Author: Bob Riding

How many tasks will you manage today?   How many will you complete? Smaller lists get finished. What you get done is what builds momentum.  Getting things done is the goal for most people.   Juggle 7 tasks and finish 3, it can feel like failure. Take on 3 and finish 2, it feels like progress. Everyone…

Rehearse in your mind the unexpected.  Walk the scenario forward.  When you imagine what could go wrong, you’re not being pessimistic, you’re being prepared. The point isn’t rumination — it’s a type of inoculation, your way of managing fear and circumstance.  Take a brief, honest look at what’s fragile.  It will help you generate gratitude…

Volume, confidence, and persistence do not make your statements correct.  Some of the most wrong ideas in history have been shouted the loudest, masking arguments that cannot hold up to scrutiny.  The difficult discipline is learning to separate what is forcefully stated from whether it is actually true.  That requires critical thought, reasoning and open…

I care what others think.  Why not reframe this to “whose judgment do I genuinely respect, and what do they think?”  It will be a very short list. Remember, loud reactions are rarely trustworthy.  Social media opinions are deeply biased.  In the end, what others think is more often noise passed off as wisdom.  Never…

What’s in your self-talk? Are you filling your head with the language of defeat?   Words like “impossible, can’t, maybe, try, should, if only?” They are hedging, defeatist words, telling you that you’re not quite ready to start, not ready to commit, not ready to win. Why not jettison the language of disabling fear?  Why not…

Show up more often, submit more work, start more conversations.  Luck is a numbers game, and most people quit rather than improve their odds.  You can also develop skills, prepare, and get feedback. They help, but the biggest lift more often comes from just showing up.  This is one of the most underrated ideas in…