Decision Making – How do successful people make them?

110_F_49648446_UTAi9lJ4sxrWFhtTuOM4DDG1GJhJoDc9Have you ever struggled to make a decision? Have you been in a situation where there is more than 1 option, knowing that a course of action needs to be taken, and yet cannot determine which way to go, or worse still, you fail to make a decision at all?  I have, and as I reflect back on my life and the decisions I have made, I recognise the number of times where I have been faced with either a challenge or an opportunity, and for whatever reason, I either made a poor decision or no decision at all, resulting in missed opportunities in my career, business or relationships.  And it got me thinking – how do successful people make decisions? Is there a specific strategy that they employ that maximises their chances of success?  What separates the people who seem to always have the golden touch, from those who don’t seem to have the success they are looking for? This lead me on a quest to understand what sets apart successful people and the not so successful in terms of decision making. What I discovered was 4 key decision making strategies, that when implemented, resulted in strong committed decisions, and significantly improved outcomes: Continue reading

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The 6 Most Important Principles of Leadership

110_F_50589232_ZIO9DlA24mtDOJB2as48AOkCpKBUDrldA couple of months ago, a group of business colleagues and I were enjoying a very in-depth and intriguing conversation around what makes an outstanding leader. Whilst each of us are now running our own business or are in a position of authority and responsibility, we all seemed to have different backgrounds, had been brought up with different values and had enjoyed the benefit and the challenge, of strong leaders, coaches and mentors along our journey. As such, it was interesting to listen to and understand what leadership meant to each of the members of the group. We spent hours discussing, and sometimes debating, what we thought was the top leadership principle that we had embraced and utilised to achieve the results we had achieved thus far. Out of the discussion, one thing became very clear – we all had different perspectives on the number one leadership principle. Continue reading

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The 4 Levels of Thinking & Experience

110_F_38152814_kE5AtKHuw9eGq0uVXTqClmbKMDI3oR0ORecently I spent an extraordinary weekend with a couple of exceptional people, both of whom have built extremely successful businesses and who now spend the majority of their time mentoring other business owners on how to take their business to the next level. It was a fascinating experience, and one where absolutely no question was off limits – in fact, both business owners literally “lifted the lid” off their businesses and shared the key insights and blueprints on how they have been able to build such sustainable and replicable businesses. Of all the gold nuggets and pearls of wisdom they shared that weekend, there was one conversation that really shook me to the core and made me really stop and think – they shared the 4 Levels of Thinking & Experience. Continue reading

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Guard Your Thoughts

Guard & ProtectI have been doing a great deal of thinking lately, in particular in relation to the following principle written by James Allen over 100 years ago –

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he”. Is it really true that what we think about, we become? Do thoughts really become things? To be brutally honest, I really don’t know. However, the research suggests that philosophers the world over agree on one overriding principle – we do become what we think about.

If this is the case, then I have realised just how critical it is to control my thinking. I am now starting to better understand that my level of thinking controls my moods, it controls what I say, it controls my actions, and ultimately it controls my character and destiny. Continue reading

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2014 – Your Best Year Yet

110_F_60549504_gXN4KLZNPFZFDKKhPDMLzd7HBoxFTz4zAs 2013 draws to a close, it is a perfect time to reflect on the year that has been. Has the year brought you the level of happiness and fulfilment that you expected?  Have you managed to ‘tick off’ those New Year’s Resolutions you made on January 1st 2013? Did you manage to help someone else achieve their dreams this year?

Or are you no closer to your dreams than you were 12 months ago?  Consider what is standing in your way of your fulfilment and satisfaction. Continue reading

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Responsibility

“A Person is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions” – As A Man Thinketh

These wonderful words were written by James Allen over 100 years ago, and yet they resonate as strongly today as they did at the turn of the 20th Century. A person who believes they are at the mercy of external conditions and events, and that they are the ‘victims of circumstance’ has given up their power. They have handed the power of their life over to circumstances.

How often have you heard someone say “If only the company I worked for provided more benefits…” or “if only that red sports car had not cut me off this morning, I would have had a great day!!”? Continue reading

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Do You Have a Servant’s Heart?

Servants HeartThe last 2 weeks have been extraordinary – extraordinarily challenging, exciting, exhilarating and humbling. There were 40 of us testing our comfort zones and taking on Level 2 experiences constantly on a daily basis as part of becoming certified Trainers. What became evident as we continued to stretch ourselves, make mistake after mistake, lose our place, forget our content or completely say the wrong thing, was the constant level of encouragement and championing, by those in the room. And as I reflect on the experience, I realised what a fantastic example it was of a Servant’s heart, and it got me thinking about its immense power.  Continue reading

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Modelling Excellence

110_F_56107286_QwVCNeUnf1FRYiMaS0FsUMU7Nm6DIyvYWelcome to 2013 – the start of another year. It seems like only yesterday that we were celebrating the New Year that was 2012. How time appears to be speeding up the older we become, and the busier we are! How did you spend your Festive Season? Did you take the opportunity to rest, spend time celebrating with the people most precious to you, and reflect on the year that has been? How was 2012 for you – was it your best year yet, or did you feel as though you left ‘some petrol in the tank’? I find that over the latter part of December it is a beautiful time of year to look back on the year that has been and really acknowledge and be grateful for the good things that have happened during the year, be grateful for the new relationships formed, for the existing relationships that have grown stronger, and celebrate the wins that have allowed me to propel forward. Continue reading

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