Often we are faced with the prospect of having to have an uncomfortable conversation. We can be guilty of avoiding saying what needs to be said and facing the truth of a situation full on. Sadly, by not having that conversation, situations can escalate, and conflict ensues further down the track. In recent times I have debated with clients, colleagues and family the challenges of uncomfortable conversations and how much it feels like conflict. Consider…

What is headspace? It’s time out from the normal, from the projects that keep your mind busy, from the routine activities and the abnormal. Where and how do you create an environment that allows your head to have some space? Headspace is about where you go to get space to think. At the end of a full-on day of face-to-face or Zoom meetings, you might leave your work thinking you’ve finished everything. But have you?…

What would you tell your younger self if you were able to provide a set of commandments, tips or just a best practice guide? Let’s be fair, I find myself telling these to my current self let alone a younger version. Intentionally I have excluded the advice I have in hindsight about never dating certain people or making sure I stayed in on a specific date as I’d get into trouble on that night!  Tips…

It’s incredible what the cumulative effect of action can have on your mental wellbeing and success in business and life. How is it possible that ten minutes or so of exercise every day can become pleasurable and have a direct impact on your performance in other areas of your life?? It is the cumulative effect of sticking to a daily discipline that changes the way you work. We know the compound effect of interest on…

Can being an all-rounder feel like failure when compared to the specialist? What makes someone an all-rounder and how important are they to have in your team? In many sports, they say it’s essential to have an all-rounder in your team because they can do a bit of everything. There are people in business, school or music, who do so many different things or can play so many instruments. They are good at everything, but…

You are embracing the new virtual world that we are working within and the technology and learning that is necessary to be the best for your business and personal success. Rarely has one piece of software become an overnight essential like Zoom – there are Google Hangouts, Skype and Teams plus several others but Zoom has just kicked into a different gear through this pandemic. Time to make sure we are doing it right! Through…

Never judge a book by its cover is something we are taught as children, however at some point in time we all start making sweeping snap judgments of individuals and situations based purely on first impressions. Everybody has a back story and history that we will never know if we continue to make judgmental decisions made on a combination of gut feel, personal prejudice, and intuition? Being judgmental is something that we are all guilty…

Two jobs – that’s all I am going to give you in this article and you can choose to act on them or not. There is so much information being shared by bored isolated gurus, coaches, thought leaders and trainers you cannot possibly act on all the good advice and ideas being shared so here are just two things for you. Pick up the phone and cull your connections – that’s it. Time to read…

What are you currently doing to assist looking after your mental wealth? Wealth is all about investing and future planning so we should really be addressing our mental health as a form of investment. We know the topic of mental health is very much at the forefront at present, however mental wealth is focused on looking after all areas of our health and wellbeing and taking the appropriate steps to make us wealthier. A key starting…

Come the end of the month it’s always a good time for some simple personal reflection on progress made through the month now coming to an end. What are you proud of succeeding at? What progress have you made on that massive challenge? Or have you just gotten to end of another month with nothing special to talk about, if that’s the case what are you going to do differently next month to make sure…