Achieved Strategies

Passion, Blind Spots, Piggyness, and Mediocre Results

Posted on09. Oct, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.

Can your passion blind you from achieving results? I say yes.  It can create blind spots. Blind spots are beliefs that are hidden from your awareness.  They influence your actions, and you are unaware of it. To ensure we’re all on the same page, I want to quickly explain how blind spots develop.  Blind spots [...]

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What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You! (Why Mental Models Matter)

Posted on25. Jun, 2010 by David Wong.

David Wong is the managing partner of Integrated Execution, a business consulting company with 20+ years of experience in helping companies execute strategies efficiently and effectively. He led many successful major growth, large-scale change and business transformation initiatives across Fortune 1000 companies. Customer strategy- check! Product strategy- check! Financial strategy- check! Mental model strategy- huh?? [...]

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How We Blow Out of Proportion Other’s Actions

Posted on05. Apr, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.

There’s no doubt that we are a product of our life experiences.  We give meaning to our experiences and conclude that our meaning is right.  It’s an easy way for us to make sense of the complicated world in which we live. For example, I was raised by my parents to always be on time.  [...]

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