Author: Darren
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Critical Thinking
Photo by Cristofer Jeschke on Unsplash I posted a video last Friday on decision making. Good decision making also requires critical thinking skills. This has never been so important. Read the article below with some great tips and resources to assist you to develop your critical thinking skills. A good primer to the topic is outlined in the…
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Sunday Zephyr – Communication
Photo by Gabriel Matula on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? I’m out this morning doing the Seven Bridges Walk in Sydney. Should be interesting. Ever had a complex topic to explain and just got more and more confused as you tried to explain it to the training participants. Here is a comedy classic to remind us all…
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I’m Back!
Photo by Vladislav Babienko on Unsplash Sorry, Sorry. I haven’t posted anything for a while. Been a bit busy. I was recently asked to do a little bit of design work around decision making. I found this great short video explaining some of the key principles. Can’t see the video – click here
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Sunday Zephyr – Fit!
Photo by Guillaume Briard on Unsplash How is your Sunday going. I am currently in Stanley and soon going to be travelling to Cradle Mountain where I will be hiking my face off. This travel is a holiday but I travel a lot for work and it is difficult keeping fit when you don’t have much time and…
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Presentations and anxiety
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash I have delivered quite a few presentations this year as well as delivered a few effective presentation programs. I often tell the audience how presenting is the exact opposite of where I would have thought my career lay. I hated presenting. I feared it. It made me sick with stress and worry. Then…
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Setting Goals
Photo by Manasvita S on Unsplash Hope you had a great weekend and you are now fresh and ready for another big week at work. Maybe it is a good time to set some goals for work and life as we zoom into the end of the year. The article below explains some great tips on how to…
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Sunday Zephyr – Clouds, Rain, Laughter.
Photo by Tevin Trinh on Unsplash Hows your Sunday going?’I spent some time in Orange this week and I noticed how many properties were for sale. I assume that many people on the land out that way are selling up. Truly sad. Businesses are shutting as well. It’s bloody dry. We haven’t seen enough clouds and rain for…
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Brain Myths
Photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash Occasionally I send out a post on brain myths because, well it is just irritating, that some organisations and trainers just don’t keep up with some of the new information on the brain due to advances in research. It’s not difficult. You just need to read occassionally. I recently delivered a program…
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Multiple Intelligence’s
Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash How much do you know about the theory and application of multiple intelligence’s? Here is an excellent article and a self assessment – quick and easy. Time to learn. Read the article here. Do the assessment here.
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Sunday Zephyr – Improvement
Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? If you need something to give you a laugh today watch the video below from the World Championships of Death Diving or in other words idiots doing big belly flops. Most of us are not stupid enough or skilled enough to be able to do this but…