Probably because I talk about confidence at business conferences, the word itself tends to leap out at me on a regular basis.Yesterday, I did a double take when I went past a cash machine…
Choose words like a male scientist? Now that’s a novel idea.
Most sectors suffer from whopping great gaps between what the boys do and what the girls do and how much they earn (still! I know, it’s like 2020!)…
Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous – 27 Tips from my no longer forthcoming book… Tips #11, 12 & 13
If you’re already making yourself a little bit famous then you might want to ramp it up a bit next year, either to do it more strategically…
Wanted: ambassador for your brand
Did you know the reason I left my telly job at the BBC in 2013 was to become a ‘sleb’ brand ambassador? I had been asked by WeightWatchers to work alongside Patsy Kensit and that bloke off…
Change and Challenge Can Impact on Your Words
Last week I delivered a 1.5hr session on confidence to a group of 70 leaders at an insurance business in London. They were gathering together after an 18-month period…
Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous – 27 Tips from my book… Tip #10
Ah, feedback, one of life’s little gifts. Not something you have to open or even like – but it can be very useful for helping you fan the flame of fame, (provided it’s good!)…
What’s your walk-on music?
I met a friend while I was out walking the dog this week who told me she’d just been for an audition but had got nervous and a little intimidated by the other performers – the competition.
I said she needed some ‘walk on music’ to…
A ‘journey’ of discovery
I thought the place was familiar. Last week I chaired a leadership conference at the same venue I’d delivered my first ever keynote. I had an ‘ooh, that was then, this is now’ moment of joyful back-patting. Always worth thinking about…
Bolster confidence by recalling a positive experience
Now I don’t know what age you are, but you’ll have surely understood by now that age breeds experience and the older you get the more of a know-it-all you become – I would hope so anyway.
What’s wrong with me?
Nothing. Nothing at all. And I was reminded of this by reading this article by Lisa O’Neill, an Australian motivational speaker.
Her article points to the fact that we tend to focus on what’s wrong with us, rather than highlighting…