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Research indicates that even small acts of kindness can increase your sense of self-worth and ability to relate to others.

Why write a book? A book is your legacy – and ideas are the most powerful legacy of all. A book will boost your credibility – amongst your professional peers and your clients or customers.

Last week, I talked about what you could do if you know you’re in a Wrong Job to make it more bearable. For many, being in a Wrong Job can be exactly the right thing to help you get to the Right Job. Being in a Wrong Job taught me that I’m much better at diplomacy […]

It’s that time of year when those great New Year’s resolutions you made are often starting to wobble.

Whether it’s drinking less, exercising more, finding better life balance or taking braver decisions at work, our good intentions tend to weaken after a few weeks.

Historically it has been said that it takes 21 days to break a habit or to form a new one. More recent research by the University College London found that it actually takes an average of 66 days for a new habit to stick. What’s more, in their research, whist some people stuck to their new habit after just 18 days, others took up to 254 days.

So, don’t despair if you haven’t yet cracked your new mindset or activity. It is likely to take at least two months and possibly more. Here are some useful tips to help you be successful, taken from the latest research in behavioural science and practical experience of many years working with people in organisations to change their habits.

Here we are on day 5, you are going to love today’s topic: Easy Content Creation and Content Scheduling First things first though. I want to quickly talk about copyright and royalty free images for use on social media. You cannot just cut and paste or copy other peoples images and then use them on your own social […]

So you have all those qualifications and experience. You have an idea or a big dream. Or even several. Yet, you are treading water and waiting. Waiting to dare. It’s just plain scary to take that leap and become your own CEO.

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”
Jack Kornfield

Beat the February fail rate on those well intentioned New Years resolutions by thinking differently about how to achieve them.

How have you been getting on with the earlier exercises in this series? I hope you’re excited to be looking at Marketing today. We’re looking at the importance of shining bright, of standing out, and being visible! If you run your own business, there really is no escaping the fact that you’re responsible for telling […]

What tech do you really need to be spending money on when you first start a coaching, consulting or healing business? In the early stages of building a business it’s easy to get carried away by all the advertising you’ll see. Spending money on things you really don’t need at the expense of the things […]