Blog tag: mind mastery
Improve your memory – how to create the best memory pegs to make your life easier
Forgetting things is part of being human, it happens to us all sometimes. If you are revising or doing a talk or presentation and need to remember some essential things, or even if you just want to improve your memory skills, here are some fool proof ways to create memory…
When to Mentor and when to Coach
It’s a common cause of confusion for leaders and managers; what’s the difference and does it even matter? Isn’t it just helping people? It’s important to know the difference because it helps set expectations for the people you are helping… Firstly let’s look at the dictionary definitions: Mentoring: To advise or…
Stop it with the sympathy – there’s a better way to support people
When someone is struggling, it is natural to feel for them if you are a caring, kind person. There is an important difference in how you deal with this feeling. Sympathy is the ability to feel concern for someone else but not the ability to step into their shoes and…
3 Life hacks to keep your energy up and avoid burnout
Anyone can experience burnout. It creeps up on you slowly and the results can be devastating. Burnout is commonly linked to stress and overwork and is particularly common in professions where there is a lot of emotional caring involved like medical professions, coaching, psychotherapy, people that work in care homes,…
The secret to future proofing your career is life long learning
New research conducted by PWC ( Workforce of the Future; the competing forces shaping 2030 ) found that 74% of people are ready to learn a new skill or completely retrain to keep themselves employable… In a world where technological advances keep growing and where recent studies show that Artificial…
10 Steps to a Stress Free Christmas – Part 2
Here’s Part 2, tips for the big day itself. If you’re still planning and organising you can read Part 1 here… 1. Give people roles. This is linked to 5, consider who you’ll have around and can you give them jobs or responsibilities that will help you and fulfil their wish to…
3 signs you need a confidence makeover
Confidence is both an inside feeling and an outside behaviour.Both are important, if one is out of kilter you will appear incongruent and inauthentic, therefore lacking impact. 1. You have perfectionist tendencies Inside confidence is critical to managing your health and energy. Confidence problems are often a side effect of…
Six living principles of successful & happy people
There are many ways to be happy and successful, there is no magic formula. Instead happy and successful people live by some useful Principles and do them their own way… They… Instead of… Top Tip1) Take responsibility for themselves Blaming external things for things that go wrong. Give thought to what you CAN do rather…
Simple strategies for employee wellbeing
Employee Wellbeing is not a big shiny initiative you need to implement, the most effective way to develop a really healthy culture is to embed it at the heart of everything you do. This is actually much easier to do than you might think at first. Here are some top…
3 brilliant ways to ask for help from your partner this Valentines Day
People often tell us they find asking other people for their time, help and support difficult. This is particularly tough when asking a loved one to help out, it can feel like grovelling, being demanding or disrespectful depending on how you think. This make requests appear clumsy, awkward and sometimes…