Mar 10, 2017 | Padraig's Insights
Doing the Ironing: An Exercise in Paying Attention I take a long weekend every fourth weekend to try and disconnect. The aim is to clear my head so that I can come back to work fresh. I was ironing my shirts and I had a thought that I’d like to share with...
Mar 3, 2017 | Padraig's Insights
The 5 Essential Skills of an Entrepreneur, and More Insights… Padraig’s Insights for the week The 5 essential skills of an entrepreneur When we talk about entrepreneurship and the essential skills, there are 5 that are typically known to be...
Feb 24, 2017 | Padraig's Insights
How to Become a Successful Leader Padraig’s Insights for the week The Pareto principle I’m sure you all know about the pareto principle named after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who noted the 80/20 connection in 1896. Most people apply it to...
Feb 3, 2017 | Padraig's Insights
Action is all that matters Action is all that matters. When you act, it raises your self-esteem and performance and creates a cycle of success. People motivate themselves, and what motivates is action. The very act of moving into action creates success. Action also...
Jan 24, 2017 | Padraig's Insights
A tip a day keeps the doctor away #1: Set your expectations high I am continuously amazed when I work with my clients at how low their expectations are. I believe that we get what we expect. Not what we want, not what we need and not what we ask for. We get...
Jan 16, 2017 | Padraig's Insights
Don’t let fear hold you back I was working with my team this morning and we were talking about packaging our programmes for the year. I have approached a number of people about doing a particular package and to my surprise, they resisted it. It struck me that...
