Thoughts and reflections on learning, personal development and managing the monkey mind
No one is completely strong or weak.
You would assume the topics of vulnerability and the SAS (Special Air Service, a special forces branch of the British Army) aren’t something you’d commonly find pieced together in a sentence.
Continue reading “What a special forces soldier taught me about the necessity of vulnerability”
Here’s the latest in my yearly series of curated thoughts that could make you a better human next year.
This quick post contains a treasure trove of the top free content that I’ve shared in 2020, all neatly packed into those lists that we all love at this time of the year.
Continue reading “Top 21 thoughts of 2020 that will make you a badass in 2021”
A call to arms in the information age.
How much content do you consume every day?
Continue reading “Too much knowledge not enough action”
We put a lot of energy and planning into what to learn, but do we ever consider what we need to unlearn?
You might think to yourself, why do I need to unlearn anything?
Continue reading “What to unlearn is just as important as what to learn”
Have you ever been in a room when someone’s manager criticises them in front of others? The shocked looks, the blank stares and winces across the faces of those people are there for us all to see and you can feel the tension level just spike into overload.
Perhaps, you have been on the end of this scenario and received criticism from your manager in a public setting. It hurts right? It’s also awkward and in many ways it’s downright disrespectful.
Continue reading “Don’t f**k up feedback: Praise in public, criticise in private”