Anything you want to do in life is going to require help from other people. You simply cannot do it all on your own. You can do your best to minimise the involvement of others but you cannot remove them entirely. In many cases, your interaction with others will merely be a quick touchpoint where […]
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Throughout much of my working life, I have had an issue with perfectionism. I wouldn’t take action on things that I really wanted to do until I was sure I could do it perfectly. Of course, this left many things undone. It left many more things being done frantically to meet tight deadlines as I […]
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Micromanaging is a term that is most often used when talking about time management. It is not usually seen as a good thing. It involves trying to manage every little aspect of the job, project, business, etc. I believe a great deal of micromanaging comes from the person having a lack of trust/faith in their […]
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In the part of rural Ireland that I am from, we have a common insult that is used to refer to certain people – ‘a tool’. It means an idiot. But in most uses, it is not that they are any harm to others; if anything, they do more harm to themselves with the way […]
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An old friend of mine used to be a personal trainer. People came to him with a wide variety of challenges, from powerlifting to gaining muscle mass. But by far the most common reason that he was employed was to lose weight. The first thing he would do with these clients was an assessment including […]
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As you progress through life you will constantly learn lessons and develop your own rules and principles. These rules and principles allow you to take shortcuts in your life because you have learned from experience. That does not mean that you can avoid doing the things which really need to be done but you can […]
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My late brother, John, loved sports jerseys. He collected quite a few of them. Even during the 14 months where he was dying of cancer, he was still buying them. When he passed away, I took a number of his jerseys. While he was nearly 5 inches taller than me, he had a smaller build […]
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Have you ever noticed how you are sold this image of your dream life in only a positive manner e.g. take the following steps and you are guaranteed to succeed? Too often, the people who peddle these dreams fail to make any real mention of the uncomfortable truth i.e to succeed at anything you must […]
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Have you heard of Parkinson’s Law? It states – and I’m paraphrasing here – that work expands to fill the time available for completion. In other words, each task you’re working on will take as long as you give it. With Parkinson’s Law, the converse is also true, if you give yourself less time to […]
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Time is one of the most precious resources we must manage. You can make more money, you can increase your energy, you can build new relationships and networks but without time; you can’t do anything. As a coach, I regularly get the opportunity to listen to people as they talk about their goals. It can […]
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