In the face or world disasters, personal hardship and events over which we have no control it is easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. Despair is destructive and leads to inaction but when we start to make small gains in our influence, even if its only power over own emotions, we are in a better […]
Creating win-win situations A few years ago I read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey and thought how much the idea of creating win-win situations could change the way things are done. Thinking Win-Win isn’t about being nice, nor is it a quick-fix technique. It is a character-based code for human interaction and […]
Why making decisions is crucial to success Until a decision is taken, no action is possible. It is the lack of action that causes most failures. An analysis of over 25,000 people who had experienced some kind of failure revealed that the inability to make decisions was near the top of the list of reasons. […]