Posts Tagged ‘life lessons’
Are you a satisficer or a maximiser?
Are you content to make the most of what comes your way? Or …… Do you like to seek out the very best opportunity, weigh up all your choices and then make a decision? In other words are you a satisficer or a maximiser? Here’s a question to help find out. If you were in…
Read MoreDon’t ignore your tailwinds
Have you ever been for a run or walk when everything seemed effortless? I love that feeling. You feel so fit and strong and on top of the world. But it is not until you turn around and hit a headwind, that you realise that as fit as you might be, you may have had…
Read MoreIf you find your life off course: check your autopilot
It happened to me again yesterday. I got in the car, all ready to head to my destination. And then I got distracted. My mind just skipped somewhere else. Next thing I know, I had been driving for a couple of minutes… In the wrong direction. I wasn’t paying attention and so my subconscious took…
Read MoreWhat if you could do it all over? – what would you re-decide?
A lot of my clients come to me because they are feeling stuck. They can’t figure out what they want. They don’t know what they are going to do next And they can’t see the way out. This is a common problem, It happens to almost all of us at some point. Especially as life…
Read MoreWhat is going on in your brain?
As I sit down to write this weekly missive, it is hard to think about anything else other than the looming coronavirus crisis and the imploding financial markets. Panic is in the air. Easily seen with a quick glance down the aisles of the supermarket (particularly the loo roll aisle 🤔) and by looking at…
Read MoreDon’t forget to say YES!
There’s a lot of talk these days about learning to say “NO” About setting boundaries and defining what you are and aren’t comfortable with. And although this is incredibly important, and is a core concept that I work on with many of my clients, It can also be taken a step or two, too far.…
Read MoreAre you listening?
Here’s something to pay attention to this week. How well do you listen? I mean really listen. I know that we all think we are listening, But more often than not, our brain is actually somewhere else. Jumping around thinking our own stuff. It is so easy to lose focus. ‘Look at those cute shoes”…
Read MoreCan you feel it? Are you letting your emotions get the better of you?
Nobody likes feeling negative emotion. Who wants to feel angry or sad or frustrated or disappointed. Not me, and I’m guessing, not you. So what do we do when one arises. Generally one of three things. We resist it, Avoid it, Or feed it. The last thing we try and do is actually feel it.…
Read MoreSuccess from the inside, out.
It doesn’t matter what you are trying to accomplish in life You are always playing two simultaneous games. The INNER game and the OUTER GAME. Now, we are all very familiar with the outer game. It involves the external obstacles and challenges we need to overcome As well as the skills we need to develop.…
Read MoreWhat is better than positive thinking?
Positive thinking often gets a bad wrap, And for some good reasons. It’s not really helpful to try to spin a bad story into a good one. It leads to suppressing feelings and denying reality A bit like an ostrich putting its head in the sand. It doesn’t work in the long run. And can…
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