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Sit down. Breathe. Write. Repeat...Market Yourself, Comfortably.
Remember and own your brilliance so others reward you for it. If you ever think or say these things, you’ll know you’re undervaluing yourself or being undervalued or underselling yourself. “I want to be taken more...
Where to Start?
It's easy to assume that you have to dive in to "say what has to be said" when you've made a decision or have a tricky message to deliver. You can build yourself up, get a bit fretty and sweaty about it and then say what you want to say as quickly as...
Pivot or Pirouette?
Deciding to host another 2-day Virtual Retreat on Zoom was not so much a pivot as a pirouette. Last week, 11 VIP Client and I met on Zoom for what would have been an in-person Retreat but, we all agreed, let's keep going and let's make it...
Tricky was always on the cards
Emily was beyond pi*sed off. She told me she felt her wings had been clipped. With a new company restructure it's easy to fall down the cracks and what was working for you suddenly - through no fault of your own - doesn't. This...
Little Word BIG Impact
When you learn something new, when you stretch yourself outside of your normal operating system why would you expect to know everything? The point of it being new is just that...it's new to you. When Nancy and I worked together recently about her talking on a...
Hounds & Career Success
The career lessons are everywhere. Just notice. Dear Bolly, our first ever rescue Lurcher may have passed on 5 years ago this month and it may sound whimsical or indulgent to share with you career success traits which I learned from our hound but, I'm going to....
Watch Your Speed
Pacing - It affects IF or HOW people listen to you. Pace, what do I mean by that? So many speakers, presenters, team leaders, clients of mine race through their content, their ideas, their input and, the truth is, a lot of the time they’ll...
Keeping a Little Back
Having spoken on 3 different 'virtual' stages in less than 24 hours this week, I may feel a little crumpled but at the same time, elated. You may notice this in yourself that the build up to doing something important takes mental and often physical energy and then the...
Lessons and the Afterglow
This time last week I was on my 'virtual' stage in our home. Our sitting room had been transformed into a studio for me to broadcast my first ever live virtual event: Blaze Your Own Trail. What a ride it was! The build up the day...
Fighter Pilot or Tap Dancer or?
When you were growing up, what was your ambition to 'be'...was it a nurse, a doctor, fighter pilot, tap dancer?! When I asked this question recently on my Facebook wall the responses were varied, funny, bittersweet and sometimes SPOT on for what the...