Yesterday I was lucky enough to be able to MC at a Citi Dragon’s Den in a beautiful location, Riddel Hall in Belfast. There were a number of guests there, including the dragon’s themselves who represented Citi, Microsoft and Dell. I had been prepping for this since I was asked to do this last week and […]

Read More Innovation – disruptive technology and the Dragon’s!

I was speaking to a friend recently about a career change and we had a coaching conversation about this. They’ve always succeeded in what they do and rely on this results focused approach to progress in their career. This move was a change from an company they’d been with for a while. It was time […]

Read More Expectation versus Experience – failure or presence

During college I was lucky to come across some amazingly varied cultures and characters during my studies. One of my favourite things to do when I had an hour off, and study done, was to head over to the Students Union bar, and see what was happening. Normally there were people eating, telling stories, but […]

Read More Learning how to learn – juggling and the 3E’s of learning

Too often we hear people who give up after committing to something for an extremely short amount of time.  We’ve lost patience for the outcomes we want, and instead of blaming our consistency, blame the system we’ve followed to achieve the success.  Instead, be patient. Take small steps daily that take you closer to your […]

Read More Daily consistent effort, giving value before you expect it and iterating your approach to the environment as it is = goal achievement?

I did a post recently on the 3 things people could do to increase their luck. The first of these was to always give value first before you expect to receive it. Too often we think the world owes us something. That because we’re here and alive people should fall at our feet and rejoice! […]

Read More Give value first – then get value 

Reading this morning about how we’re a diamond, covered in horse crap, coated with nail polish to make our appearance appear like we’re ok and it got me thinking of how not ok with failure, or perceived failure, we are. We often hold ourselves to these crazy ideals of perfection that are unattainable or at […]

Read More You’re crap – do you want to be better?