The Tension
The 2 Voices
One of the reasons podcasts have become so popular of late is the intimate
connection between the listener and the
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The psychology of creative work and personal development
Coaching
Coaching: Spinning our Wheels
Here’s a question I hear from time to time.
What is coaching for?
It’s a simple question, but
Learning, Education & Growth
Study Skills: The Reading Mesh
At the edges of Manhattan’s East Village are a cluster of student residence
halls for New York University, more
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Beyond the 1 hour meeting
The 1 hour slot has long been the default meeting duration – whether team
gatherings, introductory coffees, or job interviews.
While
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7 Lessons from Jim Collins on The Tim Ferriss Show
> “I’m not really a business author; I just happen to have used companies as the
method to study
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The Prestige
> “Now you’re looking for the secret.
But you won’t find it because of course, you’re not
Learning Innovation
80/20 in Group Dynamics
In a group of say a dozen people, you may notice 80% of the people speak. 20%
don’t.
In
Coaching
The arcade of the multiple mirrors
Let’s take a trip to a theme park.
This theme park is expansive, multi-layered, and stretches out as far
The Tension
Pressure brings performance - or does it?
> “Pressure brings performance”
You may have heard this saying.
It’s a nice maxim, but is it just a
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The Gallery
It’s time for your next show.
Take a moment to see in your mind’s eye a spacious, empty
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A simple way to overcome nerves and anxiety in a first meeting
Some people are lucky enough to be assertive, confident and charming no matter
who they’re meeting with.
If you’
Battle Scars
Getting to grips with my Inner Critic
The inner critic is something we all hear from time to time.
During a recent coaching session with one of
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Rules of the Game
The first exercise in this wonderful little cartooning and illustration book is
to draw an oval with three lines through
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
The key to spreading your ideas
In last week’s episode of his Akimbo podcast, Seth Godin tells a story about
blue tit birds.
You can
The Tension
Trade-offs
A lot of life seems to be about trade-offs.
Experimentation / Focus
Enough / Perfect
Altruism / Business
Creativity / Critique
Smart / Casual
Risk
Resources
Workshop Slide Deck (guided): Lifecycles in products, companies, and careers
Introduction
This is a workshop session I designed and facilitated in Summer 2018 (annotated
and abbreviated version, with some classroom
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Navigating Uncertainty: Climbing the Ladder, Going out to Sea
When we are learning something new there are usually some guardrails in place.
We’re learning how to DJ in
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The trouble with saying No
A few years ago Derek Sivers wrote a popular post called Hell Yeah, or No.
[https://sivers.org/hellyeah]
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