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We would all love to be flawless - working to and achieving perfection in everything we do. It would be great, wouldn’t it? Our careers would go from strength to strength. No mistakes, no hassle - just perfect results. If only this was true! One of the biggest challenges I have experienced has been to accept that 100% perfection is an unrealistic expectation. It is simply not attainable, and so continually striving to work towards this unrealistic expectation can use up valuable...

We spend a lot of time at work. In fact, if we work full time for 40 years of life, we can expect to spend around 80,000 hours at work. That's a really long time. A lot can be accomplished in 80,000 hours. There's a rule called the 10,000 hour rule, that says you can become a master or mistress of anything if you dedicate 10,000 hours to practice. What would you choose to master in your working lifetime? Considering how long most of us spend at work, it is surprising how little we spend...

Coaches not only have different types of training and approaches; they also have vastly differing styles. This should also form a part of your selection process and will depend on your preference, your situation, and the sort of change you are looking to make. On one end of the spectrum is someone like your mother (that’s a cliché, there are all sorts). All-nurturing, all-forgiving, indulgent, loving everything you say or do, so you keep going as you were. On the other end of the...

Personal development is essential to manage stress. However, it is clear from statistics on stress and mental well-being, that the majority of you may be fearful of taking action or simply don’t know what you can do to help yourselves manage stress and therefore better your own development. Perhaps you have yet to identify that what you are experiencing is stress. How often have you said to yourself that you feel stressed? Or overwhelmed? Worse still, close to burning out? Dare I...

Have you ever cycled at night? Do you remember the feeling? Anything can happen; in fact, you experience life like a rider cycling in the night. You can hardly see anything. You are on a journey with no clear path. As life goes on, you meet many other riders, noticing that each one has a differently equipped bike. It seems like certain people are more prepared than others to face the journey ahead. You also notice that you can collect items to orient yourself, make your bike faster,...

Changing the mindset is not straightforward. There is a process; it can take time with an individual or team(s), and it needs the right change agent to navigate the situation. This article will be useful for managers of teams, leaders of people, and individuals who have been promoted into a man management job and/or leadership role, whereby they have many people working for them. I’m delving slightly deeper into changing the mindset of individuals or teams. How to change the mindset of...

If you tend to bottle up your emotions then let me first say, you are not alone. It’s quite a cultural thing here in the UK, with many of us brought up by parents and grandparents who lived through a war. Back then, they had to make do and soldier on. We all grew up with this influence. Even today, we see the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ slogan everywhere. So when something unexpected and bad side-swipes us, a fairly common reflex is to tough it out, smile, perhaps even laugh it...

We all struggle with our confidence from time to time. It can be easy to forget how much our confidence affects how we present ourselves - and how much of an impact it can have on how our kids and teens start to develop their own self-confidence and self-belief. How we demonstrate our confidence can help teach our kids how they can begin discovering their own voices and feeling more confident in speaking up and being heard.

We share seven simple ways you can begin modelling more...