THE MYTH OF MULTITASKING was written by James Clear, jamesclear.com The word priority didn’t always mean what it does today. In his best-selling book, Essentialism(audiobook), Greg McKeown explains the surprising history of the word and how its meaning has shifted […]
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Lead Summit Day 2 Session 3 – Dr Dave Martin
12 Actions of the Greats 1. Responsibility: spoke about this yesterday (see my notes) 2. Mindset: Desire for more is not evil. The greats have a strong belief system. Fear, self doubt, intimidation don’t cripple […]
The High Price of Constantly Checking Your Email
Ron Friedman writing on the Harvard Business Review blog has a beef with people who constantly check their email. And you know what? He’s got a point. Friedman says, “Shifting our attention from one task […]
3 Helpful Steps For Setting Good Targets
In the last year our network of churches (Groundlevel) has begun a process of developing, alongside partners in South Africa and the USA, a program for churches which we have together […]
My Plan To Be A Better Leader As I Grow Older
I turn 50 in a few weeks, and there’s nothing I can do about it. In a culture that celebrates youth, it’s easy to believe the only key to impact is to be young. Just as we can […]
Planning for People who Hate to Plan
Here it is late March, and lots of folks haven’t yet gotten around to doing their personal planning for 2014 – despite all good intentions. The start of a new year is our trigger to […]
7 GUIDELINES FOR GOOD MEETINGS
Someone recently said to me, “Paul, you seem to be in loads of meetings, your days seem ful of meetings.” It is true I do my fair share because of all the forums I’m engaged […]
It’s all about the quality of the team
I really am suspicious of the phrase this is the only thing you need to know so I want to talk about the only thing you need to know. This blog is inspired by a […]
Is nothing better than bad?
The problem with vision is, vision can become the mother of the bad. Vision leads us to do something as does passion, but often if our response to vision & passion isn’t well thought through […]
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