I have used Zoom in a personal and professional capacity for around four years but since March 2020 my usage when from once or twice or a month to multiple times a day. Zoom, MS Teams, Skype, FaceTime etc, have all been great ways of staying connecting with friends and family. As restrictions are lifted [Read more...]
Times they are a changing…
They say “a change is as good as a rest” and during this lockdown I’ve changed in a number of ways. Both physically and mentally, and to be honest I’m not sure it’s been that much of a rest. The stress of not being able to see family and friends has weighed heavy on me. [Read more...]
Some sandwiches don’t have flavour!
When it comes to feedback and evaluations if there’s one thing I hate it’s the “feedback sandwich.” Some organisations that claim to train mangers and human resources staff still use this method of feedback and evaluation and it’s just awful. Here’s why. People know it’s coming. This message is old fashioned. Everyone knows it’s coming! Everyone [Read more...]
Look at how far you’ve come!
It’s easy to forget, sometimes, just how far you’ve come. Especially when there’s so many people always trying to knock you down. More often than not they don’t mean it, they’re not being nasty or vindictive, they just don’t realise that sometimes some of the things they say aren’t at all helpful. For example, how [Read more...]
Weekly & Monthly Goals
Goal setting of small goals is a great way of making progress through a larger goal. Breaking it down into smaller, more manageable achievements gives you a sense of success as you work towards a goal and gives you an idea of how much longer the main goal may take. Make sure you reward yourself [Read more...]
Barriers and Blocks
If you want to achieve your goals you need to remove the barriers that are getting in your way. One of those barriers is not being mindful. Mindfulness, for the last few years, has been the buzzword for becoming a better you but, as some practitioners would have you believe, it’s not all about lying [Read more...]
New Years Resolutions 2020
Happy New Year! As I said in this post 366 days ago I’m not one for making New Year resolutions due to the frustration from failing them and the pressure put on us to make more than one. “I’m gonna finally…” insert many and various things we want that we could achieve any time not [Read more...]
It’s not just about the words
On Tuesday I had the honour of giving the test speech for a Toastmasters contest. The Evaluation Contest is one of six Toastmasters International contests that takes place every year. With the public speaking, leadership and evaluation skills Toastmasters teaches the competition is often fierce and Tuesday was no different. This particular contest sees contestants [Read more...]
New Years Resolutions 2019
I’m not one for making New Years Resolutions. I don’t like them. They’re too easy to break and you can end up becoming really frustrated. People try hard to stick to them and don’t and get fed up so end up breaking any tradition started as the New Year starts. My other problem with it [Read more...]
Criticism and dealing with it.
Do you know, all of us could take a little lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. It doesn’t matter what you do for a living, what you do in your spare time, who your family are… do you know I could go on with this list but rather than do that [Read more...]