Reaching Out
Ignoring it will not work. The result is an accumulation of stress. The more you ignore, the longer the list of unresolved, the worse the anxiety. Rather than stick your head deeper into the sand,…
Category: You
#0609 The Answer
Often we know the answer yet we continue to avoid the work to get it done. Sometimes it is the effort, sometimes the discomfort. If only there was someone incharge of the choices we make.
#0608 Acceptance
If you are stuck, more of the same rarely works. Automating a flawed system does not make it better. Smiling through your teeth will not make the pain go away. Acceptance, accountability and change…you got…
#0605 Stuck In The Mud
Have you ever avoided something for a long time then tried it and surprised yourself. The story we build in our heads can focus on worst case scenario when the reality is often not even…
#0603 Snap Out Of It
I heard a stat that posited by age thirty five, 95% of our day is unconscious routine. If this is true, only 5% therefore is conscious thought, a scary thought in itself. Are we so…
#0602 Listen Up
When was the last time you truly listened to the conversation. I mean, truly listen. Not allowing your mind to wonder, thinking about what to say next, waiting for your turn to speak. Had my…
#0601 Compare and Contrast
No good comparing their after to your before or emulating what they do now rather than what they did. You cannot run their race and they cannot run yours. Their insta profile is not the…
#0600 Well Done
No matter how small, celebrate each milestone. You deserve that pat on the back no matter the size of the achievement. An acknowledgment of the effort to get to this point. Every milestone is a…
#0598 Out of Your Control
What if you smiled at the things out of your control no matter what. The weather, the traffic, global events, the economy, interest rates. We’d probably all be happy ninety percent of the time.
#0594 Why Not
Why do you do what you do? Can you answer this seemingly innocuous question. How does it make you feel. Does it drive you to do better. What impact are you making. What does it…
#0589 Evolution
In my twenties I was keen to learn and was a sponge.In my thirties I knew everything and was invincible.In my forties I questioned everything and became skeptical about everyone.In my fifties I realised I…
#0583 Your Uniqueness
Everything started as hand crafted by many until industrialisation kicked in when everything became mass produced by a few key players. We then craved the hand made and sites like Etsy took off. You can…
#0581 Energy
Any action requires effort.Effort consumes energy. There are some things that use your energy to keep you alive and you have no control over.Then there is the energy you get to decide how it is…
#0577 Tiny Details Add Up
It’s the little things you should pay attention to. These are the things that make you stand out from the other 98%. The biscotti with your coffee, the thank you note, the attention do detail…
#0576 Not So Grumpy
Listening rather than talking.Asking more, telling less.Being opened and not closed minded.Positivity in preference to negativity.Smiling over scowling. These are the traits I now look for in others, but also a reminder to emanate them…
#0575 Autopilot
A deep insight from a good friend… “On many days, I wake up with largely the same thoughts, thereby triggering largely the same emotions, thereby driving the same behaviours, thereby creating the same experiences day…
#0574 Do as you Say
Communicate what you can do, then do as you say. Telling me what I want to hear and then not delivering on that promise will lead to mistrust. Actions ultimately speak louder than words.
#0572 Clean Up
What you carry slows you down. Letting go is often hard but an essential step for progress. That idea that did not pan out, the toxic relationship, the stuff you bought but never use. It…
#0548 Start With You
Who are you doing this for? Classic response is, for my family, for my customers yada yada. That is honourable and everything but it does not translate unless you do it for yourself first. Good…
#0543 Embrace The New
I feel the emotion of my daughter finishing high school and the unknown ahead. When your entire living memory are the boundaries, people and experiences of a school, not having to turn up Monday is…