From the monthly archives:
I know, I know. I would like to think I’m brilliant in every way, that I never make mistakes, and that everything I write here at Awaken is one hundred percent true and accurate. Sadly, this is probably not the case. Shock, horror, I know.
I once heard a mentor of mine say that eighty percent [...]
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Today I want to start exploring how we can ensure our dreams start getting turned into reality. If we are going to be people who maximise and unleash our full potential, it will be because we take tangible steps to move our dream beyond the realm of an idea into an actual plan of action.
Of [...]
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Some of us spend our lives looking back, others of us live only for the moment, and many of us get caught endlessly dreaming about the future. Life is at its richest though when the past, present, and the future come together in beautiful harmony.
We don’t ignore the past; we allow it to shape and [...]
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It is fairly safe to assume that you know more about me than I know about you. You may of course prefer things that way (which is fine!) but, that said, I’d love to know more about you. Not just for my sake but also so that there is opportunity for everyone who is connecting [...]
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It’s one thing to decide to stop living out someone else’s dreams for our lives, it’s another thing all together to identify what our life dream is.
We would all love at times for life to just come at us with black and white choices. But it’s rarely that simple.
The truth is that there are some [...]
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As you’re probably aware, if you signed up to receive all the updates to this site via email before 11.59pm last Friday, you were entered into a prize draw to win a copy of The Blue Sweater.
I am very pleased to announce that the winner has been now randomly picked. If you have won, you [...]
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‘Living the life of your dreams’ is a phrase we’re all familiar with. Typically, we all fall into one of four camps when it comes to this:
People who are doing everything we can to live the life of our dreams
People who don’t believe it’s possible to have the life of our dreams
People who are living [...]
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For those of you who haven’t read the ‘About‘ page, when I say that this site is about daily updates, I mean Monday to Friday.
This is for two reasons really:
I get to have a few days off! I jest, but this is actually important. It helps me stay fresh which in turn helps make sure [...]
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We looked yesterday at the various indicators of whether or not we are operating in an area of strength or weakness. This is only the first step though. We need to move beyond this to reorienting our jobs around our strengths.
If you are like 80% of the population, your work environment will not be giving [...]
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I came across this fascinating article in Business Week today from back in October last year. It’s an interview with Stephanie Chick by Marshall Goldsmith.
I thought the below comment in particular was really insightful and thought-provoking:
The hard truth is that talent alone won’t help you sustain success in today’s business environment. Leaders have to look [...]
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