Tag: Courage

Many people we work with are self-professed perfectionists. Some admit it, and others try to hide it. What happens in these moments of holding onto this statement of “I’m a perfectionist”, is we set ourselves up to not achieve, to stay stuck and not complete, to procrastinate and continue the cycle of disappointing self. Our lack of progression is because…

Taking a stand for something is one of the most rewarding and powerful actions you will ever engage in! Remember, if you want to stand for something, then you cannot stand for everything. You cannot keep going along with the status quo, pleasing everyone or feeling like you have to shrink to fit in, just because it’s easier. If you…

I can imagine right now you are a little excited and a little bit scared!  Come with me…  Most organisations are all about ‘following the rules’, sticking to what the rule book says. Do what you are told, stay within the guidelines.  And you may be thinking ‘I can’t just go around breaking rules, I’ll get in trouble. It will…

You Are Not What You Do. You Are Who You BE!  If you have thoughts of a promotion, earning more money, strengthening your position in your career or other ideas of career progression, the vital first step is to work on who you BE! Not what you need to do.  Think of it this way:  you want to progress to…

The world is simple and so is life!  It can be… The truth is, we choose to make it chaotic, we choose to make it complex and we choose to make it hard.  The reason we make life chaotic, complex or hard is because we choose to live in our past stories that do not serve us. We allow our…

What has courage got to do with Authentic Leadership or working in STEMM? Courage is defined in the dictionary as “The ability to do something that frightens one; or bravery” or “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.”  Brené Brown describes courage as: “to tell the story of who you are with your whole…