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Change and personal development

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4 steps to playing the long game

How was your 2020, overall? Mine was a nightmare, to be honest.

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How running a marathon became resilience skills training

I ran my first marathon in September this year, in beautiful Tauranga. It was one of the big-ticket items on my bucket list and with a milestone...

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You can be the one who changes things

It's never been more possible to do great work You are always free to choose a different path Your employer wants you to shake it up. It's never been...

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Before you restructure, read this

In a client mentoring session on Friday, I was looking forward to hearing how a job interview had gone. After an extended secondment and a long...

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Success hack: networking with the right people

The company you keep matters. When you're surrounded by smokers, you're more likely to be a smoker. When your friends are successful at work, you're...

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Just keep going

It’s hard to stick to new stuff. We sign up to new things all the time – fitness regimes, ideas, podcasts, committees – and the initial burst of...

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10 ways to take control of your life

Sometimes, the world spins wildly out of your control, and you forget you have control of your life. Here are ten things you can take charge of right...

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The consequences of your commitment

Are you struggling to make progress on the most important things to you?

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Are you impatient? manage daily annoyances with 4 key strategy skills

In this post Four ways to help you calm your impatient farm: 1. Go back to the future. 2. Get some distance. 3. Remember why. 4. Quit everything. Do...

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Unwinnable games

On Sunday, I got busy organising and optimising for a packed week. Between school runs, home maintenance disasters, travel and work, I knew I was in...

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Stop being a hero

I used to think I was a bit of a hero—I was even proud of it. Beating the odds, I shifted my life story from high school dropout, teen mum, and...

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Learning in lockdown: use crisis to develop new skills

I always have my best ideas on a plane. It's not great in lockdown, I'll admit, but there's something about putting myself in a different situation...

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You don't know how great you can be: expand your possibilities

My first business was cleaning houses at 17 You don't know how great you can be Aim for expansion, not prediction Be a small fish in a big pond Make...

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Get problems you're proud of

Problems are like cockroaches and glitter - they'll always be there, even after the apocalypse. Solve these, and you'll get new ones. Also, your...

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An existential crisis about books, mortality and David Bowie

Two weeks ago, I had an existential crisis. I’d just finished reading Mary Karr’s The Art of Memoir (10/10, would recommend), which closes with a...

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Time management for consultants - (and everyone else!)

The life of a self-employed professional (SEP) is a busy one. When running a one or two-person business, there's no shortage of tasks but few people...

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Learn from your mistakes: make the most of failure

Everybody makes mistakes, but only some people know how to use them to get better. If you've made a mistake this week, that's great. It means you're...

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Good decisions

When COVID hit, many of us experienced – and are still experiencing – serious financial uncertainty. Businesses lost revenue, people lost jobs, and...

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Find your why journey update #1

I recently sent out a Wednesday Wisdom about a traumatic time I've experienced in my personal life and business.

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Do more of what makes you awesome

Did you ever have career counselling at school? The first question you were asked was probably something like "what are you good at?" or 'what are...

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Stop telling yourself old stories

Welcome to another Wednesday Wisdom, Friend. Every week, I share with you what I'm thinking about life, work, and leadership. This week we're talking...

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How and when to quit things (and how to do it well)

Last Friday, I announced I was retiring Not An MBA, an executive leadership programme I founded in 2021. It's been a wild ride. For the most part,...

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The invisible list

My middle child is a bit of a sage. Since she was little, she’s habitually said profound things that make you look at her sideways. In the way that...