Browsing October, 2011
Vulnerability
21/10/2011 · Leave a commentIn this video Dr Brené Brown explains that vulnerability is what gives our lives meaning and purpose. But when we cut ourselves off from the risky business of being vulnerable, we also exclude joy, love and fulfilment. Since these are also the aspects that give us the reserves we need to face adversity, protecting ourselves from feeling vulnerable also makes us less resilient.
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For success, embrace failure
12/10/2011 · Leave a commentBeing comfortable with setback, the possibility of rejection and even failure may be an advantage and a critical factor in achievement and success. Once we embrace failure as a part of the path to success we free ourselves from its drag and can invest more fully in creativity.
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Those who can, do…
5/10/2011 · Leave a commentWhat happens when you decide to take time out and plan to change a life? This is the first instalment of my new journey. While I’m not sure exactly how it’ll turn out, I do know it’s taking me somewhere I want to go. Watch this space!
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Time management, or delusion?
3/10/2011 · Leave a commentGurus of productivity and performance would have us believe there is such thing as time management, but I find that most people are relieved when I announce that time can’t be managed. We all know this really and while I am happy to use the term ‘time management’ as a general concept when talking about personal development and training, we should not use it to delude ourselves.
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One small step…
1/10/2011 · Leave a commentWhere do you start when you want to change something? Often we aim too high by setting ourselves targets that seem unattainable, or are too abstract. Leo Babauta has some answers in The Half Step That Will Change Your Life, and Oliver Burkman discussed the importance of small victories in his column recently.
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The positive power of procrastination
1/10/2011 · Leave a commentProcrastination is often bandied about as implied criticism. I am calling for a new deal for delay, or a proposition for postponing things. Ed Milliband recently spoke about Predators and Producers, those who do nothing and ‘take’ vs those who do something and ‘give’. To stay with the rhetoric of politics, I’m suggesting a third way, Procratination may be Nature’s way of saying ‘not yet’.
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