Mindful leadership?! What hippy BS!

  I once went to a seminar which was all about “Mindfulness.” The participants were mostly middle-aged or older men and women who looked at each other with squinty eyes as if they were bathing in compassion and delight. I was very young at that time and this all seemed very pretentious to me. They … Read more

Surrounding Yourself by Like Minded People

Surrounding Yourself by Like Minded People

Today we are going to discover what happens when you surround yourself by like minded people. Let’s be honest the people you spend the most time with in your life have a massive influence in your life.  I’m sure you have heard the saying that the 5 people you spend the most time will help … Read more

Harnessing Emotional Upset at Work to Drive Change

When I was younger, I was pretty fear-driven at work.  Always worrying about not being good enough, I tended to have emotional reactions to happenings that were way out of proportion to the actual event.  I was still effective in many ways, but those emotions kept me feeling really caged.  It was not a fun … Read more

The Importance of Adventure and Play

Remember when you were a child? I sort of do, not as well as I’d like to but well enough to remember that all I wanted to do was go on adventures and play. Cindy Lauper had something similar to say about girls, minus the adventure part… Yeah I know the songs probably in your … Read more

4 Steps To Stop Minimizing Yourself In Your Own Life

How can you win when you keep playing small? You stay too long. You allow too much. You don’t insist on anything. You compromise all the time … in relationships, marriages and jobs. You say yes when you want to say no. You bend over backwards for others who never do the same in return. … Read more