I was taught that ‘I want doesn’t get’ when I was small…. But, I am discovering in adulthood, that this isn’t necessarily true. Ok, we do need a bit of a shift in manners perhaps, add a ‘please’ and who knows what might happen. The essence of both ‘wanting’ and indeed of ‘asking’ are just […]
How often do we say this to children, and yet shred ourselves as we try and get things absolutely perfect? Perhaps we can apply the parenting principle to our professional world too? Winnicott says that the gap between the ‘perfect’ mother and the real one is the child’s opportunity to grow. If we do everything […]
Put simply, self-belief, be it in your personal or your professional life, comes with practise. Somehow it is easier to give way to self-doubt and when we do, our worlds get smaller and more restricted as we allow ourselves to be frightened by the ‘what ifs’. The solution to these ‘what if’s’ that corrode our […]
I feel traumatised by my own to-do list today. It feels like there is just too much to do in this day. Yep, it’s true, I could prioritise. I could begin with the activity that makes me most money. Or I could begin with my favourite client, or I could ignore the lot ….. But, […]
Once we have set our intention, it’s no bad thing to hone in on the details.To focus on sweating the small stuff does serve a purpose, if we use it in the right way, at the right time. Firstly it ensures that the business, work, or service we provide is of the high standard we […]
On asking my husband what to blog about, he, possibly slightly passive-aggressively, suggested ‘assertiveness’. I giggled as a watched he’s him unwillingly wielding the hoover and began. Having come from a household where, as the only child of two teachers, I had always found it rather difficult to have my small opinion heard, I moved out […]