I thought I'd gotten over the old feeling I had of needing to do a great job all the time - until it reared it's head again last week.
Read moreWhen you don't know your next move...
Sometimes our next step, or our next decision, can feel so monumental… that we don't take it. Usually because we’re obsessed with making sure that next step is perfect.
Read moreListen and update your opinions
It is important that we regularly look at our beliefs and ideals to make sure they continue to steer us in the direction we want. But it’s actually harder than it sounds.
Read moreTake a closer look at what you're resisting
If you're resisting something, it's a big flashing neon sign that it's important to you. Because why bother resisting something we don't really care about? That we aren't really invested in?
Read moreThree steps to leverage your strengths
The best approach is always going to be your approach. Take the time to identify your strengths and actively use them to get fast results.
Read moreIt's okay to not be okay
The theme for mental health awareness week this year has been ‘kindness’ and I’ve seen plenty of people going the extra mile to be kind to each other during lock-down. But the purpose of the blog this week is to remind you to be kind to yourself.
Read moreRe-wiring your brain to get the outcome you want
If we've decided to break out of our day to day lives in some way (e.g. to start a new career, to move house, to get fitter), then it makes sense to me that we would need to break away from our old thinking that created our old life.
Read moreWe need your opinion now more than ever
I expect you've noticed that no one really knows what they're doing at the moment, so your ideas could be exactly what we need right now.
Read moreFeeling overwhelmed? This will help
These are 4 resilience tactics that will help return you to a resourceful mindset. I’m interested to hear how you are and which of these ideas creates most impact for you over coming weeks.
Read moreRaising our self awareness to manage crisis
While we're in lock down, we're spending a lot of time in isolation with our own thoughts.
And if your mind is anything like mine, it's a pretty busy place. So it needs active management now more than ever …
You're more resilient than you think
In the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown, your priorities have probably changed. And I think that proves how resilient you are.
Read moreLeaders - your empathy will be critical
During the Covid-19 crisis it will be essential for leaders to be empathetic. The key is to keep enquiring, someone who is okay today may not be okay tomorrow.
Read moreWhere do you need to loosen your grip?
As well as being unhealthy in all the obvious ways, I want to zone in on this idea of clinging on to something too tightly. When we’re clinging on too tightly, we aren’t allowing space for new ideas, different solutions, other outcomes - we end up thinking along the lines of ''it must be THIS particular job, nothing else works.’
Read moreFeeling frustrated or stuck?
I want to remind you that all progress is progress…
Read moreOne reason resolutions fail
Instead of playing the long term game, investing in a professional qualification, networking or hitting the gym, we make short term decisions to watch TV or go for drinks with our friends. We know the actions we need to take and repeat to get the outcome we want, and yet we don't take them.
Read moreThese two biases are messing with your decisions
In short, we have natural biases that impact our decision making. Being aware of them means we can wrestle back some control from our social and psychological programming to help us achieve the best outcomes.
Read moreThe answer is almost always in the room
Whatever question you have, you know someone who can answer it. It's easier than you might think.
Read moreValue energy over time
It's not really more time we are in need of, it's energy.
Read moreLeaders - how to get visibility right
It’s important to be visible and present in the workplace to motivate your team - but not at the cost of your own productivity. So how do you get the balance right?
Read moreNew year, next level you
Happy new year!!
Welcome to the first day of 2020, the first day of a new decade.
What does it have it store for you?
I'm hoping that you've got some time over the next week, before work really picks up again, to reflect on what you're leaving behind and what you're creating.
There are a couple of things I find 'end of year' energy is particularly good for. One is writing out your personal 2019 greatest hits. What did you succeed at? What are you grateful for? What are you celebrating? I like Denise Duffield-Thomas' approach of aiming to write 100 things. I got stuck a few times so kept asking myself, anything else?
It's also a good time of year to ask yourself: what am I leaving behind? What am I releasing? What am I refusing to take into 2020 with me? This could be anything from Marie Kondo style de-cluttering of items you no longer need or a mental/ emotional release like deciding that worrying about what other people think isn't going to control you in the new year.
I dislike the messaging around new year of 'new year, new you'. I don't think we need a new you. What we want is an even better you.
So rather than committing to losing 2 stone or to read a book a week (classic new years resolutions that disperse in February), why not get more curious and more specific. What book are you intrigued by, that you'd love to read? Resolve to read it. What new activity have you always wanted to try? Go book a lesson.
These softer, more specific ideas about having fun and following your interests are much more likely to keep you learning, growing, evolving.
Plus, you can set intentions, goals, change your mind, make decisions, create things, on any day of the year.You don't need to wait for a new year or the start of a new month.
This links back to what we were talking about last week, deciding on an outcome you want and asking ‘what can I do today, that feels good, that could lead towards my outcome’.
More fun, less striving.
I'd love to hear what you'll be working on in 2020, hit comment and let me know.