WHY – HOW – WHAT

I love this image and the simplicity of it in delivering a complex message! Simon Sinek in his TED talk uses this image to describe the reason certain companies like Apple excel and outperform other companies like Microsoft. He says that if you focus outside-in, with WHAT you provide, like Microsoft – people won’t get engaged […]

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But you’re lucky! Luck = opportunity + preparation. 3 things you can do to increase your luck!

I was always told by people who knew me that I was lucky. People would see the opportunities that I was lucky to have and say it’s luck, “Philip – he’s so lucky.” I got to perform in concert halls, I’ve sung and won £1000 a couple of times for performing. I’m currently coaching senior […]

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal

At a Toastmasters competition I was lucky enough to be in recently, this was one of the topics that was discussed. It was a quote from Winston Churchill: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts” I think there’s so much to this quote if you really […]

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Choose your response!

I’ve spoken a few times before about how we can’t always control what happens to us and the events we experience in life. Thinking about that statement and all that has gone on in the last week and year makes me question if I still believe it or think differently.  I still think that no […]

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