Achieving Your Potential Coaching
Helping you become more resourceful and able to navigate life more skilfully based in Richmond, London
Great read from Seth Godin today about our stories. As you might have noticed I'm really interested in what helps us make the changes we want to and what holds us back in the patterns that no longer help us. Many of us want to do things differently - speak up in meetings, respond differently …
Continue reading "Its the stories we tell ourselves that determine who we will become"
Have you got back into work after the Christmas break and feeling you wanted a change? During the break did you you rediscover yourself under the layers of stress and exhaustion? Did you dream of the new job, change in responsibility, improved work relationships? But if only it was as easy as day dreaming - rather …
Are you aware of procrastinating? What is your favourite method? Social media? TV? Tidying? Eating? One of my clients has noticed that he would sometimes rather file his emails than get to the challenging task he is meant to be doing. I view this as good news! He has something to can watch out for …
Continue reading "Procrasinating vs Mastering the Art of ‘Just Start’"
I saw this in Do the Work by Steven Pressfield. I know a few people who think they procrastinate too much or wait for the perfect solution. How about this for inspiration? Don't prepare, begin. Remember, lack of preparation is not the enemy; it's not the difficulty of the project, or the state of …
I saw this post recently from @tarasophia and found it quite shocking. Here is the quote that grabbed me: "When researchers gave women and men a short quiz that tested their financial literacy, men did better. Not too shocking, right? Men are exposed to more informal financial education, and they are encouraged to learn about …
If you've got something you'd love to do, it can seem like you have to get it all right, perfectly ready, 100% complete and confident before you can do it. In my experience this normally means that you are never ready to give it a try. This makes a lot of sense - this thing …
Continue reading "What is your first step? Go on, give it a try…"
This story from Seth's Blog: The dominant narrative reminded me how we can easily tell ourselves stories about who we are (and who we aren't) and what those around us are up to (and not up to). Too often our stories affect how we respond and become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Me - I 'can't' catch a …
# executivecoaching This quote applies to so many situations! I've rarely found that there is a single solution to reduce your stress, increase your happiness or satisfaction. Instead, there are many small steps that slowly and persistently take us toward a different future. Small steps give us a chance movement, change, shift and a satisfying opportunity to …
Many people I work with find it difficult at times to create accountability in their teams and this often either leads to conflict, micro-management or refusing to delegate work in the future. Accountability isn't talked about enough within teams or training. If you are struggling with establishing and maintaining accountability try reading this super HBR …
In taking on leadership roles we often have to build new habits - change how we approach 121s, new ways of engaging larger groups of people, listening more, finding ways to challenge more. As a very intermittent runner I know how hard new habits can be - not least because it can be pretty tricky …
