Category: Notes to Young Leaders

August 27, 2021

Let Enthusiasm Drive Your Work

It’s uplifting, it’s contagious and nothing great has ever been achieved without it. Enthusiasm. How uplifting it is to work…

August 25, 2021

Your Library and Routine Will Predict Your Future

To young leaders. Show me your library and your daily routine and I will foretell your future. [...]Read More... from…

August 23, 2021

Choose Your Leader Wisely for Career Success

To those setting out to build a brilliant career. Who you accept as your leader is the single most important…

August 20, 2021

Don’t Waste a Good Crisis – Reassess Your Business

Don’t waste a good crisis. Lockdown is a great time to strategically reassess your business. Steve Jobs used to roam…

August 16, 2021

Focus on the Future, Not Just the Present

Remind yourself repeatedly of this: we humans are hopelessly hypnotised by what’s immediately before us. We place too much emphasis…

August 13, 2021

Shrink the Negative and Make Room for the Positive

Quarantine the negative. If you receive some disappointing news in the morning, don’t say: “I’m having a bad day.” The…

August 11, 2021

Leading Through Energy Depressants

To leaders everywhere. Think of Covid’s social restrictions as a world-wide energy depressant, the effects of which are akin to…

August 9, 2021

WFH Productivity Tips for Meeting-Heavy Days

Some WFH productivity tips for those, like me, who spend most of their working day in meetings. 1. Cut the…

August 6, 2021

A Little Comedy to End the Week

To my real estate valuer friends, a little comedy to end the week. A classic exchange from my all time…

July 30, 2021

The Wisdom of Trees

On the wisdom of trees. Many years ago – way before the advent of Uber – I was talking to…

July 27, 2021

In Defence of Optimism

In defence of optimism. Remember, no matter how bad things get – you are only ever one phone call away…

July 22, 2021

To Those Who Have Much, More Will Be Given

To those who have much, more will be given. When an important task must be delegated, to whom should it…