Mindset Blog
Change in Business and Career
I truly believe change is a constant in life, and I am delighted with the change I have made to my website and brand over the past few months. Are First Impressions still important? Why Change?One of my favourite quotes is ‘Change is Inevitable, Growth is Optional’....
Finding your path – in a forest of options.
So, you have decided that you need a change, but where do you start? It is easy to look for something similar, something that uses our existing skills, but this is a project that will define your working career going forward. And one that deserves a good plan. I...
Do you ever stop learning?
Results day was a big day for me. Not quite as nerve wracking or anxious as my leaving certificate. But, then at the time I wasn’t that invested in my future. This time, I was receiving the results on a Level 9 Post Graduate Diploma in Executive...
The benefits and challenges to online learning
In 2020 the learning landscape looks completely different. Training is now predominantly online, and facilitators have had to adapt, and adapt quickly to ensure that they can still deliver their training effectively. In my experience it isn’t quite as simple as...
Fed up working from home?
If you are working from home right now, are you perceiving it as negative or difficult, ask yourself this question. How can I look at this differently? What is the opposite? How you perceive something gives it meaning, and in many cases we will perceive things...
What do you get when you squeeze an orange?
Do other people’s words or actions cause you to be negative and leave you in bad form by the end of the day? This happens so frequently, both in an office environment and with our new working from home culture. Have you heard about the analogy of an orange? What do...
Is indecision keeping you stuck?
Can't decide - Too many choices! Decisions are something we need to make every day. From small decisions to large decisions – and it’s not always easy making them. Does it have to be about yes or no? Recently, I was sitting in a bakery when a mum and her two kids...
How to overcome negative thinking!
The idea that ‘you cannot be that which you observe’ and ‘you are not your mind’ are key concepts that I picked up a few years ago when I studied practical philosophy. Let’s just think about that objectively for a minute. You cannot be the observer and the observed at...
Do I need a sales mindset or a positive mindset?
It’s difficult to draw the distinction between a positive mindset and a sales mindset. A great sales mindset will lead with ‘what you do’ such as understanding why you sell this product or service, what benefits it brings to the customer, what your intent with a sales...
What has mindset got to do with sales?
Sales are the lifeblood of every business and there is a strong link between sales and mindset; that is to say, having the correct mindset is essential to success in sales. While you can have excellent practical skills when it comes to product knowledge, and you may...