Are you struggling to see the wood or the trees? It’s really hard to set goals and feel proactive when we feel cluttered or overwhelmed. We often use the expression that we’re stuck – stuck in place and can’t move forward. The challenge with being stuck is that not only are our proverbial feet not going anywhere, our ability to see things from different perspectives is also severely diminished. We cannot shift our position, and we’re […]
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Learning leverages healthy decisions (3/3)
Readiness is key to learning something new. If we’re not ready to learn something… it will probably go straight in one ear and out the other. That was a favourite phrase of parents and teachers alike – if we weren’t paying attention, they’d lay that line thicker than peanut butter on a slice of white bread. And, they weren’t wrong. When we were distracted, information went “straight through us” without taking seed. It was true when […]
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Setting benchmarks
Whilst intentional reflection may happen at the end or beginning of a year or personal growth journey, unintentional reflection happens all the time. And, we barely notice it, most of the time. But, several times a week, if not several times a day, we measure ourselves against something or someone; we’re either measuring ourselves against others or ourselves. Whether consciously or unconsciously, we set benchmarks all the time. It’s how we discern how well we’re doing, […]
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Building your business online
For many years the culture of all communication has been changing. Initially, many of us thought that the social media and digital branding space was merely a digital version of what we were doing in the real world. But it’s not. It’s more complex and nuanced than we realise. How we communicate with our family and friends has changed. And it also means that how we build our businesses has also changed. With a significant increase […]
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Don’t derail your finances
“As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.” Irish Blessing When everything is going right, we often feel that something is about to go horribly wrong. Sometimes, it’s helpful to smile at our human traits and do all we can to avoid derailing our plans! It’s so easy to fall into a self-sabotaging state, especially when things don’t turn out the way we’d hoped. But just because things […]
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Life was easier when…
In 1985, almost forty years ago, Back To The Future hit cinemas and established itself as a must-watch franchise in record time. It tells the tales of a future (2015…) consumed by technology and digitised fashion accessories. We now live several years on from that projected date, and the obsession with integrated technology was not far off! Entering the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) accelerated us faster than the DeLorean DMC-12 into a time that is characterised […]
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Tired of being anxious about money?
Of all conversations about money, there’s a common emotion that comes up. It’s one that everyone feels alone in, that they’re the only ones to feel this, but time and time again, it appears in daily financial conversations, reminding us that we’re actually not alone. This feeling? Anxiety. One of the reasons for this is that we grow up thinking that our adult life will look a certain way. We think we will either follow in […]
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Avoid being overwhelmed by change
One of the biggest challenges with change is that it can be overwhelming. There are many reasons why we might be averse to constant change, but when it is just simply too much all at once, we will find ourselves overwhelmed and in this space, our ability to make healthy decisions is seriously hampered. The secret to sustainable, non-overwhelming change is to approach it with the 1% rule. This rule basically recognises that we don’t need […]
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Take on less, accomplish more
It’s easy to fall prey to notions that the more we do, the more we get done. Or, the harder we work, the more we’ll earn. The reality is that the world is far more intricate and complex, and everything is connected. This is why success exists in spheres of paradoxes, why it’s so personal, and why it relies so heavily on finding a healthy balance. When we become too focussed on one specific outcome, like […]
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How do you measure financial success?
In a recent article from Morningstar, they raised two excellent points about measuring financial success. Like so many of us, Morningstar believes that great investing advice means understanding our hopes, dreams, and ideals to determine what really matters. It doesn’t just focus on the finish line — it focuses on the journey. Great advice can help people reach their goals. But what exactly does this look like? How do we measure financial success and reach our […]
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