Putting
in a Star Performance - by Amanda Knight
When
your boss asks you to take ownership of a project, he or
she is actually asking you to own your own performance;
to have 'star billing', rather than be a second-rate
act. But if employers want you to take ownership,
they must understand what this means, what they are
asking of you: to be all that you can be in your role .
. .
Performing
in this way, you will search for the same in others; as
a result you will seek to understand many things -
particularly the decisions and behaviours of others at
all levels of the organisation. Taking ownership
means doing it your way.
The
Eyes Have It - by Joe Sinclair
In The
Art of Seeing (1943), Aldous Huxley wrote: "So
long as the art of seeing is not taught to children as
part of their normal education, the trade in artificial
lenses is not likely to suffer more than a trifling loss
. . . Human sloth and inertia will guarantee the
opticians at least nine-tenths of their present
business."
As part
of the Notions, Potions and Nostrums theme of this
issue, the author describes his experiences with the
Bates Eye Therapy. "I was prescribed glasses
sixty years ago," he says. "A few months
later I discovered Bates. Three months after
performing the simple exercises he recommends I was able
to throw the glasses away. I have not worn them
since."
Reads
just like a suspect advertisement for "snake
oil". "But it worked for me, so you
won't find me knocking it."
Doing
What Comes Naturally - by Joe Sinclair
A
further article by our Editor in the Notions, Potions
and Nostrums series. This time he describes his
salutary experiences with cures for headaches and
arthritis.
Joe
says: "I am not trying to convert anyone to
anything. The description of my experiences will
be, I hope, of interest. But I hasten to state
that while they work for me, they may not work for
others. Still, nothing ventured, as they say . . .
"
Twelve
Rational Principles (Part I)
- by Wayne
Froggatt