by Su Birch | December 2, 2021 | Communication, Confidence, Emotions, Leadership, Management, Meaning, Relationships, Work
“Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or the deepest despair.” Sigmund Freud My parents used to tell me “Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never harm you.” What nonsense! It’s words we remember,...
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 | 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...
by Su Birch | February 1, 2019 | Confidence, Goals, Meaning, Personality, Winning, Work
Every morning in summer I swim in the tidal pool below our home. It’s a piece of paradise, full of magical sea anemones and tiny rock fish, and surrounded by big boulders and the crashing waves of the open sea. On sunny days, the cobalt sky hugs the glorious blue line...
