You already have a personal brand. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve taken deliberate steps to build it or not. Your appearance, behaviour, attitude and a host of other factors are constantly communicating to others who you are, your value and what they can expect when they interact or work with you. So the question is: … Continued
There’s a huge difference between being seen and being visible. One is passive, the other active. One keeps you powerless, the other puts you in control. This week on the podcast I talk about the importance of making yourself more visible at all stages of your working parent career. You already know this of course, … Continued
Confidence – if only we had been born with it! But confidence isn’t something you’re born with. It isn’t innate. It’s earned. Earned confidence is the confidence you get from doing hard things, uncomfortable things, things you are afraid of doing because you don’t know how to do them yet. When you think about how … Continued
This week I’m tackling one of the topics I know many of you struggle with: perfectionism. I’ve noticed that while many of you would rather not have the negative side of perfectionism – taking more time to do things, being afraid of negative feedback, the stress involved in always trying to produce to the highest … Continued
What I’ve discovered this month, is how much more satisfaction there often is in growing and making progress, than in actually achieving specific goals. Now don’t get me wrong. You know I’m all about setting goals and being ambitious, and I know many of you are too. But I also know that if we only … Continued
I’m so excited to bring you this episode on internal validation because it speaks to an important issue that comes up again and again: External validation. Perfectionism, an inability to set boundaries, playing small and difficulty coping with negative feedback – at the root of all of these problems lies an over-reliance on others for … Continued
It’s natural for our brains to generalise and make assumptions about how the world works. That’s so much easier than weighing up every individual fact, comment or experience on its own merits and coming to a new independent conclusion each time. And who can blame us if our brain deliberately seeks out evidence of what … Continued
When you’re a high achiever and the standard you usually strive for is perfection, it’s easy to see negative feedback as painful and try to avoid it at all costs. But every piece of negative feedback you receive contains a nugget of gold you can use to invest in your future success. It’s time you … Continued
Is balance your goal? If yes, you’re not alone. It’s the number one response I get to the question “how can I help? What do you want?” But there’s a problem with choosing balance as your objective and that’s because it’s so vague. Most people I ask really struggle to define what it means to … Continued
You already have everything you need to build the career and create the life you want. It’s a bold ambitious claim, but I know it to be absolutely true. Resilience, Flexibility, Courage, Commitment.. these are just some of the innate resources you have at your disposal for when life gets hard or for when you … Continued
