I had the pleasure to spend a long weekend in New York City on a North American business trip a few years ago. Times Square is always a must-see experience… You just never know what you’ll see! Having fun with images like this is one of the many examples of Antimimeticisomorphism I talk about in […]
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Admittedly this is an ADVANCED STRATEGY, but worth handing over to your Reticular Activation System (RAS). Try to decipher what he does… This is an example of TRAINING versus TELLING or TEACHING. The learning is in the DOING…
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Management By Metrics to Reverse By Results to create Rivers Of Revenue are all essential concepts for entrepreneurs and managers who want to Exponentially grow their businesses. They are part of the Valuable Vocabulary that can transform an ordinary business into an extraordinary one — Antimimeticisomorphically. This SHORT TWEET reveals how you can easily LOOK […]
Taking advice willy-nilly is one of those topics that totally befuddles me. First and foremost, I am not a cynic. I just have lived long enough to see patterns and predictable behaviour. “You wouldn’t ask your car mechanic to cut your hair… “ So why would you take business or professional advice from just about […]
WARNING! This is a VERY LONG blog post = a LOT OF FRICTION! Many business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, professionals and elite athletes unknowingly sabotage their own performance because they misunderstand one of the most important paradoxes in high performance: They think ALL friction is bad. They spend years trying to remove every obstacle, every discomfort, […]
Most small business owners think they have an execution problem. They don’t. They have a vocabulary problem. And because they have a vocabulary problem, they have a thinking problem. I know that sounds harsh until you understand what vocabulary actually is. Vocabulary is not about posturing to sound intelligent at networking events or using corporate […]
This is a classic p*ss take on so-called experts. It’s a great reminder that we ALL need to be mindful of this trap.
This ad is 16 years old… I’m surprised it has never come up on my social feeds… First, enjoy it for the experience that it is… A lot of people would love to have this level of creativity and struggle to “get started” on that journey. A quick and easy way is to Mirror The […]
The controversy surrounding forced and unforced errors in tennis centers on the subjective, inconsistent, and often arbitrary way these statistics are recorded, as they are determined by human scorers rather than objective data. Unforced errors are typically defined as mistakes made when a player has time to prepare and position themselves, while forced errors occur […]
Training is based on the concept of Operant Conditioning, best demonstrated with this adorable puppy… The HARD part with training people is that they RESIST and RETURN to their DEFAULT modality even when they’re motivated and incentivised to make the chance/shift. This is the perennial problem every leader/manager needs to overcome. If you’re trying to […]
Most business owners don’t fail because they lack effort. They fail because they hire the wrong type of help for the outcome they actually want. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: If you confuse types, you’ll get what you asked for and you might not be happy with the results. Before you spend a dollar, you need […]
I think we can all agree that COMING UP with ideas is fun (and easy). That’s why so many entrepreneurs indulge in the HABIT of coming up with them, but don’t “quite” get around to deploying them — profitably. Jeff Bezos explains this predicament well in this short 3-minute video. So, what should you do […]
This is deep. Re-read it a few times. Take the time to let it sink in. You want thinkers, not tickers, taskers or thoughters! To avoid this, you need to TRAIN instead of teach and tell!
I see this pattern over and over again when I sit across from founders, CEOs, and senior leaders. They’ll say something like:“I feel pulled in opposite directions.”Or: “I don’t know why this feels so hard—I know what I should do.”Or my personal favourite: “Am I just being inconsistent?” Most of the time, they’re not inconsistent […]
If you’re a small business owner–operator, let me start by putting you at ease. There is nothing “wrong” with you. In fact, if anything, you’re probably highly capable, driven, conscientious, and far more resilient than the average person. The very traits that allowed you to build a business from nothing are also the traits that […]
In extreme sports, the putative central governor is a proposed regulatory process within the brain that limits physical exertion and causes the sensation of fatigue to protect the body’s internal stability (homeostasis) and prevent catastrophic organ damage. Proposed Mechanism: The model suggests that the subconscious brain controls how many muscle fibers are recruited during exercise. […]
What is THOUGHTING? THOUGHTING is a word I made up to describe the intellectual equivalent of speed dating: Quick, shallow, and often leaving everyone involved feeling unsatisfied. THOUGHTING is superficial thinking disguised as deep analysis. It’s when Bob from accounting confidently declares, “The marketing budget should obviously be cut by 30%,” after glancing at a […]
If you’ve ever walked into your office and felt like you’d stumbled onto the set of “The Office”—but without the laugh track—you’re not alone. Many small business owners find themselves surrounded by staff who are physically present, dutifully checking boxes, but mentally checked out. The coffee is strong, the Wi-Fi is (mostly) reliable, but the […]
This is your go-to reference for keeping email from draining your time and energy. 1. Use the Eisenhower Matrix to Prioritise 👉 Sort emails into 4 categories: Urgent & Important: Respond or action immediately. Important, Not Urgent: Schedule time to handle it. Urgent, Not Important: Delegate if possible. Neither: Archive or delete. 📍 Helps focus […]
