I first heard this quote when I was starting out in business. At the time I was about a year into running my own business and had bought into the cultural brainwash that making a success of working for yourself meant ‘being on’ 24/7. In truth, the concept that I could be more successful by …
Do you ever get to feel that way? Meh? The dictionary defines it as ‘feeling bored or apathetic’. Being somehow ‘unimpressed’ with how things are going or the progress you are making, e.g. in terms of achieving your vision. This is something I’ve been challenged with myself of late and am working through it. It …
Recently I did a 10-day meditation series with the wonderful Peter Harper, aka The Drunken Monk. The series was based around Zen Koans, short riddles or puzzles that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. The koans can seem a bit paradoxical and in my …
I just started a new group on my Standing Firm programme. It’s a powerful 4-hour programme delivered over 4 weeks, empowering participants to build skill and support for dealing with uncertainty and challenge. It’s all about creating change and new more empowering approaches to life’s challenges. I’ve also recently delivered some Vison Workshops so I …
Some of you may remember a hike I shared about doing in December 2019. For my level of fitness it was an ambitious hike (4 hours plus up a fairly steep incline) and the ascent being done in darkness! All part of my celebration of the winter solstice that year. I found it challenging and …
I’ve been having some discussions with clients recently who tell me they are feeling stuck and would like some help in getting out of it! Left to our own devices, often when we are feeling stuck, our response is to ‘think harder’, i.e. we do what we always do, just more of it. The result …
Napoleon Hill, writing in the 1930s, coined the phrase Master Mind Group in his book Think and Grow Rich. He defined Master Mind groups as the “coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose”. While Hill’s research focused on people who had …
This is the final blog in this 5-part series. We’ve been looking at ways to live a full spectrum life, you being your best self in all areas of expression: in terms of your health and wellbeing, your relationships, your career and creative expression and now in relation to your time and money freedom. Covid-19 has …
For many people Covid-19 has had a profound impact on their career and employment experiences, resulting in redundancy, layoff or furlough for many. For others, it has meant the imposition of home or remote working on a fulltime basis, with little or no resources and planning to make that an optimal experience. We’ve seen recruitment …
