Blog 64: When You’ve Lost Your Confidence: A Practical Recovery Plan
That’s a horrible feeling, isn’t it? One moment you’re performing well, the next you’re second-guessing everything. Maybe you bombed a presentation. Maybe you missed a critical deadline. Maybe someone’s feedback hit you harder than expected. Whatever triggered it, now you’re stuck wondering if you ever had what it takes. If you’ve lost your confidence at […]
Blog 53: Digging Wells: One Year of Caddying Posts and the Journey Ahead
©Franciscan Media “Let’s begin again for up to now we’ve done nothing” – St Francis of Assisi Post 53 marks a year of post writing and i thought it may help others to capture this process and the evolution of caddying, these posts and now podcasts with the evolution of the Life Caddy Minute. In […]
Blog 58: Other people are getting ahead of me. I’m being left behind. What can I do? PART 1
©Shutterstock First, don’t panic. Your work life isn’t a race that’ll be over in a minute. This is a longer game. But these feelings can result in a sense of panic as you feel you’re getting left behind. You are turning up to work each day and lasting the slog. It’s just those around you […]
Blog 7: Why am I always saying sorry? I feel like I am always making mistakes and am never good enough. PART 2 – Enter the pocket sheet
i hope the work you did in blogs 55 to 58 on balancing work and vacation served you well over the Easter break . . . and that you had a good break. Last week we squeezed the oranges; made the most out of your mistakes and errors and letting go of them. You’ve been […]
Blog 42: Why am I unlucky? Nine things you can do to make your own luck – a three part series – PART 1
©Nathan S Collier Sometimes we just feel unlucky. Have you ever felt others seem to be getting all the breaks whereas you just feel stuck? This three-part series aims to give you some hope and direction to get some traction and make your own luck. Draw that fourth leaf and make your own four-leaf clover. […]
August ’23: Climbing ladders. JP’s story of success
JP is currently the Facility Manager for a large company in Fiji. His interview that follows reflects the game of snakes and ladders. This story captures JP’s unfortunate career interruption caused by ill health. While rising to the top (via ladders), a medical diagnosis sent JP tumbling to the bottom (sliding the snake). Be inspired […]
Blog 25: When you are in an interview and asked . . . What would you do in your first 100 days? Answers that matter.
©Home Murphy Bros Decorator Cork i have had this interview question come up in a few caddying encounters of late. i guess the ‘100 Days’ question must be the flavour of the month when it comes to interviewing professionals and executives. This question is particularly included in management and leadership interviews. Even if you don’t […]
Blog 18: Reap what you sow. How little things can make a big difference . . . make sure it happens, setting your cadence of accountability – PART 3
accountability is the glue that bonds commitment to results
Blog 17: Reap what you sow. How little things can make a big difference . . . finding and embedding the little habits that can have compounding results – PART 2
©Rachel Lance In this series we are trying to help you identify the micro habits you can implement in your personal and professional life that will realise significant impact. Part 1 ended by encouraging you to reflect on your targeted outcomes. i hope you have gained clarity with this. If your target is clear, then […]
Blog 12: I’ve just lost all my confidence. 10 practical things you can do today to build it back. PART 1
That’s a horrible feeling. i hope in this blog you find the tools you need to slowly build back your confidence so you can enjoy life and step into the opportunities that are presented to you. We’ll look at five tools this week and five next, to give you time to mull and apply yourself […]