Tag: confidence

  • Why Should You Be Able to Do Something You’ve Never Done Before?

    It’s interesting to me how often I have conversations with people that go along these lines – “oh I could never do that thing you do, I’m rubbish at (whatever it is) and you’re so good” to which I invariably reply “Well, I couldn’t do it either when I first started”. Competence in anything –…

  • OnTheBeach – I am Where I Am And Where I Am Needs No Excuses

    My apologies for both stealing and changing the words of a well known cheesy choon. It’s usually ‘I am what I am’ but today I want to talk about where you am. Where you are in your life specifically. I suspect that wherever you are, you’d quite like to be somewhere else – relationship wise,…

  • Now That’s What I Call Bloody Minded!

    So, you’re playing tennis, you’re 2 sets down and in the 3rd set your opponent is serving for the match. What do you do? Well, if you follow tennis in Britain, you’ll probably know that Andy Murray went on to WIN the match! Stunning. Un-believable. I was sat in watching the tv last night with…

  • I DID IT!!

    Last night at Toastmasters I did my 10th advanced level speech and I got my ‘Advanced Communicator – Bronze’ Award. Yay me! Woo hoooooo!! The purpose of this post is threefold: 1 – to big up myself 2 – to encourage you to big up yourself – seriously, it’s not arrogant to talk yourself up,…

  • Enough About Me, What Do You Think of Me?

    I had a beautiful message yesterday, from someone I sent my (soon to be ready for public consumption!) free ebook to. She basically said she thought I was amazing, filled me with confidence and joy that something I wrote had such an impact. And her encouragement had a wonderful impact on me. I am keeping…