Success loves speed, delay kills dreams
The monster under our bed is all in our head! Whenever we have something uncomfortable we have to do, we move further away from it & the scarier & more uncomfortable it feels. I’ve to present to senior audiences quite often & each time I feel nervous. There are times I’ve had to present & […]
Read More The monster under the bed is all in our headHave a theory, find evidence for it and the difference between listening for and to. One thing I’m definitely guilty of is confirmation bias – where I look for evidence to back up what I believe so I feel reassured. Feeling right about my opinion is great. I love feeling right. When I can rhyme […]
Read More Have theory, find evidence and the difference between listening FOR and TOFocus on your systems not goals. The British cycling team have the same goal as any other cycling team: to win in the Olympics. They started to achieve much more success when they focused on tiny marginal gains throughout their system surrounding their cyclists. A surgeon was hired to teach them how to was their […]
Read More Focus on your systems, not goals“There’s no such thing as failure only feedback” This is a presupposition from NLP, Neuro Linguistic Programming, and I remember not understanding it the first time. I had failed at many things. Failing felt awful. Failing felt like I had let myself and others down by not being good enough. I didn’t realise until sometime […]
Read More There is no such thing as failure, only feedbackFish discover water last. George Kelling a criminologist came up with the broken window theory: “A broken window that isn’t fixed, suggests that no one is in charge and no one cares” This sends an unspoken but powerful message that encourages antisocial behaviour. We are shaped by subtle cues from an environment that drive both […]
Read More Fish discover water last“Slow is smooth and smooth is fast” Phil Dunphy Phil Dunphy is from the show Modern Family and has some hilarious and interesting phrases and sayings. This one, while working out on Sunday, was used by one of the instructors on the course and it’s so true. If we can’t do something well, with quality, […]
Read More Slow is smooth and smooth is fastWe did a full day of movement assessment training yesterday as part of the fitness instructing course I’m doing at the moment. My result – I need to move a lot more 😂 I normally exercise a lot to undo the sitting and inactivity during the day. I never realised the impact of doing thousands […]
Read More Move more, it starts with wiggling your toesReading and listening to Gabor Maté recently he spoke about the tension we all try to navigate between authenticity (being true to ourselves) versus approval (changing ourselves so others like us). Today I had the opportunity to fit in and go with the opinion I thought I needed to have or be true to myself […]
Read More Authenticity versus ApprovalWhat does Bob the Builder know about success? Try this slight shift in your self-talk which makes a difference! When I first started reading about self-development (roughly 1992) I read books that told me the power of affirmations and positive self-talk. “I can do it,” or “I’m special,” or [insert positive statement] were some of […]
Read More What does Bob the Builder know about success?I’ve never experienced a more collective, challenging time for people than this year. Everyone has been affected in some way this year, some more than others. Despite it being difficult, this is also an opportunity to craft who we are and what we stand for – our character. Our character used to be carved into […]
Read More Our character is crafted in times of challenge. Make sure it’s not accidental.