If someone were to offer you either a) 1 million dollars instantly, or b) 1 cent doubled everyday for the next 30 days, which would you take? Let me help you out with the math for the second offer. If you had taken it up, you would be all of $5.12 richer after Day 10. Feeling … [Read more...]
What a Barista Taught Me About Getting Things Done
One weekend morning when I was at a coffee place brimming with customers, I observed a staff passing down multiple drink orders to the sole barista who was working behind the counter. As he verbally rattled off around seven or eight different drinks to her, I couldn’t help but … [Read more...]
Why Would Anyone Want to Follow You?
Leadership author John C. Maxwell says in his book Leadership 101, “Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow." This statement tells us a couple of things. Firstly, a leader is not simply a title that compels people to be followers of. … [Read more...]
Do You Communicate What You Think You are Communicating?
There was a leadership workshop that I attended along with about a dozen other participants where we were given a list of words such as “certainly”, “surely”, “likely”, “maybe”, “possibly” and so on. We were then asked to put down, on a scale from 1 to 10, the probability of … [Read more...]
What Your Team Reveals About Your Leadership
I always find it interesting to watch post-match sports interviews of teams’ coaches, particularly those on the losing end of things. This is when their emotions are raw and opinions unfiltered, often revealing the best and worst in them. You may hear them shielding their players … [Read more...]