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 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...
