The power of consistency
My first daughter taught me to be consistent. She was two and I was 30. She was much more determined than me to do the thing she wanted to do. It’s called being strong willed. Two-year olds are renowned for their tantrums and saying ‘no’ as they go through the...
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Lessons learned from running a Group Mentoring Program in 2018
I launched my first Group Mentoring Program in 2018. Three very genial male business owners joined the program and we had a great year together. The program was based around the top 10 Small Business Essentials that I have learned MUST be in the foundations of a small...
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Why a mentor is helpful for business success
A mentor is a bit like a zoom lens. They will help you zoom out to see the big picture panoramic view of your business dreams, and they will assist with the close-up view of the problems and roadblocks that need specific attention as well.
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The lost art of day-dreaming and why it may be the cause of your insomnia
Day-dreaming is one of the ways we humans process the events of the day. Making time to reflect is a necessary way to get the brain to slow down and relax from the millions of messages we receive every day.
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Is ‘work-life integration’ really a better idea than ‘work-life balance’?
‘Work-life integration’ is a term that is catching on. I am seeing new articles every day speaking about the folly of the concept of ‘work-life balance’ and talking up the benefits of ‘work-life integration’ or an equivalent idea (Jeff Bezos from Amazon prefers to speak of ‘work-life harmony’).
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Personal growth is a MUST, not a MAYBE.
Personal growth does not just happen. Change happens all around us every day. Much of it is negative. If you are going to make sure you are continually growing as an adult, you need to be deliberate about it. Many adults stopped growing years ago. They are now...
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Your attitude determines whether you finish well in life
There is an old cliché that says, ‘your attitude determines your altitude’. In other words, when you work at making sure you maintain a positive, giving and pro-active attitude it helps determine how high and how far you will go in life. I would like to add that your...
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How to make sure you do not experience the pain of burnout
In 2007 the cumulative effects of burnout caught up on me. I made some dumb personal decisions that led me to resign my senior leadership role, leave my marriage, and, after a period of grieving, start to rebuild my shattered life.
How did I know it was burnout?
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People pleaser or people helper?
People pleaser v people helper Before I started working with one of my clients he changed our meeting time several times before we actually met face to face. There were two main reasons he felt the need to keep postponing our appointments. 1. He could not say 'No!' to...
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