Don’t Follow Your Passion
“Be so good they can’t ignore you” ~ Steve Martin Passion arises from mastery. Not the other way round. So forget chasing passion, master your craft. That’s Cal Newport’s take on the “follow your passion” myth and why we should ignore it and do the…
Don’t Stop in the B Zone
Opportunity very often comes dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work ~ Anon On any quest to turn opportunities into outcomes there are three recognisable phases. First, there’s the A Zone. ‘Ah-ha!’ moments of inspiration. Action is easy and natural. Motivation flows like…
Strategic Doing
Strategic planning is dead. It’s a flat line. Too much time is wasted on thinking and theories. By the time we take action, the world has changed and the plan is irrelevant. As Susan Scott points out in her excellent book Fierce Conversations, “No plan…