I used to struggle with making time to develop my confidence. When I prioritised time to grow my confidence, through coaching, training programs, and listening to various podcasts or YouTube channels, I then felt I had no time to put into practice what I learned. Can you relate? Digging deeper into why I was experiencing this, I learned that the productivity and time management frameworks I was incorporating could only take me so far. What I needed to support it all came as a surprise to me...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Insight. I realised volunteering this weekend for me was speaking afraid. It surprised me. Because I am the type of person who eagerly participated in corporate community days, and I love leading and participating in charity events from school and all throughout my career. I was experienced in this. So why did it take me the last 2 years to do this volunteer work? It was the first time I stepped up to do this, all by myself. Now please pause for a moment and reflect, is there any area outside...
18 days ago • 2 min read
Insight. Confidence isn’t something you are born with. It is built from two things, exposure and mindset. The more you’ve been near something, the calmer you are each time it comes. Also the story you’ve already decided to tell yourself about this something, shapes everything that happens next. So What? That means confidence is buildable, not innate. You don’t need to become a different person. You need to practice courage to step into situations to increase your exposure and experience to...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Insight. A blank mind isn’t broken, it is actually asking you a question. “Can we pause for a moment?” Most of the time our mind feels tired, overloaded, anxious, or knocked off course by something unexpected. It is rarely out of ideas about what to say or how to respond. So What? Trying to think harder is actually making it worse because you are trying to solve the wrong question. The way through isn’t more effort. It is noticing what’s actually going on underneath first. I take this...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Insight. It’s the moments that catch you off guard, an unexpected reply, a joke that lands strangely, someone putting us on the spot in front of a group, that feels like our self-worth is being tested. But it is not. It tests our recovery, not our worth. So What? No one expects you to have the perfect line loaded and ready. What people actually remember isn’t the moment that caught you off guard, it's how you found your footing again straight after. Finding your footing is not about an...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Insight. Fear of speaking up doesn’t just make you feel nervous, it may make you blind. Sounds drastic I know but most of the time we do not notice we have blind spots because of the fears we carry. When you’re afraid or nervous about having a conversation, an interview, or to lead a presentation, your mind spends so much energy managing the fear that it has minimal energy left over for noticing what’s actually in front of you. Your opportunity is usually still there, you’ve just quietly...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read