Tag Archives: #personaldevelopment

At times we can be our own worst enemy can’t we? We immobilise ourselves with some of the self-talk in our heads. We worry about stuff that might not even be true!!! FEAR – False Expectations Appearing Real. A colleague of mine once said a…

Here’s a thought for you. How much should you do? Do ALL you can! If you saw your kids putting in less effort than they could and you could see them settling for less than you knew they were capable of, what would you do?…

How carefully do you choose your words? I choose my words carefully and am keen to avoid littering my talk with negative words but I noticed there was one area where I was unconsciuously letting things slip. When replying to people I found I would…

When I was young my mum told me I was forever using my pocket money to buy everyone sweeties. When she sent me to the shops I always came back with 2 of whatever item I’d been sent for…just in case she needed more. My…

Where’s your focus right now? Are your goals fixed on moving away from something that’s not what you want? Are they more positively moving you towards something you want? Or is something bigger than you inspiring you? Whichever it is, I guess the important thing…

What’s your best definition of success? Mine USED to be one by Earl Nightingale “Success is the progressive realisation of a worthy goal“. At the time I hadn’t heard a better one than that. And it’s still a beauty but, for me, Coach John Wooden’s…

Ponder these 2 options if you are a business owner/leader: 1. Say “we don’t have time” to gather the team for a review of the last quarter. Another way of saying that is “we’re too busy” 2. Make the time for the review. Make it…

How do you respond when things aren’t quite right in your team? Do you shrug your shoulders and ask yourself “why don’t they just ‘get it’?” Do you start to point the finger of blame towards the team? Or do you have a growth mindset…