Success loves speed, delay kills dreams
What Einstein got wrong in this quote: “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” One of the first lessons I remembered from my coaching course was the order of GROW and the reasons why. GROW stands for Goal, Reality, […]
Read More What einstein got wrongAre you selling yourself on your limitations or your potential? I spend a lot of my time working with my 1:1 clients and supporting them in their leadership and mindset. I also give a lot of my time pro bono to connect with and support other coaches, psychologists, personal trainers and business owners to achieve […]
Read More What are you ARGUING for?A misguided belief we are brainwashed into believing is “The answer to your internal problem can be solved with an external solution.” Unhappy? Buy this thing. Sad? Go on this holiday. Feeling guilty about food? Eat this bar, it has no syns in it (Slimming world plays on sin – the highest form of guilt!) […]
Read More internal problems can’t be solved externallyOne of my new coaching clients is a multi-millionaire. They have a really successful business which is growing at a rapid rate. Yet they are lost. Work and life is totally out of balance and this person wants to find fulfilment again. This is NOT to say having money = getting lost or makes them […]
Read More being present while growing – is there such a thing?‘The caterpillar can’t get to being a butterfly by getting fatter. At a certain point, it has to dissolve its structure, create a new pattern among its imaginal cells, and from that the butterfly will emerge. Organisations will go on getting fatter, but they won’t of themselves turn into butterflies’ Bill Sharpe, 3 Horizons Thinking […]
Read More Why nature is always the answerWhen you set off on a path a path that you have committed to it creates a first step. This first step contains the trust, the trust, that you will develop self-belief after taking it. The path contains hopes and fears. There will be hurdles along the way. Do not resent those hurdles, expect them. […]
Read More onwards or retreatEveryday, you consume so much information consciously and unconsciously. Have you ever noticed you’re angry or frustrated and you weren’t sure what was causing it? It can often be something you experienced and didn’t get to process properly, which means the loop doesn’t get to close. It can also be information you’ve consumed and it’s […]
Read More Stand guard at the door of your mind.You won’t always get it perfect. This attempt at a picture I didn’t time or aim right 😂 While you can’t control what happens to you, you can control your reaction to things. Observing your response to different moods you experience and mistakes you make rather than judging them is useful. “Be grateful for high […]
Read More You won’t always get it rightYou can’t “luck” your way to success so please don’t wait for luck to kick in. I don’t believe in luck. I believe in the right action, at the right time. The most successful people I coach take responsibility for everything in life. That includes negative things, not just the positive. Luck is normally only […]
Read More You can’t luck yourself to successHave you ever felt like you’ve taken one step forward and two steps back? You’ve set out to do something positive for yourself and taken that difficult first step. The first step is the hardest sometimes right? It’s exciting but also scary. Then you do something that is like self-sabotage. You watch as you do […]
Read More One step forward, two steps back