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Hidden In Plain Sight

The dictionary defines ‘hidden in plain sight’ as to be unnoticeable, by staying in a setting that masks presence.
We have all, at one time or another, if only temporarily, hidden our true selves. We mask parts of ourselves in order to protect ourselves. We are chary of exposure and vulnerability. And rightly so when survival is at stake. However, ordinarily (Covid notwithstanding), that level of danger is rare…

Reframe Your Mindsets

Much of the work I do with my clients is helping them to find ways of transforming their limiting beliefs into possibilities and opportunities for alternative action. In order to do that I encourage them to visualise their mindsets as framed pictures. Think of a mindset as a thought constrained within a fixed area that holds it in place, like a picture held in place by its frame. I say ‘constrained’ because that is what happens; the thought is tied by its limiting belief – a belief that may not be true which nevertheless, we hang on to, like a safety net…

Do You Need To Change Your Mindset?

In the nearly forty years that I have been involved in personal and organisational development, I have never (honestly, never) worked with an individual or a team that has not been stuck in a negative or limiting mindset. I have come to the conclusion that mindsets really do govern perceptions, attitudes, behaviour, culture and so much more. So, I am going to spend a little time examining them in a bit more depth with the intention of helping you and your team/tribe/company to change your mindsets: to break habitual patterns that don’t support you and change them to reflect what you want to achieve…

Celebrate Your Imperfections

In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is a world view centred on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent and incomplete”. Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy and appreciation of the ingenious integrity of natural objects and processes. Nothing lasts, nothing is finished and nothing is perfect…

Finding Your Voice

We all have a voice, in one form or another. We talk, we gossip, we tell truths and we lie; we praise, we criticise, we exaggerate and we dramatize; we under sell ourselves, we don’t always say what we mean and we sometimes don’t think before we open our mouths! Words, words, words!