Conversations with your manager
When you desire changes to your role, it’s important to be deliberate in the way you raise this with your manager. Before any conversation, take the time to identify all your points of concern. Reflect on each of these points and what they mean to you. Which of these points definitely need to be addressed […]
Ideas aren’t worth much
You can have the best idea in the world. But if you don’t do anything about it, you’re in the same position as if you didn’t have the idea at all. .
Just a number
When framing goals, what hits harder? “Within 5 years I’ll …” Or “By the time I’m 40 I’ll …” .
Social capital
There will come a time when you want to launch something into the world, and a little momentum at the start will mean everything to you. When this happens, don’t be afraid to ask your personal network to take a risk on you. You only have to think of how willing and enthusiastic you’ve been […]
Riding a bike
When you learned to ride a bike, you didn’t jump on the first time and pick it up suddenly. You fell off. A lot. But in persevering through the challenge, you gradually embodied the skill. Yet consider how much of our learning is once-off. We complete a course and get a certificate but we don’t […]
Wake up
To wake up early, it helps to set an alarm. Sometimes one alarm isn’t enough, so it helps to set another alarm and place it outside of arms reach. If that doesn’t work and you get pulled back to bed, you could consider setting three alarms. But you’ll probably get the same result. You would […]
Working meetings
For all the time we spend in a meeting, we then spend more time after the meeting actioning what was discussed. So to use our meeting time more effectively, consider what tasks can be actioned in the meeting itself. What simple tasks can be done in the moment? Can time be allocated during the meeting […]
I’m waiting until…
Are you holding onto an ambition? If so, think of the reason you haven’t activated, and then frame it as a statement below: I’m waiting until [reason] Are you waiting until you have more experience? Are you waiting until you’re older? Are you waiting until life gets quieter? Your reason may be legitimate. But it’s […]
I chose this
Every pursuit we commit to in life will have its struggles. It’s waking up in the dark and the cold to go to the gym. It’s saying no to a party because it conflicts with a major event you’ve been working on. It’s getting rejected (again) for a job you really wanted. But when things […]
Team-driven recognition
The leadership programs that Bec and I run are created by amazing volunteers. Everyone involved has a strong connection to the programs and receive a lot of personal satisfaction from facilitating great experiences for others. But each program takes a lot of work to organise over quite a long period of time, and we want […]