Identify Your Values, Make It Your Norm

Norms – Something that is usual, typical or standard Values – principles or standards of behaviour, one’s judgement of what is important in life.   Our norms are what we are surrounded by and exposed to, our values are what we consider important. If there is a...

Simple, Efficient, Effective.

Simple – easily understood or done, presenting no difficulty (minimal complexity) Efficient – achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense Effective – successful in producing a desired or intended result.   Simple is easier to implement...

Pursue Excellence, Expect Effort

An expansion on ‘Lower Your Expectations, Not Your Standards.’ Pursue Excellence, not Perfection. First, we must define what excellence is for a given activity. Next, we must define what effort looks like when pursuing that excellence. Effort could be...

Master the Process, The Outcome is Inevitable

Mastery – The ability to reliably perform a task or skill to a high standard and adapt to the circumstances imposed upon them and demonstrate a deep knowledge and understanding in a domain. Recipes can be superb. A good recipe is step by step instructions on how to...