“You are today where your thoughts have brought you. You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” James Allen What of this famous quote from James Allen is correct? What if you have the power of simply thinking in a particular direction and, lo, you reach your goal? Sounds a little fanciful doesn’t it? Everybody [...]
Tag Archive 'focus'
In the most unexpected places
Posted in Blog on Aug 3rd, 2008
I was conducting a sales workshop in Brisbane last week. The topics were were looking at were handling rejection (a fascinating subject) and coping with change in life. In the middle of the discussion on rejection one of the particiapnts said “…but that’s what I expect.” It was one of those ‘aha’ moments for me. [...]
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
Posted in Blog on Apr 3rd, 2008
I recently did a workshop in Brisbane on being super productive. It’s a funny thing, but when you teach you often learn more than the attendees. It sounds a little unfair, but it goes with the territory. Back to the story. One of the people said he sometimes got to the office after a weekend [...]
What a week
Posted in Blog on Feb 22nd, 2008
I spent this week conducting a boot camp. No, not a military training school. I had young trainees who were starting a career in sales. I had five days to turn them from novices to sales consultants with a level of competence that would enable them to suceed rather quickly. They arrived here in Sydney, [...]
A Dream Day
Posted in Blog on Feb 17th, 2008
Have you ever had that perfect day? A day when it all flowed, people were all good natured, everything you touched just turned to gold? I had one of those days on Saturday. Weekends are normally very busy and this weekend was no different. Early Saturday morning I have a martial arts class which is both [...]
New Year – New Beginning
Posted in Blog on Dec 31st, 2007
It’s New years Eve again; that wonderful time when we celebrate the year that was and look forward to the year to come. Each year make our wishes and see them fade with time. That new life we promised ourselves, the weight loss, the new job, more money, a great relationship. Start out full of [...]
I think I can
Posted in Blog on Sep 19th, 2007
Think you can, think you can’t, Either way, you’ll be right Henry Ford Industrialist I’ve seen this quote a number of times over the years and never given it much thought other than, “I suppose it’s right.” Then I spoke with an acquaintance the other day. He was bemoaning the fact that he had lost [...]
Never Let Go
Posted in Blog on Aug 27th, 2007
A couple of weeks ago I received a telephone call that had a profound impact upon me. It was an old friend I hadn’t spoken to for over two years. We had drifted apart for no good reason. I was delighted to hear from her and was apologetic at neglecting her. Her reply was. “No [...]
Have you ever been ‘In the zone,’ as they say? I experienced it the other night at the beginning of the latest squash season. I was asked to fill in in a team about six grades higher than I usually play. That meant I had to play two matches on the same night. I went [...]
I have something to tell you
Posted in Blog on Jul 28th, 2007
Some weeks ago I did a workshop for the Wing Chun Association. It was a freezing cold Sunday morning and everyone was rugged up. I remember being impressed by the number that turned up despite the weather. We were there to examine how people learn and to foster understanding of how we function when we [...]