Blackbox Thinking
10th May, 2023 “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself,” wrote Matthew Syed, in his book, ‘Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes-But Some Do’ Studies have shown that we are often so worried about failure that we create vague goals, so […]
‘The mouse trap’
09th May, 2023 A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. “What food might this contain?” the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: “There is a mousetrap in the house! […]
TEAM SPIRIT
08th May, 2023 Not finance, not strategy, not technology, it is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare. A business man gets stranded in a lonely highway in the US. The tyres of his car get stuck badly in a mud pool. He looks around for […]
Slow Down….
07th May, 2023 Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you. To put it simply, your mind is like a car engine: If you always have your pedal to the floor, the engine will redline, overheat, and fail. When you slow down and make time for rest and meditation, you […]
An Email To Self
06th May, 2023 People at the top of their profession are thought to be quite self cantered and sure of themselves. But one of the best-known tech figures of all time had a remarkably poignant take on life and humanity a year before he passed away. In 2010, Steve Jobs had been diagnosed with cancer, […]
The Power of One
05th May, 2023 The Power of One’ is the theory that one person can change the future, that one person’s actions can actually change the lives of many. ‘The Power of One’ is a 1992 drama film directed and edited by John G. Avildsen, loosely based on Bryce Courtenay’s 1989 novel of the same title. […]
The Will to Win
04th May, 2023 Our lives and the work we do rarely follow a straight line, They’re a myriad of dips, twists, turns, catapults, and zigzags. There are people who see you for who you are, and there are people who see you for who you can become. Be the latter for yourself. I recently read […]
‘Small Habits’
03rd May, 2023 Some studies suggest that big dogs are more well-behaved pets. They also point out that bigger dogs usually have better behavior than smaller dogs. But it’s not because they’re inherently better animals; it’s because of humans. We tend to put less effort into the discipline of little dogs because we assume they […]
‘Rule of Thirds’
02nd May, 2023 In my business, we regularly take out some time to reflect on what the past month, past year has been like. Honestly, most times, it’s been a total mix. Some good days, some great days, some okay days, and some pretty bad days. When we have one of these bad days or […]
Self Perception
01st May, 2023 A new day, a new week, A new month, Are you thinking Big? There are so many factors that can hold a person back in this life. Many are circumstantial – a lack of money, education, a stable home environment, connections. These conditions are outside of our control, especially when we’re growing […]