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What Michael Jordan can teach you about career success
In 2003, two of the greatest ever to play the game of basketball faced off in the NBA Allstar Game: Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. The old school and the new school battled in what would, in hindsight, become a passing of the crown from one king to the next. At one point in the…
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What is leadership?
Leadership is hard to pin down. Leadership means something different to everyone. Leadership is fluid. Leadership is a social construct. Leadership is what it needs to be at the time. Leadership is the execution of a set of values. Leadership has lots of different moving parts. Though I’ve tried, I can’t find a way to…
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What do you want your legacy to be?
When you move on from your current job, what kind of legacy do you want to leave behind? It’s a tough question to answer, likely because you’ve never really thought about it before. You should though. And, here’s why. So many of us make the mistake of letting our careers happen to us, rather than being proactive and…
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19 elite-athlete behaviours for success
In 2011, a good friend and I coached a varsity boys basketball team at an international school in Myanmar (Burma). Leading into the pre-season, I created a rule book which outlined how the team was expected to conduct themselves during the season. The rule book was inspired by thoughts and principles that were originally developed and used…
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A short guide to working from home
In 2014, I quit my office job and moved away from my home country (Australia) so my family and I could chase down some dreams. Since then I’ve settled in to life in one of the most remote (and beautiful) places on the planet. You know, one of those places where I could post those ‘living the…
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3 quick tips for working smarter
Working smarter is all about efficient systems and processes, good organisation and avoiding distraction. Here are a few ways I keep on top of things based on these work smarter principles. 1. Create systems for managing email I cut my email traffic in half by using a CC inbox. I created a new folder and called it ‘CC Inbox’…
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How to become the master of your inbox
One morning in 2013, my boss came into my office asking for an update on some correspondence I’d been having with an important client. Taken by surprise and unprepared for the request, I rummaged through my Inbox as quickly as I could while he waited by my desk, but I couldn’t find anything. At least not while…
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How to learn & move on from your mistakes
Everyone makes mistakes, but what separates the successful from the unsuccessful is the ability to deal with them positively. In fact, the truly successful don’t just deal with mistakes, they embrace them and learn from them. In the words of Dale Carnegie, author of one of the most important books on human relations in the history of…
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