Overcoming A Barrier To Your True Success
“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale Last week, I was hosting a mastermind for a group of business owners/CEOs who meet up once a quarter to step out of the busy-ness of their lives. At one part of the session, […]
Are You Trying Too Hard?
“Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.” — Alfred A. Montapert “Your entire experience of life is created by what’s happening in your mind.” I recently reminded a client of this when they were struggling intensely to solve a problem. They had moved into the […]
Doing Less By Law, But Achieving Better
“Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.” – Steve Jobs “I’m realising how much time I’ve been wasting.” So said my client some weeks after I’d asked them this question: If there was a new law that said you had to work half the hours you do currently in […]
Small But Mighty: Ireland’s Olympic Triumphs
“After the routine I was happy – I wasn’t thinking about medals. When the score came up I was proud of that score because it was mine and I wasn’t thinking of the podium at all I was just thinking I’ve done my job and I feel like that’s where the main emotions came from […]
The True Cost Of High Performance
“I am human. It’s good for other people to see me mess up and that I’m not perfect. Because I’m not.” Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history Someone suggested I watch a new streaming docu-series that I’d normally not watch. ’Simone Biles Rising’ documents the comeback story for the decorated gymnast, Simone Biles, widely […]
My Mistaken Assumption(s)
“Assumptions are made and most assumptions are wrong.” Albert Einstein I got a lot of replies to my email last week, encouraging me to definitely create an audiobook for my first book, Inspire Me: Life Wisdom To Pass On, which is based on a similar format to my weekly emails. What was interesting was that about half […]
Following the Feeling: My Journey Back to Inspire Me
“Don’t wait for inspiration. It comes while working.” Henri Matisse When I was on my vacation, one day I was relaxing by the pool and something hit me. “Record an audio version of Inspire Me.” Inspire Me was my first book, published in 2011. When it came out, audiobooks weren’t really a thing—not in the way […]
Embrace the Magic of Unexpected Moments
“The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.” Eli Khamarov Last week I was on holidays with my family in Turkey and one day we decided we’d like to take a boat tour of the coast. But when we tried to book it we were told it was sold out […]
Free Time, Energy And Results
“Manage your energy, not your time.” “You know what just hit me? I’m wrecked!” Those were the words spoken by a busy leader I recently connected with. Initially, they seemed fine on the surface, with high spirits and full of energy. But as we delved into a conversation about energy and clarity, something clicked—a mindshift […]
Loss And Paying Attention
“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness during holidays and in everyday life.” Jon Kabat-Zinn We had a bereavement in our family recently. *TLJ’s Dad, Peter, passed after 83 years of good living and life, This loss has been a stark reminder of how precious and […]