I was asked to take part in a panel last Summer with Sage UK. The topic was "Women with ambition - From Bossy to Boss”. As I scanned through the...
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Mind monkeys
Certainty vs curiosity: which are you craving?
I’m just coming to the end of another week of school holidays and it always surprises me how after a while, my kids start craving certainty. At the...
7 Ways to Ditch Perfectionism
Q. Help! I’m a perfectionist. I know it’s bad for my productivity but what can I do about it? This was a question I had from a delegate at a recent...
Three words to banish new year panic
That first day back. It’s so easy to get caught up in ‘have to’s. The hundreds of emails you have to wade through in your inbox. The couple of bits...
Perspective
I was in Barcelona last week! As glamorous as that sounds, here’s a confession. I’m a bit of a wimp when it comes to traveling alone. If my husband...
On winning
Wow, what a week it’s been! On Thursday I had some local fame when my local paper ran a piece on my award nomination for Emerging SME Business of...
5 reasons why we resist self-promotion
A while ago I was nominated to put myself forward for an award in the Forward Ladies National Women in Business Awards. Had I not been nominated, I...
5 Resilience lessons from a 9 year old’s school test
Last week was a big week for us. My son took his first grammar school entrance test, and I spoke to my largest audience so far: 300 sales...
Struggling to get started?
“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Start...