Take the best of you to work each day

• Published date: 16 June 2022

Set a daily alarm on your phone with these three words and when it goes off use the opportunity to check if you are thinking, speaking and acting in line with these attributes

This is a simple yet great tool for facilitating higher performance. (Oh, and it is very challenging as well!)

As part of my continual development, I recently completed a high-performance coaching certification. It was intensive. It was next level and exceeded my expectations.

Always a good thing when one invests a lot into something and commits to 4am starts for a week, thanks to the session being run on Zoom in California!

On the one hand, there was nothing new and, on the other, the format, structure and deep questioning were insightful, positively challenging and powerful. Often, it is not what we are taught or asked but how.

In my training I often use the analogy of being a thermostat or a thermometer.

Thermometers read the temperature and a thermostat sets the temperature. Some people are like thermometers — every conversation they go into, they adjust themselves to match the tone and character of the conversation. If it is miserable and negative they will add to the conversation with their take on the topic at hand. They often then feel down and negative. If it happens to be a good conversation, then they feel uplifted.

A thermostat on the other hand sets the temperature. People such as these understand that where they focus their words and energy will lead others to do the same. Be it a positive...