Your market value
It’s one thing to negotiate your position at work by presenting a compelling proposal. It’s another thing to negotiate your position at work by presenting a compelling proposal and knowing your market value. You will be better placed with any negotiation if you have a full understanding of all your options before any discussions are […]
How are you going?
Have you experienced being dissatisfied with a certain situation and internalised your concerns? Did you feel like you couldn’t express yourself, and then the longer your concerns went unaddressed the more you wanted to take dramatic action? And perhaps you did take dramatic action as a result? And yet if you were asked for your […]
Risk appetite
Our risk appetite can fade the more settled we become. We grow averse to opportunities because the benefits aren’t appreciated or the costs are overweighted. Yet the great irony is that this approach becomes the greatest risk of all. It essentially means one path has been chosen to the exclusion of all others. And even […]
What will work for you?
Following on from the Sally Push Up Challenge, I was asked by a friend if I’ve tried intermittent fasting. I have. And long-form fasting. And keto. And veggie smoothies. And fruit smoothies. And no sugar. And no alcohol. I’ve tried a lot of them. While they may seem different, they’re all trying to do the […]
Off key
Warning – this may be the most controversial advice I share. Physically remove the keys on your keyboard which you don’t use but get in your way. This is especially the case for your work keyboard. Before you recoil, hear me out. How many times have you bumped the F1 key but never needed help? […]
Body blows
I find that people are inclined to take immediate action when they are negatively impacted in a material way. Their manager leaves them out of an important meeting. They get passed over for a promotion. They must do a task which causes a lot of personal discomfort. These are the moments that cause pain or […]
Step change
If you’re desiring something different in your career, consider if you are wanting to take an incremental step or make a wholesale change. An incremental step is where you want to do the same job elsewhere, or you want a more advanced position, or you want to progress within your organisation. A wholesale change is […]
Funding secured
Selling a business is an intensive process with no guarantee of success. If you are approached by a potential acquirer with an interest in your business, make sure you are confident of their ability to fund a deal before you engage in the sale process. The same rule applies with property. If you’re looking to […]
The power of compounding
Here’s why it’s so important to make the power of compounding work for you. For this example, let’s start with a nominal amount of 100. For the purpose of this exercise, 100 could represent anything – money, social media followers, a zombie outbreak etc. Now, let’s say this number grows by 20% each year. Here […]
Act on invitations to connect
When you hear a great speaker present and they invite you to contact them afterwards, take it as a genuine invitation to act upon. Many people that want to reach out will hold off from doing so for various reasons. They don’t want to inconvenience them. Or they feel like their message wouldn’t be worth […]