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How was your 2020, overall? Mine was a nightmare, to be honest.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Are you struggling to make progress on the most important things to you?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I recently sent out a Wednesday Wisdom about a traumatic time I've experienced in my personal life and business.
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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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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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I read this little anecdote by Donald Miller a few years ago, and it’s always stayed with me:
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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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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...