Aviv’s Blog
To Lead is to Transform
Make Your Learning Compelling
Make your learning compelling. Make it compelling for you. You are the first listener and student of your teachings. When you listen well, the rest of the world wants to come and listen too. A great Rabi once said “we tell stories to our children to put them to sleep. We tell stories to adults to wake them up.” In our leadership seminars and retreats...
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Managing Fear
I am often asked how to overcome fear. Fear is probably the strongest, most intense of all behavioral triggers. We conjure up fears and react to them. Fears govern behavior in relationships, in career choices, in trading and investment, and in the way people express their views and feelings. There are four responses to fear: 1. Flight – fear reflex to run away 2. Fight...
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Blue Belt Morning Brief
To the Toronto Blue Belt Top Talent participants – Thank you for the opportunity to work together and be on this discovery journey with you. Here are my notes from our last mornings briefing: 1. You are the most important person in this world! The people you serve and work for, the people you support and help, the people to whom you bring a smile...
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Are You Punishing Yourself Twice?
A couple goes to the theater. Ten minutes into the show they know that it is a bad movie but neither of them is prepared to admit it. Fifteen minutes later one of them says: “it’s a bad movie. Shall we leave?” The other replies: “Why should we lose three times? First we paid, second it’s a bad movie and now you want us to...
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Never Run Empty
Never run to the bottom of the tank. It is the most dangerous thing that you can do. When you use yourself to the very last drop of energy and willingness, you start using up a precious energy that was not meant to be used. The last drop of energy is a crucial safety reservoir to be retained for self maintenance, to fuel your recovery...
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Tough Times Bring Opportunities
Good times present great opportunities. Tough times present a great many opportunities too. How do you approach challenging times? What opportunities do you find in tough times? Here are ten things you can do in tough times: 1. Learn new skills. 2. Take time to explore ideas, places and possibilities that looked impossible previously. 3. Stay well, fit and healthy. Discipline yourself to engage regularly...
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Why I Disagree With Marshal Goldsmith
I agree with 93% of what Marshal Goldsmith tells us in his “Advice for the young that transcends age” in BusinessWeek. I agree that in an era of uncertainty, we all need to think like entrepreneurs. Second I agree that it is tough out there, and it’s only going to get tougher. Third I agree that you better forget about security. And fourth I agree...
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Are You Looking For A Spiritual Experience?
You get up, go to work, you manage your way forward, you lead and you follow. You persuade and agree, and overcome challenges, you create solutions, and you hope for a good day. This is it. Stop looking for a spiritual experience. This is what you came here for. You are here to discover what you need to learn. You are here to influence, be...
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The Three Decision Points
Every important decision has to be made three times. If you act on an important decision without a complete journey through the three yeses, your decision and action may not be as intact and strong as it can be. Let’s take the buying of your house for example. First you had the instinctive ‘yes, I like this house’, on your first visit. This first decision...
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Do You Know Yourself?
On a recent flight the woman sitting next to my wife was telling her about her daughter. The daughter had finished seven years of study to become a chiropractor. After completing her studies and graduating she decided she did not want to practice. She discovered she doesn’t like touching other people. It took seven years to find out that she doesn’t like touching people. This...
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