Let go of people who aren’t ready to love you. The words below from Sir Anthony Hopkins are particularly powerful. On reading them, I was reminded of a conversation over a year ago between myself and my own coach, Bruce. During our chat about general ‘busyness’, it became apparent that
Following on from my article in December about ‘How to say ‘no’ without feeling guilty’ – I wanted to share this article and five brilliant pointers by Michael Hyatt and Co reiterating why saying ‘no’ is so important. In short, you make your ‘yes’ more valuable by setting your default
I’ve worked with owners and founders for a long time, and during that time I’ve found one thing is almost always true, and that is founders find it incredibly difficult to let go. It’s unsurprising, given that the business they’ve built or are building is their metaphorical baby, but as
There will always be too much to do. How do you feel when you read that? Fear? Anxiety? Despair? When confronted with the truth that it’s unlikely you’ll ever ‘complete’ everything you believe needs to get done – there’s a tendency to reproach yourself or question your abilities to be
In general, we all struggle at times to say no. Saying ‘no’ to our family, ‘no’ to our friends, ‘no’ to our boss, clients or even just those people who are persistent or borderline pushy can be challenging, but inevitably, if we’re saying ‘yes’ when we really want to say
Every now and then I feel compelled to include some content in the etc Playbook that is less work, more life (you can argue the two are one and the same but you get what I mean) and this staggeringly strong and simple idea from the clever and lovely people
A reassuring article if ever there was one, I liked this piece from Worklife on the BBC which considers that you might – actually – be more likeable than you think. Less tools and techniques, more conversation comfort blanket, if you’ve ever looked back on a chat with an acquaintance
LinkedIn is my main social network – I’m on Twitter, I tried Instagram (then left after realising that I too was susceptible to the odd mindless scroll – god those guys are good) and I have a decent grasp of what else is out there, but professionally – and personally
Ever received an unexpected piece of news from a client and thought ‘what the hell?’. This article is a reminder that often, when a client brings you a piece of information, they are often in fact bringing you an answer to a question rather than a question itself. And unless
I did some work with Lego in the past. In meeting rooms, they had bowls of bricks, and everyone was encouraged to play with them throughout (the team claimed it encouraged more creative thinking). This memory has always stuck with me, and yet I’ve never returned to it with much
