Have you noticed that some days you’re on it, you’re full of ideas, you spark off other people and things just fall into place? Other days everything feels like a struggle and a fight. Anything that can go wrong does. What’s the difference? The biggest factor is usually our state of mind. Yes, there are …
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Having a coach is becoming more and more popular as a method to support our personal development, at work, in our career and in our personal life too. But many people still aren’t sure what coaching is or know about the value it can bring. So if you’ve heard of coaching and want to know …
How do we get the most from our team as they transition into remote working during these unsettled times? Consider what our team members are going through themselves right now and what we might expect from them. This guides us towards better ideas of how to support them so that the things they are motivated to do are connected with what you really need them to do.
It’s all about ego. About someone believing that they are right, that they know best and then getting others to agree with them. It comes from a place of fear and insecurity. Needing to prove themselves. Needing everyone else to agree. Because that reinforces the ego. But the ego is always living in fear of …
I’ve worked in the tech industries and with techie people for the whole of my working life and this is the first time I’ve really considered sharing my experience. I love maths, problem-solving, getting things working, making things. I love a starting with a challenge, thinking big with others to figure out a design, working …
Do you panic and get stuck into figuring out what you should do next? Does your mind go into problem-solving mode, looking at all the options, everything that might go wrong in the hope that you come out with the right answer? This used to be me – and to be honest still is sometimes. …
What do you immediately think of when I mention computer games? Do they suggest shoot-em-ups or racing games, games that appeal and are marketed to teenage boys? Or maybe you’ve come across some of the amazing games that are emerging, often from indie studios? The games industry now produces a rich and diverse set of …
Don’t you just hate dealing with uncertainty? That feeling of not knowing what’s going to happen, how things might turn out, and whether we’ll be able to cope with what life throws at us. For me, I feel uncertainty in my stomach. It starts to churn, I feel queasy. Sometimes I get a flutter in …
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How do you respond to failure? Are you one of those lucky people who believe the mantra “there’s no failure, only feedback“, or does the fear of failure stop you from doing things? What if failure was an important part of being creative? What if it was actually a signal we were on the right …
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When I was younger I wasn’t great at drawing. I was ok, but I found it difficult to draw things that looked realistic from my imagination – and I thought that made me no good at art. So I stopped doing art at school and because I was good at maths and science and focused …