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Try Not, Do or Do Not
Master Yoda (our little green friend from Star Wars) said something to Luke Skywalker in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. He said: “try not, do or do not”. Luke was ‘trying’ to lift his aircraft using his Jedi powers, and he failed. If you are a NLP Practitioner, you know about the power of words. The words [...]
Continue reading...The Only Real Use for Your Critical Voice
8. September 2007
Self-awareness is often the first step towards growth. But is there any drawback to being a person who’s keenly aware of his environment, his actions and the people around him? You betcha. It’s a tendency to kick himself in the ass for all the mistakes he’s seen himself make throughout the day. You see, the more aware a [...]
Continue reading...Who Owns You?
26. July 2007
Who owns you really? Is it email? TV? Fame? Money? Is it what you drive? What you have or don’t have? That new toy you just can’t live without? Is it your past? Someone you haven’t seen in years? Is it what people say you are? Is it what others think of you? Is it what [...]
Continue reading...Why Stop Bitching When it is Therapeutic?
4. May 2007
I was facilitating a team-building session when an interestingly hostile participant threw this spanner: “My leader is obliged to hear me bitch about things at work! It is therapeutic and allows me to work better!” Being the hard-headed fool that I am, I nodded my head in acknowledgement of her comment. Effectively attracting the spanner to fly [...]
Continue reading...Who Leads Your Reality?
15. April 2007
What’s the difference between someone who’s led around by the nose and someone who does the leading? In Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), we learn about the Law of Prerequisite Variety: the element in any system that has the most flexibility will end up leading the system. Think of little children, they have incredible flexibility. To get you to [...]
Continue reading...What Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, Said On Courage & Death
10. January 2007
In 2004, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, was diagnosed with pancreas cancer. The doctor told him it was almost certainly incurable, and told him he no more than 3 to 6 months to live. What would you do if you were told today you had less than 3 to 6 months to live? The reality of [...]
Continue reading...Why Go On When Life Is Meaningless?
18. December 2006
I was re-watching The Matrix Revolutions the other day during a nice little party with my friends. We were just finishing the chicken wings when we got to this scene near the end of the movie (spoiler alert if you haven’t already seen it!). I loved it because it highlights the key to the question; why [...]
Continue reading...What Are You Grateful For Today?
19. October 2006
After watching The Pianist, the true story of how Vladislav Spelman survived the Holocaust as a Jew living in occupied Poland, I wasn’t only struck by the horrors he endured, but also by how privileged I was living my own life. One of the most effective ways to stop worrying and boost your personal power is [...]
Continue reading...What To Do When You Make Mistakes
4. October 2006
Taking a leaf from Senia’s wonderful quotes posts, and because I seem to have made a few this past week (ouch!), here’s what greatness has had to say about what to do when you make mistakes. Cicero: We must not say every mistake is a foolish one. George Bernard Shaw: A life spent making mistakes is not only more [...]
Continue reading...9 Steps to Transform Stress into Strength
15. August 2006
If you’ve noticed I didn’t write much the previous week, it’s because work has been crazy and I’ve been under a lot of stress. I’m sure you’ve been there too, haven’t you? So how do we thrive in the midst of stress? How do we transform stress into strength so that when the going gets tough, the [...]
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