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Don’t listen to the other voices

Last week I talked about each of the jobs on your to-do list having a voice. They still do. So, when you choose a job from your list to do next, you need to ignore the voices of the other ...
Paul Matthews October 12, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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The ‘voice’ of your to-do list

Each of the jobs on your list has a ‘voice’. Listen. Can you hear them calling you? Which voices do you respond to first? The loud ones, the seductive ones, the angry ones, the happy ones? What other types of ...
Paul Matthews October 5, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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Starting an extraordinary day

By the time you brush your teeth, what have you settled for from the day? How ordinary are you expecting it to be? Have you already decided, by default, that today will be as ordinary as most other days? You ...
Paul Matthews September 28, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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Are you an exception to the rule?

The Peter Principle: “In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties.” Laurence J. Peter’s theory postulates that most competent people are promoted until they reach a position that is ...
Paul Matthews September 21, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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Why ‘pit stop thinking’ is what L&D needs now

During the current crisis, organisations have taken one of two approaches to adapt their L&D offering, with varying degrees of success. So, will your organisation default to online training, or will you take a pit stop and redesign your approach? ...
Paul Matthews September 16, 2020 News and Events Read More
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It matters how you eat an elephant

For as long as I can remember, I have known about the advice to ‘eat an elephant one bite at a time’ when dealing with a big task. I never knew what it really meant, until last week when I ...
Paul Matthews September 14, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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Changing the lie

“If you never change your mind, why have one?” Edward de Bono This got me thinking, which changed my mind. Have you ever made an impulsive decision? Or agreed to something you later regret? Then what? Live the lie, or ...
Paul Matthews September 7, 2020 Paul's Monday Tips Read More
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#TJtalks: Paul Matthews on rebooting training for 2020 and beyond

I recently had a chance to catch up with Jon Kennard at Training Journal, discussing my new eBook ‘How to Reboot Training for 2020 and Beyond’. https://www.trainingjournal.com/articles/video/tjtalks-paul-matthews-rebooting-training-2020-and-beyond If you’re in the process of moving your face to face into the ...
Paul Matthews September 3, 2020 News and Events Read More

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