This can be tough to hear, but our ability to be successful correlates with our tolerance of failure. If you ‘can’t’ fail, you can’t succeed. Getting things wrong, making mistakes, learning and trying again- THAT is how we progress at everything we learn. There is no route to success that bypasses failure along the way. […]
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Blog Takeover: Lisa’s Story So Far
The Mental Mastery Community is a monthly subscription membership and since it began in January 2017 has grown to be a super fun, supportive group- a true community who have each other’s backs and who are real about where they’re at, what they are working on, and go nuts over each others’ successes. So if […]
The Hamster Wheel Of Hustle
I’ve got to confess: I am becoming increasingly allergic to the idea of ‘hustle’. Now hear me out before you click on… Let me first say that I DO absolutely believe in hard work. Yup, check, signed up to that one FOR SURE. However, I DO NOT sign up for being seen to be […]
Living Feisty: Overcoming Adversity
*FEISTY* adjective: feisty; comparative adjective: feistier; superlative adjective: feistiest (of a person, typically one who is relatively small) lively, determined, and courageous. – Oxford Dictionary I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be feisty. This is my favourite definition so far. I love how it doesn’t require someone to be […]
Why I don’t offer a Goal-Setting seminar
Sounds weird, doesn’t it? I run a full 3 month course on Goal-Setting, so you’d perhaps think I’d offer seminars in it too- I mean, I’ve already done the work, right? It’d be easy … But although I did a small one, once, over 2 days, I now don’t do Goal-Setting seminars as a stand […]
A Little Out of your Comfort Zone
QUESTION: When was the last time you stepped out of your comfort zone? It’s easy to stick with what feels easy or comfortable, but when we stretch ourselves or take that extra step, it’s amazing what is possible. Your actions begin with the decision, in your mind. So where your mind goes, the rest of […]
Quitting because you FAILED?
Heads’ Up: You have more potential and possibilities than your self-doubt and fear want you to see. Maybe you’ve failed before and that little voice is telling you that you’ll never succeed, that you should accept that you’re just not ‘one of those’ people who can be successful… …I say: You’ve failed? GOOD. You got […]
Do you deserve more credit?
Let’s talk about credit. This post came up because a fabulous client of mine was recounting how she’d heard a handler she didn’t know announcing how she was withholding treats from her dog because they hadn’t done great on course. My client said she had badly wanted to talk to this woman and help her […]
“Frankly my dear…”
“…I don’t give a damn.” This could basically sum up why many of us have traditionally found achieving our goals to be so hard. Because… …secretly, at some level, we don’t give a damn about them… or at least, we don’t give enough of a damn to do what it would take to achieve them. […]
Real Confidence
Do you struggle with the idea of ‘confidence’? Maybe what you’ve been told is ‘confidence’ looks like cockiness… or bluffing, maybe even aggression, as someone selfishly bulldozes others’ feelings or experience… Maybe it seems like an empty word as some claim to have it then melt like a chocolate teapot when the pressure rises… But that’s […]