Category Archives: Personal Coaching
The One Thing That Changes Everything: TRUST
“Like father like son.” And I like them both, both Stephen R Covey who wrote Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, and his son Stephen M R Covey who has brought out a blockbuster of analysis, subtitled The One Thing That Changes Everything. Stephen has analysed what enables human beings to flourish in relationship with each other. He has not only come up with the core value of TRUST but also identified the impact of trust as a tax or a dividend. The main title of the book is The SPEED Of TRUST.
Covey asks us to list who we trust. And who trusts us? He then Read More...
The Myth of Multi-Tasking
The mobile phone has become an intrinsic part of life. If you’ve just got in your car and realised it’s not with you, would you stop to go back? Most would. We dare not be out of contact. The convenience of calling ahead to say we’re going to be late. The availability of support in an emergency. The ability to interrupt our already busy day with messages and calls that other people think are urgent. And now the ability to manage diaries, read and send emails and play games. I wonder how much mobiles are used by motorists? We really do imagine we can sneak a quick look or punch in a quick number before hands free takes Read More...
101 things to do
I’ve had one of those days this week when all the little tasks had built up and I felt overwhelmed by the impossibility of getting through them.
Paralysis might have set in. But … just as we can choose our mood for the day – by which side of the bed we get out of – we can choose our strategy for the tasks we face. I start such a day the evening before by writing a fresh list on a pad, in any order, numbered from one to whatever. Then I allocate a time to each, in units of a quarter of an hour. Time for breaks and lunch is in there. This article is in there (half an hour for that). Then I add it all up and start a Read More...