Gabriella Climi has come a long way in a short time. Her single ‘Sweet about me’ has sold over 2 million copies world-wide, she’s won numerous music awards and sang the Australian National Anthem at the Melbourne Grand-Prix last weekend. She’s just 18. And she has a secret – a [...]
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” – John Dryden Improved self-management involves changing our behaviours. Often this means breaking old habits that we ‘know’ do not serve us well. The ruthless reality, though, is that our habits (both good and bad), exert a vice-like grip [...]
There’s an 80/20 rule for software. 80% of people will use or get value from 20% of the features. Given that fact, what happens when you flip the equation around and ask: ‘What 20% more could I do or learn to be 80% more effective?’ The combination of MindManager mindmapping software [...]
I was speaking with one of my sons yesterday. He is in his final year at University reading Philosophy. We were discussing different approaches we can use to help us weld our purpose to our daily priorities to help us reach our goals. Part of our conversation skirted my own early morning practice [...]
I have just put the phone down on a guy working with a client firm who did one of my Goal Control programmes a year ago on the 2nd May – he is a real paradigm shifter! ‘Hey Richard,’ he said, ‘you gave me an extra 6 weeks work over [...]
‘The quality of the question determines the quality of the outcome- always’ Richard Maybury I have been working with people on big picture questions a lot recently, probably a function of the times we live in. Leaders always ask great questions of themselves and others. In a recent discussion I [...]
Our habits have a horrible hold over us. I’m not talking here of the obvious habits of pathological or psychological self-destructive behaviour – no – I’m talking about the insidious little behaviours, beliefs and attitudes that we allow ourselves to get away with, even though we ‘know’ they are not empowering (and [...]
Turbulence is nothing new. As I mentioned earlier, Recessions serve a valuable purpose and when I’m not looking forward and planning to do things differently, I find myself going back to the trusted and true sources of knowledge and wisdom to help me put things into perspective – a practice [...]
Ever since being introduced to the excellent ‘Shift Happens’ aka ‘Now you Know’ presentation, I have been pointing countless people to it on the web (the ‘Official’ source material) and using it within my Key-Note presentations and training workshops. Inexplicably, I haven’t posted it on my blog until now. In my opinion [...]
I’m going to keep this introduction short and sweet. If you believe in the possibility of good news in ’09 read on. I promise not to mention ‘Interesting times’, I wont waste words on what you have already heard and read ad-nauseam about the ‘current climate’ and you know that [...]
