There aren’t many humans who fear the moment that the price is quoted and the silence descends……. especially if you are British! It is not the done thing to discuss money. It is perhaps even seen as impolite or rude. What it actually is, is frightening. In business, at some point a deal must be […]
When things are stressful and work deadlines loom, it is really easy to be so very focused on the project and only the project. When immersed in the intricacies of the tiny details, the risk is that bigger picture ceases to exist. With our heads down, driving the project forwards, we can neglect to attend […]
I am intrigued observing my reaction to a cancelled meeting. Not only did it have business potential, but I also wished to see the colleague concerned as we have much to catch up on. There’s a series of emotions that surface in response to this kind of event. What I am enjoying is that the process […]
Firstly, prepare. I cannot emphasise this aspect more. If you are an anxious-avoidant personality then MAKE yourself face the oncoming challenge. Be it an interview, a exam counting towards your CPD or putting a business start-up proposal to the bank, prepare! In this digital age it is easy to discover the answers that you will […]
It is very British to be unable to accept a compliment with any kind of grace. It is also very British to be unable to value our own skills for ourselves. We are in a bizarre catch 22 situation of not being able to hear how good we are because we don’t allow ourselves to […]
Often coaching work involves a ‘permission giving’ role. Usually clients know, deep down, exactly what they wish to do. Once we have excavated to discover what you want and need, then, I can enable you to enable yourself to do that thing….. So today I give you the permission to do just what you need […]
There is always something to be done. If it’s not a the business calling, it’s the four year old, if it’s not the finances spreading themselves over every surface, when I finally sit down on the sofa all I can see is the secondary glazing that needs beginning …. Stop! I honestly believe that it […]
With a sleep deprived night, & a lack of knowledge of where you’re going, & of the technicalities involved in a website build? Can you make it to that meeting? Yes you can! Feel the fear and do it anyway has a lot to say for it, but, the caveat is that you act upon it! […]
So what happens when an introvert (ref MBTI or Eric Berne’s The Process Model), has no ‘Me-Time’? The fall out will inevitably result in stress symptoms. The longer the enforced extroversion, the more acute will be the response. There are over 50s igns of stress (Stress index questionnaire), crossing the landscapes of emotional, psychological, physical and […]
Yep! The title gives it away. I spent a whole day on my email marketing campaign. I’ve never done this before because I have never needed to as recommendations are word of mouth in this game … But I thought I might benefit in some way if I did what others seem to be doing….. […]