Too bad about my plan!!  As I sat and focused on getting things together to write a new blog, just one word kept resonating in my brain. I tried to move away from it and get on with writing the blog…………but it kept banging away. Regardless of what I tried […]

With so much going on around us, throughout the world right now, it can be really easy to shift into a survival mode and then to sit there for some time – simply because we don’t understand how to change things.   Signs that you may be in survival mode include:  Everything has […]

I love how our brain works. It is magical, especially how we can be totally unaware of something and then, bang, because it comes into our consciousness, we notice it everywhere. Like a scotoma.  You know……A friend buys a new car and suddenly you notice that car everywhere because they talked […]

You know how something drops in front of you just at the right time? And you didn’t even know that you needed to hear it until you think about it later? Well, this week has been a little crazy time wise and last night when I listened to a module […]

If you were asked whether or not you are an Innovator what would your answer be? One thing that makes it easy to shy away from innovation is that it involves taking some risk. It might be financial, emotional, physical or reputational risk. To be truly innovative requires a deliberate change of […]

Giving less than 100 per cent is not a concept high achievers live by. For many of us, taking it easy and abandoning goals because our body is physically and emotionally drained can be even more mentally and emotionally draining than continuing to push through. This last 12 months have […]

Being a Helicopter Boss is just like Helicopter Parenting except you do it in the workplace. Every single Boss/Leader/Manager/Parent does their helicoptering with really good intentions. They mean well and want everything to go smoothly. They want to make life easy for everyone and get the best possible productout there […]

Welcome to 2021. Like many of you, I start each year with some pretty big expectations about what the new year will bring. This year though, because of the ongoing impact of the pandemic, I have committed to taking bold action at every opportunity and am using 5 Key Words […]

Every morning we make a Choice. It is either a conscious one or unconscious one so sometimes we are aware of the choice we are making and other times it happens so quickly we blink and miss it.The critical point is that it is always a choice. The choice that we […]

Believe it or not, your best chances for growth do NOT come when things are going well. And it certainly does NOT come if you are surrounded by Yes people. I know that many of my coaching clients find that their most stubborn block to potential growth is the belief that […]