Category Archives: performance
The Wisdom of the Old Seadog – Part 2 – How to Define and Live Your Life Purpose
The ultimate gift you can give to yourself is a Life Purpose and means to pursue it. But how do you do it?
Learn: The Wisdom of the Old Seadog – Part 2 – How to Define and Live Your Life Purpose
The Wisdom of the Old Seadog – Part 1 – Why Define and Live Your Life Purpose
To live a great life you need to feel good, be good to others and do good in the world. But to do good in the world you need to know exactly what your contribution should be. You need to know, what we call, your Life Purpose.
Learn: The Wisdom of the Old Seadog – Part 1 – Why Define and Live Your Life Purpose
The Missing Ingredient Elon Musk Discovered – Part III – How to Communicate and Live the Significant Purpose
Creating a great Significant Purpose is just the beginning. Now you need to make sure everyone in your organisations lives it.
The Missing Ingredient Elon Musk Discovered – Part II – How to Create a Great Significant Purpose
Now that we understand what the missing ingredient is (See Part 1), how can you replicate it in your organisation?
How to learn
In this post I share the “Learning Through Excitement” method and reveal the secret step to
reduce learning time from years to months. It’s time to rethink learning.
Do like Tesla boss Elon Musk: Ask for feedback
Feedback is necessary for increased self-understanding and growth.
Take a leaf out of Elon Musk’s book and ask for some honest input from people you trust…
if you’re not too scared that is.
The one thing you need to know about drinking water
Want to be a top performer? Perhaps you just want to look great and feel healthy?
Then I’ve got some news for you: What you know about drinking water is dead wrong.
Eat like world-class athletes
Do you believe pasta and sports drinks are key to sports performance?
If so, you’re in for a big surprise. Continue reading
How are you spending your time?
The way you spend your time is the way you spend your life. How are you spending your time?
In this post you’ll learn how to spend time wisely.
What’s your dream?
Do you know how Martin Luther King jr., Mahatma Gandhi and Lionel Messi achieved world-class performance in their respective areas?
This post reveals the first principle of world-class performance and helps you apply this principle in your own life.
How to achieve world-class performance: Definition & Assumptions
This post belongs to the RethinkingTruth Performance Series. It is meant for those of you out there who’d like to understand how I define “world-class performance” and what assumptions I make when writing about performance.
Success doesn’t lead to happiness, but being happy improves performance
“If I work harder, then I’ll be successful. When I’m successful, then I’ll be happy.”
This formula for happiness is broken and backwards according to Shawn Achor, the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University.
Check out his excellent 12 minute TED-talk.
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How to achieve world-class performance
Is world-class performance reserved for people born talented or can anyone, even normal people like you and me, achieve greatness?
Read on to discover the secret of world-class performance and become the parent, leader or football player of your dreams.
The hidden secret of outstanding performance: Learn how to think
What separates the Albert Einsteins of this world from the rest of us? Are they simply born great or does something else explain their exceptional performance?
Read on to discover the art of thinking and how you can learn this essential life-skill.