Jeff Bezos talks about how he took the plunge to leave his job and start Amazon.com; he made his decision using what he refers to as the Regret Mininimizatin Framework. If he was to imagine himself at the age of 80 he wanted to minimize the number of regrets that he had. It became very [...]

What you focus your attention on determines how your life will be. In other words, your life experience to date-who you are, how you think, what you feel and do is the result of what you have chosen to focus your attention on.
Our focus of attention falls on a spectrum. At one end of the [...]

My previous post referenced why playing to your strengths makes sense. But what exactly constitutes a strength? And how do you find what your real strengths are?
What is a strength?
Firstly, it’s important to remember that your strengths are not necessarily limited to your skill-set. You may have attained a high level of competence in a [...]

Most feedback focuses on the negative and the areas for improvement. In workplace assessments, even when the overall performance is exemplary, the emphasis usually swings towards the development “opportunities”. It’s as though our strengths and natural talents are taken for granted and our energy goes into correcting our weaknesses (real and perceived).
But is this the [...]

Getting started when you’re at a standstill
( By Ruth O’Looney, TV Producer/Director)
It’s not always easy starting to write, whether it’s an article, a proposal or any sort of document. Many of us, when we have an assignment know broadly what we want to say, we may have already worked out the main points of our [...]

Problem Framework/Outcomes Framework
Given the seemingly relentless coverage of global economic downturn and the very real challenges of recession, downsizing and, in some instances, job loss it’s easy to lose our sense of perspective and self-worth. Even when we’re one of the “lucky ones” remaining in work as colleagues leave we too have to contend with [...]