Pay It Forward with the Five Minute Favour
A couple of weeks ago I came across a book by Adam Grant called Give and Take. Over the years many people have talked about hard work, passion and talent as key individual drivers to success, but in this book, Adam Grant talks about helping others as a key to success. The book Give and…
Discover Your Character Strengths!
Are You Ready to Discover Your Character Strengths? Then, take the VIA Character Strengths Survey for free and discover them today! The VIA Character Strengths Survey – gives you some clues of who you are at your core. Your character strengths are the personality characteristics that help you feel engaged, authentic and unique in your life. The VIA…
Learning to Embrace Imperfection
Learning to embrace imperfection. How do I know anything about perfectionism? Because I have been a perfectionist for the majority of my life. Although it has taken a while for the penny to drop, I am intimately aware of the many details of perfectionism – the costs, the thoughts, behaviours and corresponding emotions, as well…
Untangling Perfectionism
You know that feeling when the penny drops and you get an ‘ah-ha’ moment? You know, amazing clarity as though it has been standing in front of you for many years, however you haven’t seen it? That is the space I have been in for the last couple of weeks as I was given time…
The Power of Choice
I recently wrote about the stages of learning. As I was writing the article, it reminded of the importance of making conscious choices and how these choices can change our lives. Every moment we are given a chance to make different choices. Albert Camus indicated “Life is a sum of all your choices”. So, what…
Put First Things First Using The Time Management Matrix
Do You Put First Things First? Putting first things first means having self-awareness and knowing yourself – your priorities, values, mission, vision, dreams and taking actions towards those each day. If not, don’t worry you are not alone! Many of us get trapped in to unconsciously spending time on activities that are not essential or important in…
Moving Past Perfect: 4 Reasons to Let Go of Perfectionism
Are you putting off trying something new or taking a step towards your dreams? Maybe you would like to write an online program, launch a new business, start running or writing a book? However, something is stopping you from taking that first step? I wonder if what is stopping you has anything to do with…
