Speed Thinking is for time-poor individuals, groups & teams that want to become more productive, innovative and energised. Stop procrastinating & just start!
In a recent benchmark survey we conducted among an international service business, the lowest scoring item was analysis-paralysis. This is a great irony because in a world that is moving faster and faster the very thing that you cannot do is to analyse everything to death. This begs the question how do you overcome analysis-paralysis…
If you have a chance, watch the video below of French artist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard painting tennis legend, Roger Federer. It will only take a few minutes and it is quite mesmerizing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRxGihSUNEs&playnext=1&list=PLA0CE612FDC2BD6CF Don’t you love the confidence and boldness of the strokes. Seemingly never a moment of doubt nor indecision as he almost attacks the canvas….
As you go through your emails every day do you ever have that sinking feeling? It is the sense that no matter what you do you will never get on top of this ever expanding flow? Perhaps part of the reason is that you keep many emails on hold waiting for some time in the future…
Over 20 years ago Stephen R. Covey wrote a book called 7 Habits of Highly Effective People which went on to become a best-seller. I recently re-read much of the book and I was particularly stuck with Habit Number 3: Put First Things First. By this Covey means that as our lives get busier and…
I have been fortunate enough to have written three books — they are not War & Peace but I feel I have made a small contribution to the world. Many people that I have spoken to over the years have expressed a similar interest in writing a book. If that is the case, I believe there has never been…
We teach our cadets to fight the fight, not fight the plan’ says Colonel Tomas Kolditz, head of the behavioral studies department at the United States Military Academy. In other-words the emphasis is on achieving the goal rather than following a predetermined plan which may or may not be still relevant if the circumstances change…
John D. Rockefeller was a controversial figure in many ways. He was both generous and a sometimes harsh business tycoon who may have been the richest person in history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller But one of his habits intrigued me. According to Harnish Verne, author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits-What you must do to increase the value of…
In a time-poor world, one of the best actions you can do for your customers, suppliers, partners and work colleagues is to help them to simplify their life. This is not to say that you should make things simplistic, far from it, there is a great beauty in simplifying. And by keeping things simple you can accelerate…
I have just finished reading a book by Dr Russ Harris called The Confidence Gap (Penguin Group, 2010) which is not only a good read but had many overlaps with my concept of Speed Thinking. His website is: http://www.actmindfully.com.au/ The theme of Dr Harris book is that many of us suffer from what he calls ‘the…
I am very pleased to announce that we have designed a free Speed Thinking OnLine Course. It will answer many of the questions you have about Speed Thinking–what is it, why it works, what are the benefits, when and how you can use it. http://courses.speedthinkingzone.com/ This Online Module will be the first of many and…
