An overnight success
You may not have heard of Beeple, but as Ron Burgundy would say, he’s kind of a big deal right now. Mike Winkelmann is a digital artist known as Beeple. His works are hitting record prices at auctions, due to a new technology called NFTs (or non-fungible tokens). NFTs are basically a way for people […]
Servant leadership
LeBron James is considered one of the greatest NBA players in history. He’s often compared to Michael Jordan, but he stands out in a very unique way. Michael was known for having more of an antagonistic leadership style, perhaps best characterised by his sentiment that “there’s no i in team, but there is in win”. […]
Gotta catch ’em all
Pokemon Go was a massive hit when it launched in 2016, and while it experienced a little trough in popularity, it made record revenue last year of $1 billion and has had over 600 million unique downloads to date. While these stats are amazing, the most incredible one that stayed with me is this: If […]
The best questions create more questions
At school there was always an answer to a question. Even when you struggled to understand a concept, you knew there was an answer waiting for you at the end of that struggle. As you’d already know, the big questions in life don’t have simple answers like the questions at school. We’re not guaranteed there […]
It never rains but it pours
Momentum is a powerful concept, both on the upside and the downside. If you are actively working towards meaningful change, there may be a lot of time before results occur – but then suddenly it feels like it’s all coming at once. The trick is to stay the course. The inverse is also true, so […]
Thank you and please
When I was in primary school, the administration had this poem on their counter: Thank you and pleaseAre two little keysThat open up two little doorsIf you say one, you’ll get somethingIf you say two you’ll get more. If you’re really striving to do things in life that deliver big results, manners would have to […]
Anchors away
When two people are negotiating, but neither person really knows the value of what they’re negotiating, be sure to begin the negotiation by throwing in an extreme number in your favour. The reason is that humans have a tendency to anchor themselves to a starting point when the parameters aren’t clearly defined. And the party […]
Making better promises
Here’s another way to think about how much you’ve grown – how have your promises changed overtime? As you develop, you gain skills, connections, awareness and confidence. With these qualities, you gain more trust with others to achieve greater things. Essentially, the promises you are able to make and keep are a benchmark for the […]
Holding on to a decision
When you commit to a decision, there is a bias that creeps in where we tend to evaluate it more positively than other options. It helps to be aware of this bias, especially when new information appears that should cause you to take action and you don’t. When I was working in funds management, we […]
Tale as old as time
Sometimes we hold onto a desire to change for so long it becomes part of our identity. This is revealed in the stories we tell others, which usually begin like a fairytale: “One day I’ll travel the world….”“Tomorrow I’ll start the diet….”“Someday I’ll finish learning Latin….” If you’ve found yourself telling this type of story […]