The Job
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Creating Space
Our brain favours stimulus and response because in our primitive days we couldn't wait around to see if something was going to kill us or not; we had to err on the side of caution. Also, thinking takes energy and our primitive brain wants to co...
Switching Off
I've never had anyone come to me in burnout yet who hasn't complained of not being able to switch off.We think it is a work problem but it's not, it's a brain problem.It is not even actually a problem, it's just our brain trying t...
Delegation
Something a lot of leaders struggle with is delegation. They tell themselves and others that no one else can do their job and end of taking on more which leads to them being overworked, overwhelmed and exhausted.This has a knock on effec...
Lessons from Shane Parrish - Clear Thinking
There is an amazing book called Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish, which is all about decision making.In this episode I share the lessons on managing your defaults that I found so helpful.Shane identifies that we have four defaults ...
Back to Basics - The Primitive Brain
If your brain is anything like mine then it just loves to over complicate things. Having deeper knowledge is good and often essential but I believe that to successfully apply a tool or concept it needs to be simple enough to explain to a 5 year...