“A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
Anon – for S&J, happy voyages.
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The Monday Morning Quote #577
Posted on October 28, 2019 by Alun Rees
You know what (that) strategy is?
1. Decide what you want.
2. Compare that to where you are.
3. Write down the steps that you need to take on a piece of paper to get you from where you are to where you want to be.
4. Do the work.
Anon
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Sleep isn’t for Wimps.
Posted on September 17, 2019 by Alun Rees
I had a nickname in my first year at university – “The Midnight Rambler” – I didn’t sleep very well and used to wander around the halls of residence looking for people with their lights on to share a coffee and have a chat. (I suppose the coffee was a clue…)
I finally got around to reading “Why we sleep” by Malcolm Walker and wish it had been compulsory reading 40 years ago, I might have had a more productive life rather than a more manic one. I grew through a period where it was considered macho to go without sleep, I remember the plastic surgery firm at Withington Hospital boasting at 11pm how they had been in theatre all day and were just about to go back there. I always said that I needed less sleep than others – in hindsight I was wrong.
Walker talks about productivity and the effect that sleep (or its lack) has on it. He quotes this article and makes the point that KPIs in most companies are measuring things that are easy to measure – revenue, goals accomplished, profit, new customers etc. Most of these are affected by employee traits creativity, intelligence, motivation, effort, efficiency, effectiveness, sociability, emotional stability and honesty. All of these are systematically dismantled by insufficient sleep.
Would you let a surgeon who had only had 4 hours sleep operate on you? I wouldn’t.
Would you let a woman who only slept for four hours a night run a country? I wouldn’t do that either.
It’s a great book that will frighten you and convince you to make an early night and sufficient sleep a part of your routine.
Buy it HERE.
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“I wish someone told me” Ira Glass
Posted on August 21, 2019 by Alun Rees
My thanks to Will Rees for sharing this.
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me.
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.
But there is this gap.
For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good.
It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not.
But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer.
And your taste is why your work disappoints you.
A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit.
Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this.
We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have.
We all go through this.
And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work.
Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story.
It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.
And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met.
It’s gonna take awhile.
It’s normal to take awhile.
You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”
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The Incisal Edge Podcast with Lauren Harrhy
Posted on August 6, 2019 by Alun Rees
Alun talks to Lauren Harrhy about her career in Dentistry as Principal of Sparkle Dental Centre, her work with Mental Dental – A group for Dentists in Crisis, the Confidental helpline, the BDA and more.
The Podcast Notes:
Mental Dental – A Group for Dentists in Crisis. LINK
CONFIDENTAL, the 24 hour telephone helpline for dentists by dentists, is now officially live . Trained volunteers are there to offer support in a crisis and are there to listen. https://www.confidental-helpline.org
Phone number is 0333 987 5158 Please share the information about this service with colleagues .
Listening saves lives
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The Monday Morning Quote #564
Posted on July 29, 2019 by Alun Rees
“At some point, everything’s gonna go south on you… everything’s going to go south and you’re going to say, this is it. This is how I end.
Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work. That’s all it is.
You just begin. You do the math. You solve one problem… and you solve the next one… and then the next.
And If you solve enough problems, you get to come home.“
I have slipped away from film watching, I enjoyed Andy Weir’s book on which the film (The Martian) was based but didn’t get around to watching it until last week. I’m sure my 15 year old TV didn’t do it justice but I enjoyed the telling of the tale.
A great message in these lines.
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Your Job Shouldn’t Kill You…
Posted on July 18, 2019 by Alun Rees
Excellent Blog Post from the Kolbe Connect Blog. Knowing and understanding your Kolbe A can help to cope with and understand what you do and what you should do. My clients who embrace Kolbe Wisdom get so much more from themselves and from their teams.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially recognized burnout as a medical condition…
…In addition to concerns about burnout among employees, there has been a rise in awareness about the stress of being an entrepreneur. Inc. magazine released an article, “The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship”, which states, “it’s time to be honest about how brutal [building a company] is—and the price some founders secretly pay.”…
Most of the advice about dealing with workplace stress, like “take a vacation,” “play harder,” or “bring a pet to work” only offers temporary relief.…
…working with our clients, we’ve consistently seen that when people are required to work against their instinctive strengths they report higher levels of stress, miss more work, and ultimately are more likely to quit or be fired.…
…The long-term solution is creating alignment between a person’s conative strengths and the demands of the job.…
Take a look at my website to take your Kolbe A and find out more about building your perfect team.
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