Readiness is key to learning something new. If we’re not ready to learn something… it will probably go straight in one ear and out the other. That was a favourite phrase of parents and teachers alike – if we weren’t paying attention, they’d lay that line thicker than peanut butter on a slice of white bread. And, they weren’t wrong. When we were distracted, information went “straight through us” without taking seed. It was true when […]
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Thinking fast, thinking slow
Have you ever done something and afterwards wondered – what made me do that? With all the available information and the ability to upskill and learn so accessible, why do we still make decisions that are not in line with our deeper motivations? It could be due to the fact that we have significantly different ways of thinking – in our very own brain! Emotions and circumstances also play an influencing role, but internally, there are […]
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Setting benchmarks
Whilst intentional reflection may happen at the end or beginning of a year or personal growth journey, unintentional reflection happens all the time. And, we barely notice it, most of the time. But, several times a week, if not several times a day, we measure ourselves against something or someone; we’re either measuring ourselves against others or ourselves. Whether consciously or unconsciously, we set benchmarks all the time. It’s how we discern how well we’re doing, […]
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Building your business online
For many years the culture of all communication has been changing. Initially, many of us thought that the social media and digital branding space was merely a digital version of what we were doing in the real world. But it’s not. It’s more complex and nuanced than we realise. How we communicate with our family and friends has changed. And it also means that how we build our businesses has also changed. With a significant increase […]
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Ever thought about a four-day week?
“All failure is failure to adapt, all success is successful adaptation.” – Max McKeown One of the knock-on effects of the current pandemic is the increased necessity and tolerance for adaptation – in every area of life. We are all being called upon to reassess our previous ‘normalities’ and make changes in order to move forward successfully. The four-day workweek has emerged as an interesting concept of consideration for organisations striving to meet the need that […]
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Don’t derail your finances
“As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.” Irish Blessing When everything is going right, we often feel that something is about to go horribly wrong. Sometimes, it’s helpful to smile at our human traits and do all we can to avoid derailing our plans! It’s so easy to fall into a self-sabotaging state, especially when things don’t turn out the way we’d hoped. But just because things […]
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Acknowledging others
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein We all need to work to earn a living, but money is not necessarily the prime motivator when it comes to job satisfaction. More importantly – both in the working world and in life in general – we tend to thrive more when we feel we bring value. The moment you are valuable is when you […]
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Tired of being anxious about money?
Of all conversations about money, there’s a common emotion that comes up. It’s one that everyone feels alone in, that they’re the only ones to feel this, but time and time again, it appears in daily financial conversations, reminding us that we’re actually not alone. This feeling? Anxiety. One of the reasons for this is that we grow up thinking that our adult life will look a certain way. We think we will either follow in […]
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Avoid being overwhelmed by change
One of the biggest challenges with change is that it can be overwhelming. There are many reasons why we might be averse to constant change, but when it is just simply too much all at once, we will find ourselves overwhelmed and in this space, our ability to make healthy decisions is seriously hampered. The secret to sustainable, non-overwhelming change is to approach it with the 1% rule. This rule basically recognises that we don’t need […]
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Let’s make it ‘the most wonderful time of the year”
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anaïs Nin It’s the most “wonderful” time of the year, but is it really? The outward appearance of festive seasons is that they’re joyous, relaxing and wonderful! But so many of us approach them with mixed feelings of anxiety and all-out nostalgia. The quote from Anaïs Nin is a worthwhile reminder as we approach the holiday season, a time filled with expectations […]
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