How to become a mastermind
Have you ever wondered why some people just seem to be blessed with so much wit? That they almost always have an answer and a correct one at that? In her book Mastermind: How to think like Sherlock Holmes, Maria Konnikova takes a deep dive into the remarkable ways one of the world’s greatest detective […]
How to get a smarter sharper brain
Most of us would love to think better, faster, and smarter. But putting things into practice and knowing which habits actually propel us towards better thinking patterns is sometimes a mystery. In Jenny Brockis’ book Smarter Sharper Thinking: Reduce Stress, Banish Fatigue and Find Focus there are countless yet targeted insights into how to improve your […]
How to change your self-image
When I’ve shown my current book, Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, to a few friends and colleagues, I’ve got lots of concerned looks and questions about Scientology. But fear not, I have not gone to the dark side… the book is actually about psychology of our assumptions, habits, and beliefs and how these form the image that […]
How to embrace a new way of being
This week I have been looked at some of the insights from neuroscience (science of the brain) in order to better understand the complexities and mechanisms involved how we think, feel and act. Dr Joe Dispenza’s book “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One” discusses our […]
How to influence crowds in a way that matters
This week I attended Griffith University’s Change Conference 2019 that has been organised by our Social Marketing group. I attended this conference last year (see previous blog) and this year I continued to be blown away by the stellar speakers and insights on influencing, marketing and bringing about behavioural and social change. Communication, risk groups, and […]
How to progress individual success within an organisation
Most of us are very good at telling others what we have achieved, which milestones we have cracked, which committees we sit on and how we keep going from win to win. But we often struggle to explain how all of our individual actions fit into the broader goals and vision of the organisation that […]
How to create a grit ecosystem that works for you
We all admire people who have grit, who keep on persisting and achieve great things. Many of the people who we recognise as fathers and mothers of innovation are often described as individuals who just believed in an idea and persisted. In essence, they had “grit”. So the question that everyone seems to be asking, […]