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Boardroom Tables Kill Creativity

30/10/2019

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Why are boardrooms always set up the same way when we know the typical boardroom kills creativity and promotes conventional thinking? Why are meetings always set for 30 or 60 minutes?  Why do we serve lollies, cakes, and sandwiches at our meetings even though we know they suck the energy out of the room and generally damage our health? We do these things because society tells us this is appropriate when we gather people together in a business setting. Why follow the crowd and take the same flawed approach as every other business? Most boardrooms are dull, unstimulating, and facilitate little more than time wasted in meetings. Don't let this be you and your company. Technology, like the SMART Kapp Board, is changing the dynamic of boardrooms, meetings, communication, and collaboration. Mark Twain once said, "whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority - it's time to pause and reflect." Let that time be now. © GB
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It's All About You

16/10/2019

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Theodore Roosevelt said "comparison is the thief of joy" and yet with our access to social media today, many of us spend our most valuable resource, time, comparing our lives, our accomplishments, or our toys to that of others. Here's a different perspective on comparison. Are you better today than you were yesterday? Why compare yourselves to others when you can apply your valuable resources of attention, focus, and time comparing yourself to the you of yesterday? Wherever you are today, what are you going to do to be better tomorrow? Read, listen, learn, reflect, journal, ask, watch, dream -- do something. Shut off the voice of comparison to others and start to look inward and compare yourself today to the you of yesterday and prioritise your incremental day by day personal improvements. #mojo​ © GB
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Inside Bill's Brain

9/10/2019

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This week's editorial note is a recommendation...watch the documentary series currently on Netflix called Inside Bill's Brain. It looks at the internal operating system of Bill Gates, and there is so much to love and learn in just the first episode alone. According to Bill's secretary, he is 100% on time, 100% of the time. Despite being one of the busiest and most successful businessmen in the world, he is never late. He carries a large beach bag full of a wide range of books with him at all times. He retreats to a cabin in the woods to pour over his reading list and ponder the future. When facing a complex problem that no one within that industry can solve, he looks for people from other sectors who think differently and approach the problem from a completely different angle. I could go on and on, but my suggestion is to get a cup of tea, sit with your journal, and look at how Bill operates. Don't be concerned with the outcomes, focus on Bill's process and then think "how can I apply that to my own operating system?" © GB
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What Your Day Says About Your Life

2/10/2019

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So how was your day yesterday? Did you foster your creative spirit? Spend time with your loved ones? Develop your passion? Lose yourself in a hobby? Catch up on reading? Get plenty of rest? Exercise? Sit under a tree and ponder your dreams? Annie Dillard says, "the way we live our days is the way we live our lives." Sometimes it's worth taking an audit of your yesterdays to work out what your tomorrows will look like. It's not a should or could, it's a will. Think about whether you're maximizing your day, making the most of every moment, and engaging in authentic conversations with friends and loved ones. How you live each day is a representation of what your life will look at the end of that long winding road. If you live your days in chaos, frantically jumping from meeting, email, and conversations while shovelling down food, then that's how you'll lead the rest of your life. As Derek Sivers would say, "if your yesterday was busy, it means your life is out of control."  © GB
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