Many of the things I've been writing about in the last 6months or so are more or less common sense. So really nothing new or original but I hope it is still worth reading because I'm writing what I see working and what I believe in and hope that helps you a little as well. In addition to that I want to encourage you to practice more of the things that you already know because I see that many people, including myself, struggling with that from time to time. Common sense in this context means soft skills.
The hard skills (e.g. Business Management Skills, Project Mangement Skills etc.) are easier to test like 1+1=2, if you get any other result you are wrong, period. Soft skills (e.g. time management, leadership, listening skills etc.) on the other hand are much harder to check. What is right and what is wrong? There are so many variables (e.g. environment, topic, timing, people around you etc.) that is becomes very challenging to determine what is right or wrong or better said what works and what doesn't.
Many people (e.g. Stephen Covey, Anthony Robbins, Heath Brothers, Marschall Goldsmith, Seth Godin etc) tell us what works and what doesn't work (at work and at home). You can read them and agree or disagree with them but it is up to you to make any changes. When you want to improve in any area you need to be able and willing to focus on one or two things that you really want to change and then execute. Yes, they are mostly common sense and it is simple to talk about these changes but it is NOT easy to practice these changes. Are you really trying to improve or do you feel comfortable just learning what you could do it you wanted to do something?
