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Desmond Nikanor

Desmond Nikanor


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Context Switching vs Multitasking

As you advance in your career and take on more responsibilities, you will be managing multiple areas simultaneously. The average day of high output professionals such as entrepreneurs, executives and industry leaders, involves jumping from one thematic area to another.…

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Predicting or Forecasting

Even though we’re in January, I am already able to predict where I will be on Easter weekend this year. Why is that so? It is because I have the knowledge, the resources and the ability to make that desire…

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Importance of the Negative Feedback Loop

Suppose you are driving your car on the long road and suddenly the dashboard flashes a large, red overheating warning sign. Is that feedback positive or negative for you? We have been discussing systems thinking and how all elements of…

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Systems Thinking – Interconnectedness

Suppose your goal is to boil an egg within 15 minutes. I would assume you would have to put that egg in some water, and that water would be in a pot. I also assume you will need to switch…

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Self Talk

You are most likely reading this silently. In doing so, you are hearing these written words in the form of an internal voice. It is normal that we all have an ongoing, inner commentary of our daily experience and thoughts.…

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Indecision is a Decision

Decisions matter. If you think about it, a board meeting is essentially a gathering solely for the purpose of making decisions. Every meeting comprises a set of information and several choices but must ultimately result in a decision. These decisions…

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The 4 Levels of Analytical Maturity

Whenever you are about to travel to a place you have never been before, you google many things about it. You treat this information with so much confidence that you base many of your subsequent decisions on it. In doing…

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Your Mood and Your Work – Part 2

While emotions come and go, moods come without reason, last longer and linger in the background. They therefore have the ability to cloud and affect your thoughts and behaviour at work. It is therefore in the best interests of us…

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Your Mood and Your Work – Part 1

Did you know that your mood ebbs and flows depending on a number of factors, a key one being the environment you find yourself in. For this tip, we will discuss your mood as it relates to your workplace. The…

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Quiet growth

There will be times you must grow quietly. This may seem counter-intuitive in this age where we equate being visible and being seen as an indicator of growth.But that is not necessarily always the case. We sometimes confuse being silent…

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The Science of Promotion – Silent Tests Part 1

We have been discussing the science of promotion by laying out some of the constant things that happen when one is about to get promoted. The first is that the individual would begin to redefine what a promotion is by…

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The Science of Promotion – Internalising Credit

We’ve been talking about the science of promotion, which includes some of my observations during or after someone is promoted. The next step is internalising credit. I’ve observed that often, when a person gets promoted, the need for external praise…

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