What’s your favourite list?

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This week I finalised refreshing and updating my six complimentary self-directed online courses. You'll find links to each one here.

I noticed as I was doing this how much I love venn diagrams and lists. I also recalled how great both are as teaching aids and how well they help people to learn, remember and to apply learning in your own best way.

Also during the week I watched a brilliant conversation between two of my heroes Tom Peters and Steve Farber. Watch yourself here.

Tom says his books are basically lists. His new book 'Excellence Now Extreme Humanism' I just ordered.

I realised in my books there’s lots of lists and diagrams. I know from what readers share with me that they are one of the reasons people buy my books!

Then this morning I read this article by comedian Alistair Baldwin where he says all comedy can be broken down into two categories: Sensible Venn Diagrams and Absurd Lists.

So, What is your favourite list and what is your favourite diagram?
How do they help you to sustain a high level of engagement and energy in your life and work?

My favourite lists tend to be seven or eight items. Like the seven areas of significance for sustaining shared-view:

1. Reality.

2. Possibility.

3. Purpose.

4 Strategy.

5. Execution.

6. Progress.

7. Culture.

The complimentary self-directed shared-view online course is here.

As I am currently writing a book about shared-view where I will add personal and relationships aspects to the work I have already produced for organisations, this list of seven may become:

1. Truth-telling.

2. Vision.

3. Principles.

4. Compass.

5. Experiments.

6. Meaning.

7. Virtues.

My favourite diagram is the three overlapping circles of Heart-Leadership and particularly the three pieces that join them people feeling valued, people living values and people delivering and exchanging value.

So, What is your favourite list and what is your favourite diagram?
How do they help you to sustain a high level of engagement and energy in your life and work?

Who will you become? What will you do next?

Become the wise leader you want to be.

Ian