by Su Birch | July 8, 2021 | Confidence, Emotions, Personality, Winning, Work
“Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact it’s the thing that’s really preventing us from taking flight.” Brené Brown I’ll run a mile rather than sing Karaoke. I know I can’t sing in tune- the teachers made me...
by Su Birch | February 4, 2021 | Confidence, Leadership, Management, Winning, Work
I’m sure there isn’t a person anywhere who hasn’t at some stage thought ”I shouldn’t be here. They going to find out I don’t know what I’m doing”. Feeling like a fraud is common and for some people it is almost impossible to shake it off, no matter the situation. The...
by Su Birch | September 15, 2020 | Confidence, Emotions, Health, Vitality, Winning
Breathing is one of the simplest and most effective ways of managing stress, anxiety and general feelings of uptightness. We don’t think about breathing- we take in about 23000 breaths a day and never pay it any attention. But when we are stressed or anxious...
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 | 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...
