Do you remember helping to spring cleaning the house when we were younger? Pulling out things we no longer used or have outgrown filling a black bin bag of stuff and handing them into the charity shop or putting them in the rubbish bin. Remember how good it felt afterwards to have everything clean, in its place, smelling nice. Just …
Do you do this? Would you like to learn how to?
Do you set long term goals? Did you listen to any of the interviews of gold medal winners at the recent Commonwealth Games here on the Gold Coast. If you had you would have heard phrases like : “I have always dreamt of this moment” ” I have imagined holding this medal since I was a child” ” you just …
Life isn’t about wating for the storm to pass…..
This quote from Vivian Greene is so appropriate for this update. And because it could be cooler! in the office I have kept it short. Here on the Gold Coast, like many people, we are experiencing a week of extremely hot humid days followed by humid nights with amazing storms and lightning activity. Consider your attitude and thinking around …
Don’t Panic! There is still plenty time to achieve your goals this year
The xmas decorations have been in the shops since September but “don’t panic” as Lance Corporal Jones often called out in Dads Army the 1970s UK comedy show. There is still plenty time to achieve your goals this year if you make time to refocus and recommit to them. Now that winter is over and spring is here …
Minds are like parachute’s…..
“Minds are like parachutes… they only function when open!” This quote comes from Thomas Dewar the Scotch whisky distiller. Think about it, if we go through our day into meetings or training with a closed mind then our minds are as useful to us a parachute that won’t open at 3ooo feet. Remember the phrase “you don’t know, what you don’t …
It’s as easy as riding a bike….
Developing new thinking skills to improve your personal performance, is like learning to ride a bike! Can you remember or imagine teaching a youngster to ride a bike for the first time? Think of the various stages: taking the stabilisers off, walking behind them steadying the wobbles, skint knees from falling off and sobbing “this is too hard!”, eventually making it …
