What would Barack Obama do?
Like me, I’m sure you watched Barack Obama’s inauguration as US President on January 20th. For me he is a source of inspiration. I feel better about myself when I listen to him, a sign of a true leader. Recently, when faced with challenging decisions, or at times when I’m feeling nervous, I find myself asking ‘what would Barack Obama do if he was in my shoes?’ Such a question is a great way of accessing our inner wisdom.
Having followed Obama's journey to the presidency there are many business and personal lessons we can learn from him.
7 lessons we can all learn from Barack Obama
We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.
Barack Obama
Combatting Negative Thinking
Negative thinking has a way of creeping into our conversations without us even noticing. How often do you say things like ‘I’d be no good at that!’ or ‘Did you see the state of her?’
Learning to spot these virus-like thoughts and replacing them with something more useful, will make a huge difference in everything you do.
Read on and discover 8 Patterns of Negative Thinking and how to replace them...
What does it take to be world-class?
Over Christmas I read two fascinating new books, ‘Outliers’ by Malcolm Gladwell and ‘Talent is Over-rated’ by Geoff Colvin. Both books examine what it takes to become world-class in any field. In the article that follows I share with you my learning and my thoughts on the subject.
Read the full article - What it takes to be world-class.
And finally...
" We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. "
Barack Obama
