Posts tagged Personal Development
Video: Luck Versus Skill
Video: Luck Versus Skill

There are two basic factors in understanding the result of decisions: luck and skill. We like to think that when we make good decisions, it's because of skill, and bad decisions are because of bad luck! But really, you can make a good decision, but get unlucky and have a bad result, and equally, you could make a bad decision and get lucky with a good result. It's important to distinguish between these two factors because otherwise, it could negatively affect your confidence in decision making.

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CAREERRonan KennedyDecision-Making, Personal Development
The new currency: Concentration
The new currency: Concentration

If 'time is money', then it must at least be a certain type of time - e.g. time spent working to create value. But if it takes one person two hours to complete a valuable task, and another person only one hour, then the second person is obviously more valuable (all other things being equal). The reality is that these days all other things are often equal: we have access to the same technologies, resources and all the same information online.

'There might be a difference in skill sets' I hear your say

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CAREERRonan KennedyConcentration, Work, Engagement, Personal Development
13 Lessons on Patterns from Physiotherapy
13 Lessons on Patterns from Physiotherapy

My physio told me that my patterns of movement are impeding my training and therefore my progress. In other words, my patterns of movement are linked to my running technique, which is linked to the problems that I'm having with my knees. All of the stretching in world won’t make a difference as long as my patterns of movement are still inadequate. 

So why am I writing about this? The reason is this: I couldn't help but draw a parallel between the patterns of movement that we do with our bodies and the patterns of thoughts/emotions that we have in our minds.

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LIFERonan KennedyPatterns, Habits, Emotions, Happiness, Personal Development