/ Mother Imperfect
Sorry Forest; life’s not like a box of chocolates. It’s more a binary game of balance that proves for every win, there’s a loss. We had a great roast last night. We had friends around; newish friends that we don’t know terribly well and it was the perfect night to throw a casual night dinner […]
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Building culture remotely with better questions
How do we build our workplace culture when everyone is working remotely? How do we embed the values and behaviors that are meaningful to us as an organisation when everyone is zooming from their own offices and houses connecting only via screen? How do we lift the substance of our conversations and our questions, to […]
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Ultralearning
Ultralearning is a strategy for aggressive, self-directed learning. Self-directed means that, rather than waiting to pay for expensive tuition and tutors, you can take back control. Aggressive means that, instead of spending years at something without getting great, your limited time and effort are always directed towards what works. More from Scott Young here.
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What story do you tell yourself about why you can’t?
Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash Our conscious mind is volitional and even as we acknowledge that we might have the opportunity, the resources and the capability; we may set the goals, make the decisions to do the work we’d like to do . . we can still get in our own way. […]
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Learning to read. Again.
Think you mastered reading in high school? Think again. Reading effectively for understanding and knowledge is different to reading for entertainment.
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Most business challenges . . are people challenges.
In the first life post-university I was a consultant for much of the time; you know what they say . . the younger you are . . the more you know, and I had so many answers and strategies . . on such good looking power point. In the second block I joined my husband […]
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When Feedback calls.
You’ve reached IQ. Thanks for calling. I’m not listening right now but feel free to leave a message and if the voice to text service works properly, I might scan it later if I have a few minutes to kill. Or not.
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Once upon a moment of tension
Feedback is either a crutch or a weapon. Use feedback to make your work smaller, safer and easier for you to deal with. Or use it as a lever, to further push you to embrace what you’re capable of and what might scare you. Read More Here @ See Seth’s children’s book for big people […]
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A wider view
How might we un-attach ourselves from our own personal experience here?
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