Tag: workplace
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Do You Lose Your Personal Life When Things Get Busy?
One of the first things we often jettison when things get busy is our personal, family and social life. Yet, paradoxically, these are the things that tend to refuel us. We do need to slow down into a different pace to enjoy these things, and we often have an instinctive reluctance to do this when…
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Do Your Good Intentions Crumble?
“Each year I commit to getting healthier, but after a few weeks I make excuses about why I can’t go to the gym today or I give in to comfort food again. I just don’t understand why I’m so weak. I can be decisive – at work, for example – but not with this.” I hear…
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High Performer But, Despite The Evidence, Do Not Feel High Performing On The Inside?
Imposter syndrome. A state of permanently feeling that you are not as good as people think, that deep down you are faking it. That it is only a matter of time before your cover gets blown. I have worked with so many high flying clients – managing entire departments of hundreds of people, for example…
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When what drives you at work changes, do you grieve it?
‘When what drives you at work changes, do you grieve it?‘ An interesting question that I was asked recently. My answer: I think it depends on how the ‘thing that drives you’ leaves your life. If it was forced upon you by circumstances, then yes, it will need to be grieved. I used to be…
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The Secret to Resolving Imposter Syndrome
“Even when I sold my business for $66 million, I felt like an absolute fraud!”-Shark Tank judge and real estate mogul, Barbara Corcoran This is what imposter syndrome looks like. So many highly capable people experience it. On the outside, you’re highly competent. On the inside, you’re quaking, afraid to be found out to be…