People usually take pride in saying that they are ‘not good with the detail’ but they really ‘get the big picture’. The uninitiated managers suffer from the misguided belief that it is somehow admirable to admit to being a ‘big picture’ thinker. They believe of course that the big picture is more conceptual, more strategic [...]
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Belief generates attitude.
Attitude generates emotions
Emotions generates performance.
Performance generates results
Results reinforce belief,
completing the cycle
http://drcontrarian.blogspot.com/
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There are so many books, blogs, speakers and gurus that emphasise a few ‘mantras, millions of titles, the same old story:
Believe in yourself
Follow your hear and your passion and success will follow (i.e. don’t do if for the money)
Stay true to yourself/Stay true to your brand
Stay focussed/ Be disciplined
You must [...]
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It would be disingenuous of me to state that I am (want to) debunk this as a myth, because I am not going to completely go the opposite way and say that you should NOT believe in yourself. But I would like to put it into perspective.
Self-doubt is a good thing. Roger Federer continues to [...]
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The Secret continues to gain traction. For every disciple there seems to be a dozen detractors. The basic response of the unbelievers is simply a ‘rational’ reaction that scoffs at the notion of people being luck magnets. Being able to attract abundance through sheer will is just too close to ‘magic’ to be realistic. There [...]
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If you did not live in Australia, you would probably not realise but the Queens of England is still the titular Head of State of Australia. (The debate about becoming a Republic ebbs and flows.)
For the record, I must state that nothing would give me greater pleasure than looking the Queen in the eye, and [...]
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When my wife and I tale the morning walk, we are invariably accompanied by Georgie, our little pavement-special of a dog. Her reaction to passing dogs is interesting:
- Sometimes a mutually respectful sniff
- Sometimes happy [...]
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There are many obstacles to achieving success. Failure is the default position, I think. (Several 100 million sperm, one baby. Etcetera.)
So what are the obstacles? Let me not count the ways… there still many blogs to come, but I’ll just focus on one: CYNICISM.
Cynicism is such an easy, ‘adult’ excuse. It masquerades as word-weary experience, [...]
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