Fear: The Doorway to Courage
Mostly I have found that courage feels an awful lot like fear. At the moment of being courageous the overwhelming feeling is “I am terrified!” Will Smith is hilarious when he tells story of his first parachute jump. He talks about the stress and panic of the night...
Delighting In The Moment
Don’t know if this has ever happened to you. I decided this morning that I would go for a walk later in the afternoon. But when it came to 5 o’clock I just didn’t feel like it. So the silly to and fro internal dialogue began — between adult and child. The adult...
Stretching To Your Potential
I have a love hate relationship with the word “potential”. It seems such a good concept right? It should invite openness to growth and the desire to live up to the best we can be. I certainly don’t want to perform at less than my potential. That would feel like I’m...
What the World Needs – More Wise People
TS Eliot wonders: “Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” This is perhaps no more true than now when deciphering what is real and good and important is such a...
Keeping Our Promise (Even To Ourselves)
New Year resolutions are notorious and yet a New Year gives us the perfect opportunity to re-evaluate our lives, assess what we want and what we would like to do better. So rather than abandoning the practice of making resolutions how can we give ourselves a better...
Action Changes Things
An unknown future and the need to adapt because of changing circumstances has never been more real to us than in this year. How then do we plan for success? We need to challenge our thinking to look at new and different ways that could work for us. It’s why I’m...
More Dessert, Less Desert
As great as our goals are, or as much as we need to persevere through something, sometimes it feels like it’s not worth it. How do you keep going when giving up feels by far the most sensible course of action? Here are some ideas to keep you motivated: 1. See through...
What You Are Capable Of
The movie Marshall is based on the true story of Thurgood Marshall, who became the first African-American Supreme Court judge, it depicts the court room drama of an African-American man accused of the rape and attempted murder of a high society white woman in the...
The Rest Is Unwritten
How many movies have you watched that start with “Based on a True Story”? Recently I watched two Oscar nominated movies that are interpretations of real people’s lives. The one was Judy and the other Ford vs Ferrari. Both these movies impacted me deeply. Maybe more so...
You Do You – Just More
The most important asset you bring, obviously to your life, but also into your business is yourself. Your individual uniqueness is what distinguishes you and sets you apart. You want therefore to be authentic and confident. Besides this when you believe and trust in...