A poor tradesman blames his tools… A poor salesman blames the market. A person late to a meeting blames the traffic! But the buck should always stop with you! Today, can you go the whole day without blaming anyway or anything? If not the whole day then how about 1 hour? If not 1 hour, […]
Category: Stoicism
It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?
I came across this quote from Henry David Thoreau the other day and it resonated hard. We’ve all been busy fools on occasion so it’s important to regularly check in with yourself. Set a daily reminder and pause for a minute in your hectic live to ask, “Is this absolutely necessary?” Quite often, you’ll probably […]
The obstacle becomes the way…
“While it’s true that someone can impede our actions, they can’t impede our intentions and our attitudes, which have the power of being conditional and adaptable. For the mind adapts and converts any obstacle to its action into a means of achieving it. That which is an impediment to action is turned to advance action. […]
Character is fate…
“You should invite to your table because they are deserving, others because they may come to deserve it…” -Seneca Similar to the ‘ready now’ vs ‘future ready’ concept in recruiting leaders, if you are someone who is not quite there with the required experience or competency but you have the right the character: – the […]
Remember this : You’re not lazy!!
We all have days were we get to the end of the day and feel like we’ve showed up but we’ve nothing to show for it. We’ve been busy but achieved little! It’s happens, don’t beat yourself up too much Make today a good one! 💪 A quick reset: What happened yesterday that prevented you […]
What you say ‘YES’ to today, you are saying ‘NO’ to something else…
REMEMBER! What you say ‘YES’ to today, you are saying ‘NO’ to something else… Time is a zero sum game. If one of your meetings overruns by 10 minutes – something or someone will have to be sacrified later on. If a collegue or employee comes to you with something ‘urgent’, whatever you’re doing will […]
Make ‘looking for a new job’ a habit
‘Every habit and capability is confirmed and grows in its corresponding actions, walking by walking, and running by running…therefore, if you want to do something make a habit of it.’ -Epictetus The old cliche is that ‘looking for a job is a full-time job’, well that’s because it’s largely true. If you want to find […]