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Sit down. Breathe. Write. Repeat...Go Off And Do Something Else Instead
(and notice what you notice) That expression “busy doing something else” is where your ideas and inspiration often comes from. It gives you the sense of being absorbed, concentrating, focused on something so other thoughts are put aside or take a back seat. It’s...
Just Go To Bed
Decide what works for you and then, politely go Have you ever said “Yes OK” when you know you mean “No way”? Well, I know I have and now, I rarely do. Listening to a group of experienced, professional and successful women recently, the discussion was around how to go...
Tweak 2 Letters And Change Everything
Planning 2015 for how and where you are now “Mind your Language” is a great piece of advice, truly mind it. Think about it. Think about the effect it has on you and then on those around you as you use it. As a self-confessed WordNerd it’s one of my passions that my...
Stop Shooting From The Lip
How to zip-it and give yourself breathing space This is a tricky one for so many of us. Wait. Pause. Think a bit. Choose if you’re going to act; to respond. To 'Zip it’ is such a useful little phrase and it’s easy to remember. It’s so easy to assume we have to...
How Connected Are You?
Effective remote and virtual working takes care and attention Have you wondered how quickly ‘remote working’ seems to have become an industry standard? Is it working in reality? Many organisations seem to be afraid of ‘going away' from traditional working practices....
Do You Take No For An Answer?
As career women navigate their path inside corporations they so often tell me about something they ‘wish’ they could have or do or be involved in and so often my first question is “Well…..do they know that?” or “who have you asked about that?” I’m often either...
How Up Close And Personal Are You?
There’s no substitute for the ‘LIVE’ or personalised version of You It’s easy to get lulled into this false sense of reality isn’t it? Instead of picking up the phone to speak to someone, you drop them an email or send them a message or a text. Instead of...
Are You “Should-ing” All Over Everyone?
3 Easy Ways for People to Take On Your Advice “Now, what you should do is…” “Well, it’s obvious, you should do this, then you should do that and then you should tell them you’ve done it”. Should do. What you should do and what you want to and actually do are often...
A Well-Planned Pause, Intentional Pause
Make pausing part of your conversations I don’t know about you but it’s easy to find yourself on a ‘gabbling to no-where.’. That’s a phrase a client used and it’s spot on for what can happen when you don’t give yourself time to breathe and, most importantly and...
Run Your Own Race At Work
It keeps you nimble and resourceful Do you find yourself looking around or over your shoulder trying to keep up or make sure no-one else gets ahead of you? We can all waste tons of time and energy concentrating on what everyone else is up to and forget to focus on our...