Have you ever had something that you need to remember, which – no matter how hard you try – just won’t stick in your memory? A person’s name, an address, a year? Every time you try to recall it, your brain grinds to a shuddering halt and then goes blank. My particular problem wasn't so […]
Career Skills, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Strategy, Uncategorized
Everyone makes mistakes. And I'd bet that anyone who says they haven't made a mistake hasn't accomplished much in life. An anonymous genius once said, "When it comes to our own mistakes we are very good lawyers. When it comes to others' mistakes we are very good judges." When we make a big mistake, some of […]
Luckily, we're talking about the Boston Matrix – a tool to help marketing managers with product portfolio planning – not what Keanu Reeves discovered in 1999. Yeah, I'll admit Laurence (formerly Larry) Fishburne also played his part, but in more of a business consultant role. The type of matrix represented in the Wachowski sisters' film […]
Keeping ourselves safe in the online world has never been more important, given the vast amounts of time that we spend pinging messages, checking our bank balances, buying products, and searching for information. We might be subject to malware attacks, hacks, and scams. And the growing "internet of things" has exposed us to even greater […]
"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Wayne Dyer, author and speaker (1940-2015) About This Week's Chat I've been training in gyms for many years, and I also worked in the fitness industry for a long time. A few months ago I started training at a […]
"A diamond is just a piece of charcoal that handled stress exceptionally well." – Anonymous About This Week's Chat What "Resilience" Represents I've often thought about the word "resilience" during the past few days. What exactly is it? What does it mean to different people? Where do you get it? I don't have all the answers, […]
#MTtalk, Career Skills, Empowerment, Problem Solving, Stress
What exactly is a win-win negotiation? Put simply, it's a way of finding a solution to a problem that's acceptable to all the parties involved, leaving everyone feeling that they've won something. You may need to brush up on your win-win negotiation skills if you feel someone is repeatedly taking advantage of you. Or, perhaps […]
Communication, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Strategy, Uncategorized
"Change is the heartbeat of growth." – Scottie Somers Company restructuring is one of those topics that's easy to theorize about. However, it's quite different if it's your organization that's restructuring. Part of my preparation for this week's Twitter chat was looking at the Mind Tools forums (where members share challenges, ask for input on […]
#MTtalk, Change Management, Learning Skills, Problem Solving, Uncategorized
If there is one thing that we all share in this life, it is recurring moments of drudgery. As universal as drudgery is, our tolerance for it varies. Sometimes we might actually look forward to it. And, if things aren't going right, the annoying processing of detail can help us to shed some light on what is […]
Career Skills, Learning Skills, Problem Solving, Stress, Uncategorized
On Earth Day this year, I found myself about three-quarters of the way through Yuval Noah Harari's book, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind." April's celebration of the planet featured a March for Science, held in more than 600 cities worldwide. The mission was to "communicate science as a pillar of human freedom and prosperity [urging political leaders] […]
