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Unlocking the Shy Mindset
Picture this: you're out having a beautiful Autumn walk, and as if from nowhere, BOOM, a fabulous business idea plants itself right into your mind. You spend the rest of your walk, getting really excited about this idea. You're telling yourself how you could make it a...
Entrepreneurial Lessons from a Soap-Box Race!
Yes, that is me in the picture, free-wheeling down the hill, petrified but loving life! This was 2008, and I was right at the beginning of my 'living courageously' philosophy - a philosophy I still live by - and I was captaining the Star Ship Enterprise Soap-Box at...
Why resilience, confidence and courage are so hard and what to do about it!
The Soft Skills are the Hardest Skills Developing strategies, marketing, finance, IT, sales, customer service… I could go one with the list of hard skills that are always listed when I deliver training on starting, leading and growing a business. Towards the end,...
From Introvert to Shaking the Hand of a Prince.
Reposted from May 2019. For over a week now I’ve been asking myself how the little shy girl from a council estate in Tyrone happened to find herself shaking hands and having a chat with a Prince in the lavish surroundings of Buckingham Palace. On 9th May I headed to...
5 Most Recognisable Traits of Imposter Syndrome.
You look at her standing there on the stage talking with such conviction. She seems so confident, so sure of herself, like she has it all figured out. You watch her work the room at a networking event, she's poised and gracious and exudes confidence. You wonder how?...
Best business for a quiet introvert?
I can just see you now… Googling like mad, trying to figure out where you belong as a quiet introvert. You have a deep desire to be your own boss, to do work you love and to show up for your business like a pro but just what type of business would be best suited to...