Toronto, 11.35pm, Sunday, September 22 A long time ago, I decided to place my trust and my money in Wall Street. I have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in America’s most respected companies. Over the past week, like many others, my trust has been severely tested. By midweek, I was ready to yank out…
Read moreDramatic Volatility Is The New Normal. Embrace Equanimity, Lose Your Ego.
Great conversations immunise you against stress & fatigue
The Renaissance Hotel, Orlando, Florida, Midnight September 15. It’s the midnight hour. I should be sleeping because I’m on the Air Canada flight back to Toronto in eight hours. But I can’t. I’m wound too tight. It’s been a mad weekend. I flew into Miami on Friday. Then I drove to Fort Lauderdale for a dinner with…
Read moreMake friends with your fear, but make it the Good Fear.
The Fairmont, Calgary, midnight, September 9 2008 I just spent the weekend in a cold Shangri la, otherwise known as Saskatoon. It was chilly and crisp and you can smell the money in the air. I was there to facilitate a two day program with one of Canada’s leading construction companies. I loved it.…
Read moreThis Fall, be worthy of your Gifts
It’s been an extraordinary summer. And now it’s almost over. The relaxed pace of August is about to accelerate into September. I’m ready. I’m excited. I’m certain this Fall will be huge. I can feel the opportunities flying in formation towards me. I feel the nervousness that always precedes the Big Game. And for me, September 2…
Read moreFlying through August in an Olympic State of Mind
It’s been just over 48 hours since I stepped off an Olympic Airways flight from the Greek island of Santorini, via Athens, to Toronto. Together with my wife, Hilary, and daughter, Dani-Emma, I spent 5 days on that glorious island. Prior to Santorini, we spent 4 days on the Islands of Paros and Antiparos close to…
Read moreThe Power of Perspective: talk, listen, learn, laugh, love, grow.
5.30am. Toronto. Aug 6 2008 It’s been a wild week. Last Wednesday I spoke to 600 government purchasing agents in Charlotte, North Carolina. The following day I spoke to 150 motorcycle accessory salespeople from Tucker Rocky in Dallas, Texas. Two days later, I spoke to 900 new recruits to Deloitte in Phoenix and yesterday, I spoke…
Read moreThriving on Disappointment. Be Brilliant, Not Bitter
Embassy Suites, Dallas, 10.55pm, July 30 2008 Damn. I hate losing. I hate hearing that the prospect has “decided to go in a different direction” or that “they liked me very much but they decided that this event needed a different kind of speaker” or that “they’re not ready for my message”. It hurts as…
Read moreProcrastinate Later. Do It Now. Be Great At Nothing
Sunday, 1.40pm. It’s time to do nothing when there is nothing to do. But what happens when it’s time to do nothing and there is everything to do? Ever been there? You know you’ve earned the right to rest but there is so much to be done that rest is not an option. But you…
Read moreOne hour at a time…
It’s Sunday night. 10.15pm EST. 7.15pm PST which is where I’m going. As usual I’m on an aeroplane – this time to San Francisco, then to LA, then back on the red eye on Tuesday evening. My session last Friday in Berlin, Germany, is a distant memory. Two days can be a multiple lifetime if…
Read moreSo tired, so scared, so turned-on…
It’s 4.10 am EST. Except I’m on an aeroplane somewhere over the Atlantic so I don’t know what time it is. In the last ten days, I’ve been to Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Manchester, England, and now I’m on my way to Berlin. I’ve been talking to people about confronting massive change – the…
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