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#423 – Don’t Waste Your Energy!

#423 – Don’t Waste Your Energy!

Where does your energy go? Having worked with some incredibly inspiring mentors, I notice that one thing they have in common is that they don’t waste their energy on convincing people. They are not in the convincing business. They focus their energy on the people that...
#422 – Break It Down Further

#422 – Break It Down Further

“Can you putt in golf?” Neither my husband nor I play golf but my husband wanted to share a learning technique he had just read about. He asked how I would go about it? He said that when people are learning to putt in golf, they often start hitting the ball towards...
#421 – Crossing A Hurdle

#421 – Crossing A Hurdle

Have you ever felt something was really hard until you crossed some sort of hurdle and then it just seemed easier? I can recall a few situations in my life where this happened and they followed a similar pattern. One was when I was studying for the German B2 exam and...
#420 – What Are You Willing To Give Up?

#420 – What Are You Willing To Give Up?

“I want it all – I want it all – I want it all and I want it now” – Queen Doesn’t everyone want it all and now? But what are you willing to give up? What are you willing to sacrifice? When I was first asked this question by a coach many years ago, it surprised me. I...
#419 – Going Permie

#419 – Going Permie

When I worked for a bank, the term “going permie” meant that you had gotten a permanent contract having been a contractor beforehand.   As some companies extend the home working setup to the end of the year or even to next year and others require just a fraction...
#418 – There Are No Musts

#418 – There Are No Musts

I must send off that report. I must contact those potential clients. I must pay the mortgage.   Often I hear clients say “I must do this”, “I have to do this” or “I need to do that”. Sounds pretty heavy and obligation full right?   What if we changed it to...
#417 – The Part That Protects You

#417 – The Part That Protects You

“I’m protecting you” There are parts of us that come into our lives to protect us and they often do that because of an experience we have had as a child. Sometimes it’s from the schoolyard because we have been picked upon or it could easily be from home too. I was...
#416 – Get Your Desired Behaviour

#416 – Get Your Desired Behaviour

“The key—if you want to build habits that last—is to join a group where the desired behavior is the normal behavior.” – James Clear   This makes sense for so many reasons. Let’s say you want to exercise regularly so you join an exercise class.  ...
#415 – Make It into A Game

#415 – Make It into A Game

An old friend messaged our friend channel saying that he found himself fumbling through with the help of google every time he had to use regex (it’s IT speak for regular expressions that are used to search text). He said he thought about making it into a game to learn...
#414 – You’re So Stupid

#414 – You’re So Stupid

“You’re so stupid, I can’t believe you just did that”   Have you ever said something like this to yourself? Maybe you tell yourself you’re clumsy, forgetful, always late, whatever it is that bothers you. I don’t know about you but if I say something like this to...