When was the last time you…
Yesterday I reflected on how quickly things can change. In particular I wrote about the swings in my emotions and my finances over a short period of time. Today I want to reflect on how quickly things can change in terms of the technology and systems we use in our daily lives and the business […]
How Fast Can You Change?
It’s been an interesting week. One week ago had you asked me ‘How’s business?’ I would have said ‘Things are looking up and the best they’ve been looking for 18 months.’ I had 4 projects on the boil. I was excited. And, within a matter of days, everything changed. Whilst one smaller project came through, […]
The Power of Hate
The Power of Infographics Recently, I was searching the web for some really cool infographics. And, on a single page I found a whole host of them. On the surface they looked pretty. And, when I looked a bit closer there was something else going on. The page I found was called ‘Why We Hate […]
How to Design Effective Goals
Setting goals is one thing that sets us apart from our animal cousins. We can plan for the future, they can’t. And, achieving our goals is one thing that separates the successful from the rest. Here we look at the role of goals in life and how good you are at fulfilling them. It’s been […]
7 Ways to Measure Your Progress
One of the keys to achieving your strategic outcomes is to measure your progress. Through measuring you gain feedback on what is working and what is not allowing you to adjust your tactics. In this episode of the Ideas Architect Podcast (#78) we share seven ways to measure your progress: Money Traffic Output Learning Contribution […]
Your Business Story
Previously I shared a key story in identifying my calling and the start of my entrepreneur’s journey. It was sparked by one of the books we rapped at Book Rapper called Power Stories by Valerie Khoo. Your Everyday Business Story Today, I want to share a fundamental story that we all tell whenever we meet […]
What’s Your Calling?
One of the recent books we rapped through Book Rapper was Power Stories by Valerie Khoo. We reviewed this book here. Power Stories contains guidelines for you to create eight important stories for your business. Epic stories equals epic business. The Entrepreneur’s Journey One of the eight business stories to write is your entrepreneur’s journey. […]
What’s Your Gift?
I love to play with words. And, I love phrases that have a double meaning. ‘What’s your gift?’ is one example. I suspect most people will read this as ‘I have a gift or a super power…’ That might be so. And, I want to point to the other way to answer this question. When […]
7 Resilience Lessons from Football
I love sport. And, I love it because I see it as a place to test your limits. I love the physical toughness of the various football codes. I love the finesse and skill of tennis and cricket. And, I love the mental toughness of cycling. The other arena that comes to sport as a […]
CEO of Your Life
Here’s a peak at our latest Book Rapper issue CEO of Your Life. It’s derived from: Clayton Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon, How Will You Measure Your Life. We reviewed this book here… [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] […]