Stressful Decisions

The problem's inside our own heads.

On Friday, 16^th October, 1987, I ended a prosperous week with a few drinks at the Singapore Cricket Club. Our stock broking firm was flourishing. I was young, reasonably arrogant, and a millionaire.

On Monday morning, Asian share prices collapsed. Global markets did likewise that night. By Tuesday morning I was in debt.

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Strategy Vs Tactics

Optimizing your business and your life.

Vislon, purpose, mission, goals. They are big words and there’s value in all of them. But once you’ve worked them out, nothing will happen without action. It’s where strategy and tactics come in. You need both.

What’s the difference between the two?

Strategy is a plan designed to accomplish the end result. Tactics are the procedures that implement the plan.

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Blowing your inheritance

Managing your DNA in business and life.

Genetics have always been a good excuse. We often hear it. “There’s nothing I can do about it. It’s the way I am.”

Sometimes, that’s a good thing, like healthy acceptance; other times it’s resignation and disempowerment.

You hear the dichotomy in business with statements like: “We are really good at doing this” versus “This is the way we’ve always done it.”

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Fast Leadership

A random walk through the leadership maze.

Search “leadership” on Amazon and you’ll find several thousand books on the subject. Even more than on “How to make a million in real estate”.

Many are all well argued. Some draw on great historical examples, others quote celebrity CEOs. A few are inspirational. Yet most are hard to put into practice. With leadership, as with real estate, there’s no silver bullet.

What if you just need to get on with it?

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So, what were you worried about?

An interesting milestone passed quietly last week.

We’re not supposed to worry about material things. Somehow, we are meant to rise above the earthly stuff.

It’s good when it happens. We get a glimpse of our higher selves, where worry is banished and peace seeps in. But it’s hard to do 24/7. In difficult times we forget that we got through it okay last time. Instead, we think it’ll get worse.

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