Most people start with the question what’s in it for me or what can you do for me? When you flip that and start asking how can I add value to you, people will respond with enthusiasm and genuine engagement to you.
Start on the little things, the things that most people wouldn’t notice or even care about. As you develop the habit in the small stuff, you will find that it comes very naturally with the big stuff that everyone notices.
This week I was a guest on the Changeability podcast hosted by Julian and Kathryn from Brilliant LIving HQ. We had a fantastic chat about goals, why so many people struggle to achieve their goals and what you can do about keeping your goals on track. Some of the topics we talked about were: Why…
I was recently interviewed by Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting. What was planned to be a conversation about becoming a person of influence turned into much more. We ended up talking about a range of helpful topics for start-ups and entrepreneurs. Some of the other topics we covered were; goal setting, maintaining motivation…
Recently Dr. Jin from Healthy Positive Lifestyle Podcast interviewed me about setting New Year’s resolutions and goal settings. We had a fascinating conversation covering a whole range of reasons about why 92% of people don’t stick to their New Year’s resolutions and only 8% ever realise their goal setting for the new year. If you,…
Why avoiding pain might be holding you back and how learning to push through will set you up for success… I’m a teacher by profession and, one of the most disturbing trends I have observed among students today is their aversion to attempting or pushing through anything that might appear remotely difficult or challenging. On an almost…
Years ago a psychologist named Viktor Frankl stood up to Sigmund Freud. Freud was believed; what humans wanted most in life was pleasure. But Frankl believed humans weren’t seeking pleasure as much as they are seeking a deep sense of meaning. In fact, he went on to say “When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning,…
If there was any doubt this week (it got warm again!), last week’s cold snap well and truly confirmed that winter has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and to top it all off our heater packed it in on the coldest week of the year. I suppose it shouldn’t come as any surprise, winter comes every year at…
I once read a story of a mexican zoo keeper who was cleaning out the elephant enclosure and made a fatal mistake of turning his back on the elephant. The zookeeper was just going about his job, doing what he always did, but suddenly found himself pinned by the elephant against the wall unable to…
Is there an area of your life that you would like to be greater in? A greater parent, greater spouse, greater colleague or even a greater boss? I am discovering that there is one simple thing all great leaders do that can take you from good to great in any area of relationship that you…