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'Write a goal down?! Pah - It's all up here in my head...!' Goal setting is a key component of any successful person or business. When this subject comes up there is usually a look of dismay on my clients' face when I explain how important writing them down is, and I...
September update from Mark Tonks & LMI Welcome to latest edition of Shed Loads of Leadership. In this edition a little food for thought, a couple of upcoming events ideal for business networking alongside personal development, an interesting article on the impact...
Restructuring If Bob Costello, VP & Chief Economist of the American Trucking Associations, is right, the recovery has started. This is good news and potentially not such good news. Recently a leader shared with us a challenge we might all be facing. He had cut his...
Your ability to do the right things, at the right time, for right length of time in order to achieve your goals will ultimately be the key element in your success. Staying focused on your high pay off activities is the key to productivity and productivity is the well...
There is a great quote that goes something like this “whatever you achieve in this life is all your fault, what would you be happy to take the blame for?” I’m not sure who said it but it’s brilliant. Let’s face it, footballers blame the referee, students blame their...
Daniel Goleman tells of a friend, Richard Boyatzis, a professor at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western in Ohio. He researched brain imaging to analyze how coaching affects the brain differently when you focus on dreams instead of failings. Boyatzis...
The Total Leader is LMI's Newsletter. Articles this month include: Multiply Success with Motivation Preparing a Motivational Climate Balance Behaviour Styles to Motivate Give your Persuasive Skills a Boost Build a Foundation for Communication Strengthen your Sense of...
5 Reasons Why You Should Take a Nap Every Day by Michael Hyatt I am a habitual nap-taker. I take one almost every day and have for years. I used to feel a little guilty about it—like I was slacking off or something. Then Sam Moore, my predecessor at Thomas Nelson, (a...
The one thing everyone in business has in common is time. We all have 1440 minutes every day. How come some people seem to be able to get more done in their 1440 minutes than others? How come some people seem to be able to take control of their day whilst others are...
WHAT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE? – Ric Elias was a passenger on flight 1579, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? What do you think would go through your mind? In this...