Posts Tagged With ‘ Success ’

“You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.” Charles Buxton We all share the same 24 hours in a day, yet some people seem to effortlessly accomplish their goals while others struggle to keep up. The secret lies in effective time management—a skill that can transform your life and lead you to success. In this blog post, we will explore practical strategies to make the most of your time, ensuring a balanced and fulfilling life. One of the fundamental principles of time management is prioritization. As the renowned productivity expert, Stephen Covey, once said,... Continue Reading

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference From the poem The Road Less Traveled by Robert Frost Isn’t it cool? Every day that you wake up on this side of the grass is another opportunity to win. Winners begin each day with anticipation – looking forward to finding the something colored beautiful moments in this great day that will can only be found on Winner’s Road. These moments can be a thought, a conversation, an activity…anything that creates a connection... Continue Reading

“Feed the beast and the beast will feed you” — 3 LinkedIn examples from my week that emphasise why doing this effectively increases my surface area of luck John Amaechi is such a lovely man but how did I end up meeting him? Read on… Last year I took part in a interview with a class of British school kids in what was billed as “An Inspiring Talk From An Entrepreneur”. Each student got to ask me one question and I was prepared for a range of hard hitting questions. The students did not disappoint, and one in particular has come to mind a lot recently, especially when I talk... Continue Reading

This is what you get when you ask BingChat to create an image of half life in relation to friendships Somehow I ended up spending over 12 hours of my Saturday writing emails. That’s longer than I spend working on most work days; so why did I do it? What were the emails about? They were emails to all my key clients, connections and former work colleagues giving them my yearly New Year’s greetings. I used to do it as a Christmas card but switched to a New Year message a few years back because I found myself too busy at Christmas and because the people receiving it were being inundated by other... Continue Reading

GenAI helped me with an image of a panda dwelling over failure whilst everyone around him is cheerful It’s the morning of the first working Monday of 2024 and I have chosen to spend it writing my first blog of the year, but what should the topic be? This time of year there’s a lot written about resolutions, that could be a topic. Are you a resolutions kind of person? I’m not and I’ve already written about that topic 2 years ago so this blog will not be about that; plus many of you may have already given up on your resolutions anyway I am a person who loves setting myself goals and,... Continue Reading

Shiageto is like this puppy; exhausted after the year we’ve had but excited for our growth next year 😊 It’s the final day of 2023 and it’s at this time of year that people reflect on how their year has panned out. For me, the founder of an innovative consulting firm that specialises on strategic effectiveness, it’ been a hell of a year. Parking for one moment all the ups and downs in my personal life [the conflict in Palestine, getting evicted and a stop-start love-life being some of those “highlights”]; it’s been quite a year for Shiageto Consulting. A year in numbers A... Continue Reading

Today I asked myself…What is the formula for unhappiness? Always seeking, never finding. Always learning, never knowing. To find it is to know it. To know it is to live it. Simple. If that’s so, then why do we struggle to be happy? Your life doesn’t contradict your words or circumstances. What you live is what you know for sure… Do you like what you see? The stories you tell? No excuses, no regrets, no illusions. These are what you must eliminate. What will you find after this process of negation? Consider yourself as a work in progress. Progress is something colored beautiful. The... Continue Reading

#PositivePalestinian — What it’s like to be a “high-profile” Palestinian small business owner right now This is not really how you should wear a keffiyeh I don’t consider myself to be a high-profile Palestinian (I mean I am no Bella Hadid despite what my mum tells me about my good looks) but it has become abundantly clear that for many of my connections, I am one of the most prominent real-life Palestinians that they have ever met — that’s clearly what happens when you post so much on social media. Take this morning for example; I woke up to a text from a friend who is... Continue Reading

Over the past half-century, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has emerged as the most widely used approach to psychotherapy.  There are a few variations of it – with each tracing its lineage to a practitioner who was likely influenced by Albert Ellis or Aaron Beck – or both. The big reasons for its popularity include the relatively short time that it takes to achieve behavioral change and the fact that is a strong body of research that documents its effectiveness.  It has been efficacious in the treatment of depression, anxiety, pain, and substance abuse as well as a variety... Continue Reading

As I write this blog, terrible wars are going on in Ukraine and the Middle East, virtually every country has enemies that with whom they have no diplomatic relations, politics are more polarized than ever, and even the party that has the majority in the House of Representatives hasn’t been able to agree on a speaker.  Even on the streets of our cities, an argument or a failure to yield the right of way in traffic can lead to violence.  Under these circumstances, it’s reasonable to ask, “What ever happened to the idea of compromise.” I’m not the kind of old guy who says that... Continue Reading