Fear

Most people are other people

There’s a terrific quote from Oscar Wilde: Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. What he’s talking about is what people do to themselves in order to fit…
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Faith over Fear

My coaching mentor, Mary Morrissey, has a powerful saying: You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith. When we step out to pursue our dreams, we often find ourselves at a crossroads where…
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Take the bully by the beard

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to…
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Failure develops wisdom

Did you know that it is said that Thomas Edison failed at least 1,000 times before he successfully invented the light bulb. However, he didn’t see 1,000 failures. He used each unsuccessful attempt to apply what he learned to the…
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Making mistakes is part of life

The only way to avoid making mistakes is to do nothing. The only way to stay stuck in your current circumstances is to do nothing. So, do you see a correlation there? If you are completely satisfied with how your…
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Trying is always better than not trying

Come to one of my workshops or webinars and one key principle you’ll learn is that fear and failure are prerequisites to creating something new in your life. That means that you will absolutely get to experience fear and you…
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You know how powerful you are

But are you using that power? It’s been through my own personal journeys with challenges and triumphs that I have come to consciously recognise just how powerful every individual is in determining the quality of the life they lead. I…
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How to rid yourself of fear

What if I were to tell you that your fears are your most powerful guiding light? I’m guessing your response might include words such as “are you insane?” Ah, well. No. I’m not insane.  In fact, I’m pretty sure I’m…
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The Four Obstacles

Have you ever re-read a book or re-watched a movie only to be surprised to see something for the first time?  It was always there, but for some reason, that piece that was previously obscured from your consciousness, suddenly jumps…
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Stepping outside of your comfort zone

There’s an obvious attraction to staying in our comfort zone.  It’s comfortable. It’s where safety lives.  Security. Predictability. Familiarity.  It’s also where we settle.  We accept things as being OK, or fine. It’s where mediocrity lives.   And it also where…
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