I know what my priority Values are. Great. I have personal Goals that are aligned with those Values. Great. I know what I’m committed to. That makes no difference. You can be a legend in your own mind. But until you take action – pick up the phone – have the conversation – write the…
63 years young today. If you had asked me in my teens what I would be doing in my 60’s I would have said pretty much that life was over and winding down. I’m actually enjoying coaching small business owners as much as when I started 10 years ago. Completing three insane CrossFit sessions a…
I love the concept of appropriate effort, which I discovered from the Alexander Technique. I don’t drive my car any better by tightly grasping the steering wheel. Hit a golf ball further by squeezing my hands around the golf club. Or lift heavier weights in the gym by clenching my teeth. Anything more than appropriate…
What I resist persists. Try NOT picturing a pink elephant with blue spots. My brain can’t picture NOT, it pictures a pink elephant with blue spots. When I create a focus for myself, or with my clients, it’s never on what I or they don’t want, but the opposite. For example, try flipping thoughts from; ‘I…
Distinguishing a bloody good reason to do something helps to have the discipline to follow it through. If you are clear on your values – what’s most important to you – and you visualise the desired outcome, you create bigger picture perspective. For example, a few years ago I thought it would be a good…
There is an abundance of opportunity. If I stand in this point of view it has me being positive, proactive, and creative. When I’m focused on scarcity, I’m cautious, deferring, negative, protecting what I have. I noticed a client for 3 weeks running with a slumped posture, negative language, and a significant amount of energy…
This is such a simple, but profoundly sound concept. Someone with a great skill set but not a positive attitude on the bus will cause other good staff to get off. I had an example in the last week where a client was looking for a new member of staff for a specific role. He…
Multi-tasking is the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time. Try going ‘all in’ for that 2 hour task or meeting, eliminating all other distractions. Or 24 hours focused on accomplishing one outcome, or even a week, a month, or year playing full out in one area. It contradicts the work…
If I’m sweating the small stuff, a lot of my energy goes into things which in the bigger perspective are not that important. When I play a bigger game, I go beyond being concerned about the smaller things, which then, rather than occur as the ‘be all and end all’, seem to take care of…
I love this simple mindset hack. It’s a version of being a glass half full as opposed to a glass half empty person. Sometimes when we’re in a downward spiral our thoughts, language and energy get invested into negativity, which rarely makes a helpful contribution. You’re either pregnant or not. You can’t be positive and negative…