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Monday, March 8th, 2010Are you easily distracted? I bet you are. If I told you this link led to a list of funny pics of deranged kittens, you’d likely click through and quickly forget our conversation.
That won’t happen this time!
Interruptions do the most damage when we allow their appearance to affect us long after we’ve returned to our [...]
9 Ways To Handle Interruptions Like A Pro
Monday, March 8th, 2010Are you easily distracted? I bet you are. If I told you this link led to a list of funny pics of deranged kittens, you’d likely click through and quickly forget our conversation.
That won’t happen this time!
Interruptions do the most damage when we allow their appearance to affect us long after we’ve returned to our [...]
On “The Substance of Style”
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Review of Virginia Postrel, The Substance of Style (2004, Harper Perennial, Paperback)
Virginia Postrel’s The Substance of Style is a book I’ve been meaning to read for a long time. Postrel has a rare combination of talents: her writing is fluid, vivid, and memorable, her writing is informed by careful economic reasoning, and despite her expertise [...]
On “The Substance of Style”
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Review of Virginia Postrel, The Substance of Style (2004, Harper Perennial, Paperback)
Virginia Postrel’s The Substance of Style is a book I’ve been meaning to read for a long time. Postrel has a rare combination of talents: her writing is fluid, vivid, and memorable, her writing is informed by careful economic reasoning, and despite her expertise [...]
Brilliant Thinkers Relish Ambiguity
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Brilliant thinkers are very comfortable with ambiguity – they welcome it. Routine thinkers like clarity and simplicity; they dislike ambiguity. There is a tendency in our society to reduce complex issues down to simple issues with obviously clear solutions. We see evidence of this in the tabloid press. There have been some terrible crimes committed [...]
Brilliant Thinkers Relish Ambiguity
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Brilliant thinkers are very comfortable with ambiguity – they welcome it. Routine thinkers like clarity and simplicity; they dislike ambiguity. There is a tendency in our society to reduce complex issues down to simple issues with obviously clear solutions. We see evidence of this in the tabloid press. There have been some terrible crimes committed [...]
Don’t Wait for a Breakthrough Moment: Create One!
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Potential and Possibilities
We’ve all had breakthrough moments in our lives. Moments when a switch flicked, a light went on and a door to a new world of potential and possibilities opened up for us. For most of us, the door was always there to be opened but, for a range of reasons, we never turned [...]
5 Types of Emails You Should be Automatically Filtering
Monday, March 1st, 2010How many emails do you have in your inbox right now? Are you an inbox zero freak like me? Or do you have emails piled up and unread that you’re hoping you’ll get time to get to?
I’m not judging – I used to have as messy an inbox as anyone. And even now, if I [...]
How to Confidently Deal with Conflict
Friday, February 26th, 2010I have to tell you that I’m not great at handling conflict. I’d much rather have things run smoothly and make sure that everyone gets along, works together, has fun and delivers great results, so when conflict happens I feel awkward and uncomfortable.
I tend to do what I can to set things up ahead of [...]
Do You React Consciously and Responsibly?
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Carnage in the Toy Store
This morning I went to a local shopping centre (mall) to buy a birthday present for my two year-old pseudo-niece (my business partner’s daughter. Happy Birthday little Jessie!) It proved to be quite the eye-opening experience for the childless (and somewhat clueless) alpha-male. While the shopping part of the trip turned out [...]