool for certain jobs.  But it’s all too easy to get lazy and try to do everything via your computer.  Ultimately, using your computer for too many things chokes your productivity. Ever heard [...]

Its about time I nailed this. Positive thinking is encouraged everywhere you look these days. But I think it can land some people in trouble. How to Think Smart Smart thinking requires looking at potential consequences, both positive and negative of decisions and actions in the short, medium and long term. You want to check [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Reading time 3 mins At the end of this post I offer you 4 decisions to sort your life and career out.  Don’t jump straight to them or you’ll fail to understand and do anything about them. Learn to Get Whatever You Want ‘Learning’ is the key to just about anything.  Anyone can learn how [...]