Peter McKenzie
The 2 Most Difficult Choices I’ve Ever Had To Make In Life
When I was 21, I decided my life was too boring. I needed to have an adventure. Of course, whenever we set goals in life, life tests us....
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 4
- 2 min
How you can build unshakeable confidence. Lessons from the greatest of all time, Mohammed Ali.
Do you sometimes suffer from a lack of confidence? When I need a confidence shot, I look to one of my boyhood heroes, someone with the...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 3
- 2 min
The Only Time Management advice you will ever need
"It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has...
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Peter McKenzie
- Jan 7
- 2 min
5 Leadership Lessons from Colin Powell
Colin Powell was among the most respected US Statesmen of the last 25 years. A brilliant general and unassuming politician, he was also a...
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Peter McKenzie
- Dec 17, 2022
- 6 min
Why Leo Messi should lift the World Cup tomorrow and why you should care
Messi is the G.O.A.T. – the Greatest Of All Time He has won everything under the sun as a professional footballer, League titles,...
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Peter McKenzie
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
Who is your Nemesis?
Most people yearn for a simple, easy, and stress-free life, but the best of our character only emerges when we face a true challenge,...
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Peter McKenzie
- Jul 2, 2022
- 3 min
Is it better to be the Tortoise or the Hare?
Remember Aesop’s fable? The flash hare with racing talent and speed is challenged to a race by the slow, but dependable and consistent...
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Peter McKenzie
- Jun 6, 2022
- 2 min
Working hard or hardly working?
For many years during my career, I thought that hard work was the recipe for success. It seemed to work for me at least as I worked...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 31, 2022
- 6 min
6 things I have learned from my 1-month blog post writing challenge
In February of this year, I took a decision on the spur of the moment. Inspired by a brilliant session at our monthly Public Speakers...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
Big picture or in the detail? What type of leader is best?
(Transcript by Otter) What type of leader are you? Are you a big visionary, a big picture person? Or are you a detailed thinker who likes...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 28, 2022
- 7 min
Silence is Golden – why keeping quiet is the most important skill to master in business and in life
Imagine I was to offer you an amazing new product. Something that would make people sit up and pay more attention to what you said. A...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 27, 2022
- 4 min
How to deal with difficult people – a lesson from Stoic Philosophy
Two days ago, I was in Barcelona airport, preparing to catch a flight to Birmingham, UK. I was coming over to visit my 96-year-old father...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 25, 2022
- 4 min
To become a successful negotiator try varying your voice.
(Negotiation skills part 1) I love to strike a good deal. As a virtually penniless student backpacking through Morroco, I remember...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 23, 2022
- 4 min
Why saying no makes you a more effective manager… and how to do it more often
Photo by cottonbro from Pexels One of the most powerful words in the English language has just two letters... No Do you use it often...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 22, 2022
- 4 min
The not to do list – the best tool to regain personal power and time
Nearly everyone these days manages a “to do” list. They can be a powerful way of managing the multitude of activities we face in modern...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 20, 2022
- 6 min
The Best Method for Optimizing Meetings – READ more, MEET less, RECOVER time
The pandemic had many disastrous impacts on business, but one that is rarely highlighted is the proliferation of meetings that it caused....
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 18, 2022
- 4 min
Leadership is a Science AND an ART – never underestimate the importance of communication skills!
One of the best bosses I have had in my career was called Brent Tanner. He had great charisma, a sense of humor, and always spoke his...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 18, 2022
- 3 min
Do you have a "Unique Selling Point"? If not, here is how to find it...
Last week I read an article by Ali Parandeh explaining in detail how entrepreneurs should highlight their USP or Unique Selling Point by...
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Peter McKenzie
- Mar 16, 2022
- 4 min
5 mistakes that cause new habits to die
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Aristotle was right (in a lot of things). Doing...
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