Insights

Addiction to Certainty

The pressure is on to perform.  And yet there is a performance blind spot that is common to many people and organisations.

It is a blind spot that shows up in the pursuit of excellence in a range of relationship focused business competencies:-
-    Leadership, coaching and mentoring
-    Sales and business development conversations
-    Consulting and the provision of professional services
-    Presenting and facilitation
-    Customer service and conflict resolution.

In a nutshell, there is an over-dependence on certainty;  certainty with respect to defining the parameters and performance measures of a given role, or the learning outcomes of a particular training program. 

authorDavid McCubbin

The Space between Stimulus and Response

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

authorViktor E. Frankl, Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor

Changing Perception

As we change our perceptions, we change our responses. The perceptions you’re operating from—are they supporting you or taking away from you? . . . [But] Positive thinking only works if the beliefs in the subconscious are in alignment with it, or if you’re fully mindful. If you’re fully mindful and using that desire to be positive and make it work, then you’ll see when your subconscious is running a tape and you can cancel it. But if you’re not mindful and you’re just thinking positive thoughts, then you’re not running the show. That’s where the conflicts come from.

author- Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., research scientist and professor

Believe in your power to write your own story

People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective, and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.

authorAlbert Bandura, Canadian psychologist and pedagogy theorist

Meaning

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

authorAlfred Adler, Austrian psychologist and co-founder of psychoanalysis

Performance Essentials

Great performances need three ingredients and a mindset.  Tension, Discipline and Courage with the capacity to thinkGood.

authorDavid McCubbin