You be you! A quick back story: Years ago I was in a church where there was the discipline of morning prayer. You could do this at home but, if you were a “disciple”, it was better to be seen at the church building praying, anywhere from 6am to 8am. The discipline of a morning …
Have you noticed your self talk? Is it predominantly positive or negative? For most people it’s negative. Over 80% of our thoughts are negative, according to one study. We beat ourselves up constantly over little things that don’t matter. What’s more, we do it over and over. So one possibly bad event, turns into multiple …
We can choose to do a reset … any time we like! “Start Happy” is a way to take stock every day, every moment and turn our attention to the positive things that are happening, if we are prepared to notice them. This doesn’t mean everything will be perky 100% of the time but the good thing …
I used to hug my dog every day*. Multiple times. My family think I may have doted on him a little too much! I hugged him because I loved him ❤️ I hugged him when I was happy 😀 I hugged him whenever I saw him 🐕🦺 and … I hugged him when I was …
Yes! You’re allowed to! Hello again! Welcome to another week. We had the family over for a Spanish style meal (paella, which my Spanish friend, Gonzalo, will only allow me to call “Rice with Stuff” because it’s not true paella. Tastes good but! 😉) Today’s post about a really cool idea I discovered while doing …
Hey Hey it’s Fridaaaaaay! I hope your week has gone well. This was going to be a short one but it got away from me. I hope you find it useful. Feedback is such a powerful tool … when used for good and not for evil! Join the conversation in the comments and pass on …
How to turn around your worst day ever … Have you ever come home from work (whether you work from home or not), and wanted to just throw something? Like it was the worst day ever! And “worst day ever” was not an exaggeration. It was THE Worst. Day. Ever! (WDE) Now, have you ever come home …
One of the issues surrounding workplaces and the community is the increase in ambiguity. I can recall my first role where “Able to manage ambiguity within the business” was in the position description. It was around the Y2K debacle. So … fairly appropriate. Few really knew what was going on or what was going to …
Imagine you come home from work tomorrow night and, as you pull into the driveway, you notice a window has been broken. Not cracked, there is a hole in the window. The weather can get in, as can nosy neighbours and some ne’er do wells! What do you do? You (hopefully) take action to fix …
A new SCARF based staff development/coaching template is now available on the Resources page here. The template uses the SCARF Model to help leaders determine where their staff are in relation to the five factors in the model. The template uses a rating scale of 1 through 10. This allows a leader to determine granular …