A note to young leaders. Life is infinitely wide, but it’s also infinitely deep. The visible world is fascinating, but no more so than the invisible world. Duc in altum. This was Pope John Paul II’s favourite expression. It’s Latin for “venture into the deep.” Popular culture is keeping you in the shallows. Don’t get […]
A note to young leaders. On tariffs, free trade and fear. Trade is not a zero sum game. Trade is a positive sum game. Free trade is win-win. Tariffs are lose-lose. Only fear can obscure that fact. Ronald Reagan is rightly considered the greatest Republican US President of the 20th Century. Here’s what he had […]
A note to young leaders. Last week, a young leader told me he was waking up at 3.00am virtually every night and finding it difficult to go back to sleep. One of the preconditions for falling asleep is a state of deep relaxation. And there’s nothing less relaxing than worrying about whether you’ll fall back […]
A note to young leaders. Here’s a sure recipe for unhappiness: Take all the good things in your life for granted, focus only on what’s missing – and for extra misery tell yourself that the missing bits are due to terrible people who are victimising you. And here’s a sure recipe for happiness: Be constantly […]
A note to young leaders. How many times have you been involved in a conversation where someone asks: “I wonder if there’s a person who …?” It happens all the time, right? Every business needs new customers, timely trouble-shooters, better suppliers and/or more talent. And when people ask, are you typically willing to help? Yes […]
A note to young leaders. The future is more interesting than the past. I recently heard Ravi Shastri speak at the SCG. Ravi is a former Indian cricket player, coach and now TV commentator. Someone in the audience asked him whom he rated most highly as a leader. “MS Dhoni is the calmest cricketer I’ve […]
A note to young leaders. Culture matters. Just ask the All Blacks – one of the most successful teams in the history of sport. Dan Carter, an all-time great rugby fly-half, said that after every game in which he excelled, Steve Tew – the CEO of NZ Rugby – would come up to him and […]
A note to young leaders. It matters less whether you see the glass as half empty or half full. It matters more whether you see yourself as the person holding the jug. You are not a leaf being blown by the wind. You are the wind. […]
A note to young leaders. Are your problems causing you stress? A young man once visited a Hindu sage and shared with him a problem that’s disturbing him greatly. The sage listened patiently, then took a tablespoon of salt and stirred into a cup of water. “Drink this. What does it taste like?” The young […]