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I see a pattern with leaders of high-performing teams: they are laser-focused on resourcing and empowering their people to do their best work AND ensuring they are happy in their work. Which seems great, until you realise that most leaders don’t offer themselves the same opportunity. Challenges become blockers They neglect their own happiness, usually

It’s not enough just to have a strength – you’ve gotta use it! Having a strength isn’t the same as using it Having a strength is like having a million dollars in your bank account. Nice to know you’ve got it, but it doesn’t actually change anything unless you actually do something with it. And

Weird question, right? The WHY of our questions is even more important than the WHAT Not all questions are created equal. There are several common motives for asking questions: ❓ To learn something you don’t know ❓ To clarify what you think you heard ❓ To help someone else develop their thinking (a classic technique

Sure, you did the thing for the lowest price, but what did that cost you? The hidden cost We Kiwis tend to do things on the smell of an oily rag. That’s probably due to generations of having to make do with what was at hand. For some things, that’s fine, but occasionally it has

I don’t make the rules 🤷🏻‍♀️ The only way to get stronger, fitter, faster, or more skilled at anything is to put yourself in situations where you are outside your comfort zone. The comfort zone Many years ago, I took up dancing (Ceroc, for those playing along at home). I stayed in the beginners’ class

Every piece of feedback you’ve ever given or received has been wrong 😱 People hate it when I tell them this, but then they pretty quickly come to realise that it’s true. We never see the whole picture We can only ever see a narrow slice of what is happening. And we all have biases

Read that again. Motivation FOLLOWS action. Just take the first step If you’re waiting for the golden moment when you finally feel motivated enough to tackle that thing you’ve been dreaming of, you’ll be waiting a looooooong time. Big dreams are rarely accomplished in a single day. What if all you need to do right

Do you ever find yourself caught up in a never-ending pattern of negativity and reactivity with someone? The perception-reaction cycle If so, you’re probably caught in what I call the Perception Reaction Cycle. They do something, and you see it. Actually, you’re not just SEEING what they do, you’re also perceiving it through the distortions

Depending on which AI checker you look at, I either passed with flying colours or failed miserably. I was curious, so I ran a test I’ve been thinking a lot about AI in recent months, while I’ve been hard at work on the manuscript for my next book. Word by word, line by line, I’m