How am I doing? How do you answer that question and how do you know that what you're measuring has meaning?
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Are you someone who sees failure as a disaster, and tries to avoid it? Or are you someone who turns it into a positive, and calls it ‘learning’? How do we best learn from failure? And how can we turn ‘failure’ into an experience that we enjoy? An experience that affirms the very nature of life itself? Click through to read more…
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When you feel yourself veering towards controlling, what can you do? Here are two simple rules to help you, and those around you, be happier, more creative and more productive at home, at work, in all areas of life. Enjoy!
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It’s easy to assume that a little worrying is a good thing—that surely it makes us more conscious of results and focuses the mind on doing better? Well… maybe not. Maybe perfectionism in its extreme form—the mental comparison to our own imagined future performance is actually causing damage to us and diminishing our results.
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What do ‘results’ mean to you? Take a minute to answer that and then let’s dive in to a counter-intuitive exploration of what they’re really telling us about ourselves…
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We set ourselves impossible targets and then we beat ourselves up for not meeting them. Huh. No wonder we’re exhausted! But how to apply a new way of thinking in your life…
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Performance appraisals—what’s working, what are they for, and how can you do them better…
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No matter how much it feels like you can ‘get it wrong’, dropping (a real!) or metaphorical baby, there’s a question I put to a client to day that will take you out of this and help you find your feet in any situation…
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I can drive myself crazy planning my day around the weather forecast on my phone—just as a client was doing with the results of her project. “It’s not on the forecast!” she exclaimed. Well… here’s how it actually works!
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Why are we so quick to leap to self-judgement when something isn’t quite perfect? This can paralyse us even more and make it harder to see what needs to be done. Try removing the “T” word from your vocabulary and see whether it helps…
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In this scene from Vikings I found a metaphor for the whole of life. For how things show up and how we can make peace with ourselves and whatever life throws at us. Read on to find out what it was…
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We often look at change as something incremental; we feel we can only allow ourselves to look as far as we can see. But what if you got more playful with it? What if you looked at a quantum change? What might that be?
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Yeah, I’ll take a break after the big event, said a client to me recently. I was puzzled. This was the exact opposite of what I thought she should do—and yet it’s so typical for most of us to work flat out to a deadline or a big event, and then rest after. Here’s what I think will keep you going longer and help you perform better…
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You’re doing well, or your’re failing… it seems typical in many areas of life that we’re either one thing, or another thing. Or at least that’s how people will categorise us. What are the implications of this and how do we want to be seen?
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The more you know, the more you’re likely to be successful, right? Well what if that wasn’t right? What if there was something else driving success? Read on to find out more…
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When is it right to start and how to get going when your head is spinning with ideas, flipping from one thing to another and you’re second-guessing everything you want to do? The answer is right here…
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People are full of advice. And, we often look for it—what’s the latest tip or trick that will get us to where we want to be? How do we know what to trust and, what if ‘advice’ isn’t the thing that we need? Read on to find out more…
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Where does true happiness come from? Is it that once-in-a-lifetime holiday you took? Sitting with family and friends? Immersed in your work? What if it was none or these, and all of them at the same time…
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Ah that feeling of disappointment when you’ve just missed out on something. Because you’re juggling and rushing and trying to keep all those balls in the air. Which way next? How to get it all done? There’s an easy answer which I reveal in this short article…
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How true is it that you can have it all? And what does it take to get there? And…. what lessons can we learn from the highest-performing athletes? Take this strategy and apply to your everyday for instantly higher performance, and a much more satisfying life.
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