Tag: personal development
-
Investing in yourself
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin It always seemed short-sighted to me that leaders in many organisations were hesitant to spend money on learning and development for their staff. During tough economic times, training budgets were always one of the first to be slashed. Another problem with organisational learning is…
-
New Year routines – revisiting the idea of managing energy, not time
“Managing energy, not time, is the key to high performance and personal renewal.” Loehr & Schwartz, The Power of Full Engagement I had high aspirations for the Christmas and New Year break. In the lead up to the break, I had been busy doing some freelance contract work in finance (the career I am gradually…
-
Embrace it, change it, improve upon it
“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you. And you can change it; you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. And the minute you understand that you can poke life and actually something will, you know if you push…
-
Do you deserve what you want?
“To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people.” Charlie Munger We always want what we don’t have. We dream, but we don’t always make a solid plan to move towards that dream. We aren’t…
-
Easy or hard choices
“Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” Jerzy Gregorek This quote made me pause and reflect on the choices I make in my life. Do I make enough hard choices? Should I be making more hard choices? Hard vs easy choices I understand hard choices as being those things which are challenging to get…
-
Why wait to be happy
“Above all, there is one mistake you cannot afford to make, you cannot wait until you have solved all your problems to be happy.” – Sam Harris Most of us believe that “one day” we will be happy, when we accomplish everything. But the problems never stop. Life is a series of never ending problems.…
-
Reinvent yourself
“He not busy being born is busy dying.” – Bob Dylan Many of us have had to find ways to reinvent ourselves during these difficult times. I know I have. What I have found is that through struggle and then reinvention also comes great meaning and fulfillment. Although it has been challenging, it feels more…
-
Choose your inputs wisely
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Jim Rohn Be mindful of what is influencing your thinking during these challenging times. It’s easy to get sidetracked down a path or fear reading news or social media for eight hours a day, or maybe settling into binge-watching whole seasons…
-
Time for something new
I started feeling a bit tired of the repetitive and ordinary. So I am trying to take a few more risks and shake things up a bit. I never used to be much of a risk taker until I decided to move overseas to London several years ago. That really changed things for me and…
-
You are what you choose to become
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” Carl Jung It’s time to let go of what happened in the past. Maybe you accepted the wrong job and got stuck in an unfulfilling career. Perhaps you made terrible choices which cost you some relationships, time or money. It’s important…