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The Duality of Perception and Overcoming the Locked Mind

  In my new eBook; Unleashing the Power and Possibilities of An Agile Mind, which is due to come out in the next quarter, I talk about an exercise in which I guide the audience to experience the simple act of drinking water from a cup as if it were the first time. The purpose […] Read more

Leadership by Default: How A Simple Word Association Game Will Reveal Your Leadership Mind

Without thinking, what immediately comes to your mind when you hear the word “threat?” Fear, worry, uncertainty? An evolutionary characteristic deeply ingrained in your psyche to protect you against a perceived threat – otherwise known as fight or flight, has served humankind well over the centuries preserving at times our very survival. Enabling us to […] Read more

4 Leadership Abilities of Mindful Leaders

Often when I ask coaching participants to describe effective leadership, inner qualities of a leader such as; resilience, presence, patience, deep attentive listening, care and concern, trustfulness … are commonly shared. While external competencies such as vision, strategic thinking, systems thinking … are equally important, when managing people or human relationship is involved they take […] Read more

Enhancing Attention

We are like fish and the thoughts are like the bait Early morning I went for a walk by the sea. The weather was pleasant and the mild breeze created little wavelets on the surface of the sea. In the distant, skydivers’ colorful parachute dotted the sky. Fifteen minutes into the walk as I reached […] Read more

Follow the Gold, Money Will Come

  When we are faced with upheaval in our lives, both emotional and financial, it’s easy to get lost in self doubt and a desperate desire to grasp at straws in our struggle to find the path ahead.   I remember a time of career transition in my own life. When I was going through […] Read more

Embracing Difficulty

“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt.   We often react rather automatically to “hardships” and “difficulties” and want none of it. Yet our hardships are the building blocks of our future success. Instead of automatic rejection our attitude must be one of curiosity and learning. “The crucible is an […] Read more

Emotional Intelligence & Self-Reflection

According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, emotional intelligence will be one of the top 10 job skills in 2020 Emotional Intelligence and Self-Reflective Practices Workshop series has been so well received this year, that I am starting a new group this October. The comprehensive 10 months program involves a monthly group […] Read more

Fantastic Confusion

“I have had many worries in my life most of which never happened.” – Mark Twain Have you noticed a huge amount of stress is the stress we create between our ears with our imagination – worrying about doomsday scenarios when we are safe and warm in bed at night? When there is real immediate […] Read more

Self-Reflective Leaders Bring Inner-Stability to Outer Chaos

  Why Self-Reflective Practices are Important? Self-reflective practices help turn the inner world of thoughts, emotions, impulses, intentions, inhibitions … to an object of our observation. While previously as the subject they were unseen and ran our actions and behaviours from the background, through self-reflection we learn to bring them to the foreground of our […] Read more

Vision

    “The most pathetic person in the world is the person who has sight, but no vision.” – Helen Keller In our own lives, we each make decisions about our business, work, career and social and intimate relationships. Yet many of these decisions aren’t the result of careful planning and conscious choice. They are […] Read more

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