by Su Birch | October 30, 2025 | Change, Confidence, Goals, learning, Relationships, Vitality
These are great questions to stop and think about, especially if you are stuck. I find ‘What do I not know?’ is a good question when tackling something new or battling to understand someone or something.Find more in my my book #confidence- you can find it...
by Su Birch | October 28, 2025 | Communications, Confidence, Emotions, Goals, Leadership, Management, Winning, Work
Putting up your hand – the art of self-promotion My parents were from Scotland and had been brought up as Calvinists and so, although not particularly religious, they were big into humility. We were taught never to boast and got very little praise for any of our...
by Su Birch | July 27, 2020 | Change, Emotions, Goals, learning, Meaning, Winning
I was writing regular blogs for this website with ease until Covid hit us and then suddenly I was stuck. I didn’t know what to write about. The enormity of the disruption and the threat to all our lives and livelihoods left me feeling that anything I might say was...
by Su Birch | August 15, 2019 | Confidence, Emotions, Goals, learning, Personality, Winning, Work
Do you procrastinate? I’m a pretty organized person but there are things on my “To Do” list that never seem to get done and that I keep transferring from one list to the next. Every time I get to them, I choose to do something that is more appealing, even if it’s just...
by Su Birch | July 8, 2019 | Emotions, Goals, Meaning, Personality
The sampler in this picture was given to me by my late sister and it hangs above my desk at home. I think that it dates back to the 1800s and I often wonder about the person who embroidered it. Was it a rebellious young girl who was required to demonstrate her...
by Su Birch | March 7, 2019 | Confidence, Goals, Leadership, Management, Personality, Winning, Work
Last month I went to this fascinating talk by Pieter van Kets who has completed a heap of crazy adventures including rowing across the Atlantic single-handed and finishing the Centenary Race to the South Pole. I can’t stop thinking about how impossible these feats...
