Tag: development
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Splash Back
I have began swimming again recently, I found that I was needing to change the way I start my day and how I felt about myself and the constant feeling of being behind from the minute I woke up. I was challenged by the 5am club (I haven’t looked at anything in this regard, however…
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Change – Are you holding back?
Change can be daunting for us; change brings elements of fear. So why do many of us live a life which we are not happy with, but don’t act on changing it? Often it is a matter of working out what ‘your perfect life looks like’; then work out what you need to do to…
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Gift – Have you opened yours yet?
When you observe at Christmas, or a child’s birthday; we watch as they unwrap their gift, they then sit and play with the wrapping paper. Oblivious to the gift which was inside that wrapping; are you stuck looking at the pretty paper, enjoying and playing with the wrapping? All of us got gifts Whether you…
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Fear – Is it driving you or you driving fear
Fear is a very powerful force; every day we make our decisions based on fear. Whether it is a conscious or sub-conscious decision it comes from a place of fear. Fear of losing your job and standing up for yourself and what your rights are; fear of not being able to provide for your family;…
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Picture Frame: Are you getting the Answers you seek?
When you feel you aren’t getting the answers you like to your question; look at how you are framing your question. Often we feel we don’t make progress and get the expected outcome; when really our question is being answered; we are more often not phrasing or asking the question we mean to. Not just…
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Consistency is key
Consistency is key It doesn’t really matter what specifics you are looking at, managers look at consistency within their staff. Someone is consistently late; someone is consistently exceeding the goals set for them. It also applies to what you say and how this represents you, if you are always changing your view and your argument…
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An old dog, new tricks
We are all familiar with the phrase “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, but is this really true? Or do we use this as an excuse to avoid learning? We want to stay in our comfort zone, because exactly that; it’s comfortable. With an always growing world and technology is changing the way…
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Dress to Impress
Often people will dress to be comfortable, this is important and I thought to deal with this first will set the pace for the rest. Being comfortable is important, and so is being unique. Each day we meet new people, and they will make a judgement of us at our first encounter. You get that…
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Importance of Communication
Many companies have different methods of communication, some are great others are not so. The key is to keep all parties in “the loop”, often management knows what is happening and almost forget that their staff weren’t in the meeting these things were discussed in. A good form of communication is email distribution lists, management…
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Sport of Business
Is there a possibility that business is a sport, each company is a team? Each industry is like a different sport, football, soccer, hockey, etc. Each industry has rules as such and ‘best business practices’, as each team has a different strategy and a different outcome and goal. The management decides the players they want,…