Years ago I worked in the centre of Cape Town.There’s a well-known paved walkway called St.George’s Mall. It is not a mall like you would think of a mall, but since there are shops and businesses on both sides of this walkway, it got the name. Every lunch a few colleagues and I would go…
In the previous article we looked at where we should direct our attention when we have failures. Today I want to go over a tool you can use to turn the failure against itself. So I want you to think of your failures as laboratory experiments. In a laboratory scientists get an idea that a…
Let’s get straight into failures and the tools you can use to turn your failures into victories.The first tool is to not pay attention. You’re probably thinking that I’ve lost it, but bear with me, I will explain! What I am saying is to not pay any attention to your failures. I know we, as…
An interaction between my wife and daughter yesterday made me think of a lesson I learned a while ago about failure. Daughter: Mom, I want candy. Wife: No. Daughter: Please Mom, I want candy. Wife: No, you had candy yesterday. Daughter: (More forceful and hostile) I want candy! Wife: I said no. Daughter: (Now angry)…
Here is the last article in this series. I am going to keep it short and sweet. Get rid of the noise! What I mean with this is to simplify and “clean up” your life. Go through your email accounts and look at any emails you are getting that are not of use to you…
Yesterday I told you a little story to show how, by putting your attention on the wrong things, you can actually damage your business or life. Today we are going to talk about how to safeguard your attention. The first thing is: Stop reading the newspaper or watching the news on TV. Now, you might…
Years ago, when I had my first business, I was always working hard. I was always looking to come up with better strategies to advance my business. I did get it to expand quite fast, but then it would hit a ceiling. Some months at the end of the month I would be sitting late…
I hope you have found the first two articles in this series helpful. Now let’s see how you can use statistics in an organization in general to have the ability to predict the future and to have control. In the previous email we used the example of a salesperson and how he/she would have sub-statistics…
Thus far we looked at some things you can do to get your attention off negative things. Today we are going to look at how you can free up more attention. Make a list of incomplete work and things you have been putting off. Get busy completing them, even if you have to “burn some…