Excellent Rider

This decision that you keep on revisiting…  Don’t you wish you had made a better one?

On today’s episode, we investigate what makes a bad decision; and the secret trick to never taking a bad decision again.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

The decision I most regretted in my life

The one mistake we all make when looking at decisions

What criteria to use to evaluate a good vs bad decision

4 steps to taking decisions you’ll never regret

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Have you ever wished that you had a mentor to show you the ropes, up-level your thinking, have your back and curate great opportunities for your career? And have you ever met that person?  Pwa pwa pwa pwaaaaaaaa…

Well, have I good news for you: I have the perfect system for you to identify the best mentor you could possibly dream of.  He or she has a lot of experience in exactly your area, and is extremely invested in your success.  You can thank me later.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How to recognize that person based on their daily life

How to crack the code of their successful mindset

How to enlist their help in tackling your difficulties

How to get them to be available to you whenever you need them

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You've made some progress towards you goal, when suddenly you hit a patch where nothing seems to work. This is where most people give up.  Knowing how to get across that zone is the key difference between successful people and those who give up on their dreams.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

Why you lose your motivation

Build the magic list that will keep you going

3 steps to succeed when it’s tempting to give up

A practical example of the tools in action

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Maybe you’ve heard of people who overthink everything, and you don’t relate at all.  In that case, there’s a high chance that you do the active equivalent: doing tons of stuff, but none in the direction of that one task you should actually be doing. 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

The similarity between overthinking and overdoing

The archaic brain mechanism at play in both cases

What it costs you

How to notice it at play in your life

The secret to getting quick results

And finally, one pro tip that might very well change your life.

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A key skill to change your mindset is to be good at brainstorming new ways to see your situation.  Most people get brainstorming wrong, way wrong.  Listen to hear my tips on how to efficiently brainstorm and solve your, or your company’s, challenges.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

The one mistake that makes you miss all your greatest ideas

The 3 steps to efficient brainstorming

How to structure ideation to actually cover new ground

organize group brainstorming that actually innovates

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Failure is really uncomfortable for most of us. Yet, it’s easy to understand that being open for the possibility of failing is the best way to test stuff and figure out what works.  In today’s episode, I teach you how to embrace failure in a way that even me can manage it

You’ve set a goal for 2022, and you have a rough idea of what you need to do to reach it.  That’ll be good enough to implement, you think.  

Famous last words...  In this series of 5 episodes, I show you how to work on your goal in a way that makes it so much more likely that you reach it.  

Today, we’re looking at how to create an action plan that actually helps :

The three ways we sabotage our goal right from the get go

Why your plan can lead you to failure, or to success

How to transform your obstacles into the best strategy

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You might hesitate to set a goal for 2022?  After all, you have the bad habit of giving up, procrastinating or sabotaging your goals.  Not on my watch!  In this series of 5 episodes, I’m going to show you how to set goals in a way that HELPS you reach it.  Today, we’re looking at what goal to pick when nothing seems enticing enough.

A useful cognitive bias you can make work in your favor

The hidden benefit of setting a measurable goal

What to do when no goal is compelling enough to take action

2 ways you’ll always know what to do

My pro tips on effective brainstorming

The powerful question that’ll nail down the goal

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You’re probably not like me. You’ve NEVER scrolled through LinkedIn and made all the titles and career progressions mean that your career is not advanced enough.  You’ve certainly never thought “at my age, I should already be VP of this / started my company”.

But in the unlikely even you’ve ever compared yourself and felt disappointed, you will enjoy this episode.

 

What you will discover:

The cycle of comparison and its surprising purpose

Insights gained from comparisoin (when you know how to look)

What to do when you catch yourself comparing

How to know you’ve exited your comfort zone

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“Every cloud has its silver lining.”  Sounds so positive, so empowering, doesn’t it? Makes you want to swallow your tears, adjust your shirt and walk with confidence towards the future? Or, actually, it doesn’t.  Trying to absolutely look at what’s good and ok in a tough situation is the best way to get stuck in unwanted feelings; today’s episode explains why.

What silver lining looks like in practice

The thought error at the base of silver linings

Why thinking positive thoughts actually reinforces the negative

The fail-safe way out of unpleasant feelings

Practical examples

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