The value of effective questions
Effective questioning can help to unlock ideas and create value for organisations. Some professions have specific training in this area – namely law, journalism and medicine. That doesn’t mean the rest of us cannot learn these skills. Read on to find out how.
Thoughts about questions …
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
~ Lloyd Alexander
How to conquer task avoidance
Are there some things you find yourself avoiding? A task? A difficult conversation? A paper you need to write? A project you aren’t sure how to tackle? Sometimes these things can significantly affect your productivity. You may be a generally productive person but something you keep avoiding can become your stumbling block. There is a way to understand this and to conquer it.
Thoughts about simplicity …
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex…
Thoughts about dancing …
Consider any day lost on which you have not danced at least once.
~ Nietzsche
Why do we procrastinate?
You have a deadline and you are under the pump with other things to do as well. Yet, you are watching YouTube videos of crazy kittens. Perhaps there is house work that you find yourself doing, despite the fact that you usually hate it. Maybe you find yourself scrolling through Facebook endlessly. You are procrastinating – avoiding the task at hand. But why?
Thoughts about procrastination …
If you want to be certain, you should never get married. You should
How do you unlearn something?
In times of innovation, increased technology and changes to the resources available in organisations, new operating processes are part of the changes afoot. When learning new ways of doing things, you need to unlearn the old ways and relearn the new. How do you unlearn something?
Take a leap of faith and mind the gap
Do you like getting out of your comfort zone? Or, do you prefer to stay with your familiar, well known routines? Would you take a leap of faith across a gap in your experience and learning or stay put and consider the chasm as an onlooker? How do you mind the gap?