Aim to Have Disciplines, Not to Be Disciplined
Most of us usually cringe at the idea of being disciplined. We have images of that Cr?me Brulee that we really, really want. But we know we really, really shouldn?t. Despite the mounting guilt, we order it and eat it anyway. And we tell ourselves, ?I wish I were more disciplined.? There is a better […]
The “I Don’t Know” Principle
I heard an interview with Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, by Charlie Rose. His insight into humility in leadership made me reach for my remote control and hit rewind. I want to share it with you. Question by Charlie Rose: What is the most important lesson you have learned in the last ten years […]
Improving Our Strengths or Weaknesses?
Your strengths are like the gas pedal of a car, the more you press it the farther you go. Similarly, the more we are living in and improving our strengths, the farther we go in life. But be careful! If growing and using your strengths is like pressing the gas pedal, your weaknesses are like having […]
Create Your Growth Plan Part 2: Book Reading
So you have decided to create a growth plan. Where do you start? A book reading plan! Being exposed to new principles and ideas from books is indispensable if you want to be intentional about your personal development. Authors often spend years researching and documenting their best thoughts and ideas about areas they have wrestled […]
Create Your Growth Plan? Part 1: An Overview
Do you have a growth plan for your personal development? Is it written, specific and measurable? Your success as a professional, spouse, parent, leader, politician, pastor, team member – or whatever your role in life may be – does not primarily depend on your technical knowledge and skills or what you learned from school. My success […]
When Things Go Wrong: It?s Time to Evaluate Maturity
When things go wrong, it?s time to evaluate the maturity of your people, your leaders and yourself!? Don?t be shy?it is at that very moment that you should observe very carefully to see who is ready for what role! In some areas when things don?t go our way, our natural tendency as humans is to: […]
Do You Know How Your People Feel?
Most leaders know what their people do. ?Great leaders know how people feel matters. ?And they do something about it! Do you monitor the pulse of your team? How people feel matters! It is actually what matters most in your leadership! And it matters all the time! Trust me! It matters when change is taking […]
Habits! How To Make Them And Break Them (PART II)
The fact that an astronaut can make a space walk with relative ease just because she repeated that sequence many times on earth is a powerful concept!? It can change our lives. (Please refer to Part I which goes over the basics of habits.) IV. ?FOR HABITS TO BE ?AUTOMATIC,? MINIMAL OR NO CHANGES CAN […]
Habits! How To Make Them And Break Them (PART I)
Habits are imprinted on our brain almost like a tattoo on the skin. ?We can make new ones, but it is hard to remove the old ones! ?Let me share with you what I have learned about habits, and how we can master them so we can master our lives. (Part I of this series […]
The Most Crucial Step Of Growth
It is immersive and aggressive experiences that cause us to leap to the next step. What experiences contribute most to developing leadership to you? They are those in which you have to perform! No ifs, ands or buts! Experiences where you cannot rely or depend on anyone else to make the tough calls and the crucial decisions of a leader. […]