Catching Fireworks

“Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard.

It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose and of action over a long period of time.”

Bruce Springsteen

Some time ago, I did a webinar with another coach, Claire.  It was done in audio mode, with a few slides for reference, but no-one could actually see us.

A couple of hours before the webinar, Claire and I had a call to finalise last minute details and check out the technical stuff. As...

Confidence is an issue that often comes up when I am working with people, especially around the Inner Critic (what we tell ourselves about ourselves) and worrying about what other people think of us.

We can spend too much time in our heads listening to this Inner Critic and cre...

I was recently taken to task by someone who read a comment I had made about spiders. I said I don’t like spiders and to overcome my dislike, I could go to London Zoo for their Friendly Spider Programme where I could end up with a Mexican Red-Knee Spider on my hand. Will I actually do that? Ummmm, proba...

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Marcus Aurelius

I heard a really great quote from Winston Churchill. When asked during World War II wh...

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

Michelle Obama 

Many people regard me as a very confident person. The...

“A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”

Mahatma Gandhi

If you are searching the internet f...

“I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.”

Peter Ustinov

“Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.”

Eckhart Tolle

Yes is one of those funny words. If you say it too quickly, just to get ...

When people come to me for coaching, it is usually because they want something to change.

I know from my own experience when I first went to a coach I was desperate to change my career.  My focus was very much on “running away” from my then current situation. It was...