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Hamish Mackenzie
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Drop the delegation excuses
Whether you’re a solopreneur or the CEO of a Fortune 500 firm, delegation is key to your sanity, as well as your success. And yet, too...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Breakthrough
If you feel like you're banging your head against a brick wall over a particular issue, harder and faster won't help. You need to find a...
Hamish Mackenzie
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DIY is not a leadership strategy
A colleague recently told me about a client of his. This guy has built a $300 million business and spends 80% of his time traveling. A...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Have conviction in your courage.
Having the “courage of your convictions” can be dangerous if those convictions turn out to be wrong, or if you need to change them for...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Performance upgrade.
Businesses and careers can survive poor personal performance. That doesn’t mean they should have to. And if survival is your primary...

Hamish Mackenzie
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Better than you think.
I go running around three times a week. I'm not exactly built for it and nobody would describe me as fast. So, when I registered for a 5K...

Hamish Mackenzie
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Don't believe the hype.
Before Saturday’s Rugby World Cup Final between England and South Africa, the English media seemed convinced of an England victory,...

Hamish Mackenzie
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Interruptions
Don't let the unexpected throw you off course. My Monday morning has been hijacked by a plumber who has arrived two days early to install...

Hamish Mackenzie
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Because you can
The best way I know how to motivate myself, any time There are a few things I try to do regularly - go running, see live music, write...

Hamish Mackenzie
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No time to lose.
Get to the top faster. When the Washington Monument opened in 1888, the elevator ride to the top was so sedate they served wine and...

Hamish Mackenzie
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No hoper
Stop hoping, start doing There's a saying in German which goes,"Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt." The literal English translation is: Hope...


Hamish Mackenzie
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Disappearing act.
Stop doing stuff you hate. Today, take ten minutes to make a list of tasks you "have to do" that you don’t like, aren’t good at, or which...


Hamish Mackenzie
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Get serious.
If you're not getting the results you want, it's time to get help. My lead mentor, Alan Weiss PhD, tells a story about his wife Maria's...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Too much dung, not enough beetle
Are you focused on your work at the expense of the reason you're doing it? Last spring I was in a boutique hotel in a beautiful backwater...

Hamish Mackenzie
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What gear are we in?
Speed should be seamless. Electric vehicles don't have gears. Smooth, seamless acceleration and braking is the new normal. At work, too...
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