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Reframe those obstacles
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
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Bet on yourself
“We’ve been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of all, to prefer fitting in with the right people, the people with economic power. Now it’s your turn to stand up and stand out.” Seth Godin A hangover from the past Seth Godin highlights…
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How big are your questions?
“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” Voltaire Peter Thiel is known for asking big contrarian questions. You could argue that the success he has achieved as a billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist (co-founder of PayPal, Palantir, the first investor in Facebook, and co-author of Zero to One), resulted from the size…
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What would it look like if it were easy?
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo Da Vinci Do you ever find that you seem to be making things harder than they need to be? I know I do. It’s easy to get caught up in details and complexity. You can’t see the forrest for the trees. It could be in work or life. The…
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How does your desk look?
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Take a look at your desk. How does it look? What is it signalling? Is it neat and organised? Or cluttered and confused? Reflection of our inner world The state of our desk (or desktop, inbox)…
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Are you busy being “busy”?
“It’s amazing how many things busy people are doing that will never be missed.” Peter Drucker It’s easy to get caught up being “busy”. Endless emails, meetings, and tasks to complete. Soon our days all become one big blur. It all melts into the same. We feel like we are running on the spot and…
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There is a space between stimulus and response
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor Frankl The easy way is to just blame others or circumstances when things don’t work out. This causes great suffering and unhappiness. Many of the unexpected bad…
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What path are you on?
“A little part of me dies every time someone tells me they’ve taken a job as a “steppingstone” to something else, when they clearly aren’t invested in it. You have one life to live. Time is valuable. If you’re using steppingstones, you’re also likely relying on someone else’s path or definition of success. Make your…
Matt K. Head
Coach & Writer