We live in a world telling us to find bliss and fulfilment. London Time Out this week ran a cover in black and white entitled ‘How to change your life’. Now common! If you really needed to change your life, I seriously hope you’d be on some therapist’s sofa questioning all your life’s choices up…
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Every year for the last fifteen, I sit down and write New Year resolutions in a form of goals. I keep them pretty specific but certainly not rigid. For example, to write a book was on my list for the last five years at least. What this meant was that in each year I took…
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Apparently the above is true! Is it the weather? Is it post Christmas holiday longings to free time instead of realities of life and obligations? Is it the overwhelming feeling of the goals we set ourselves? Maybe it’s the faces of other people looking more rested than us? Or us hearing about great presents others…
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Ok. So Christmas is around the corner, though for some of us there’s still a lovely Thanksgiving dinner before the frantic season really makes itself felt. Christmas can often be the time when we give even more of ourselves to others. Thinking about how I’m going to be coping with it, I had an idea.…
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In my work I often come across brilliant people who are afraid of unleashing their skills on the world. In trying to norm into their environment, they play small. I’m no stranger to the Tall Poppy Syndrome– an inner fear of standing out and being brilliant in order to feel accepted and loved. A child…
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I came across this video today by accident and I can’t think of a better reminder to help make time count than the short yet powerful messages included in it. Enjoy!
I have been asked to contribute a series of articles to the professional development pages of We Are The City information portal. Over the next weeks I will be inspiring women to develop courage and skills to make their voices and ideas count in the work place based on my experience of developing people across…
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Many people carry in them tremendous ambition and potential yet choose to play small. In this intensive and highly practical workshop, I will take you on a systematic journey into creating success you want NOW using carefully selected tools and techniques from my 1:1 work with clients across corporate, social and creative industries. In just…
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I have worked with over a thousand people across all jobs and roles on time management in the last couple of years. As I’m writing my book at the moment on this topic, I decided to share with you my time drains identifier which I use to help people pinpoint where we need to focus.…
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I’ve been contacted by someone recently asking me to help them figure out what they really want. It seems an easy enough question and yet on closer inspection it is a difficult one and we spent good two hours bottoming it out. Having an answer to this question is important as it is the basis…
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