ARTICLES ON SELF-TALK, MINDSET & BEING A HUMAN AT WORK
Over 2000 coaching conversations have shown me one thing: we talk to ourselves — and those inner dialogues either help us or get in our way.
The articles below are about that: self-talk, mindset, productivity, and the often-overlooked work of being human at work. Browse by topic.
SELF-TALK, MINDSET & BELIEFS
3 Strategies to Improve Self-Talk
Your Internal Operating System Has a Maturity Level — Here is How to Upgrade It
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Questions to Cultivate Your Wiser Self
How Your Internal State Colours Almost Everything You Perceive
Your Mindset Is Not Negative — It's in Protection Mode
Notice Your Black-or-White Thinking
Rational vs Emotional Truth, or When a Pros and Cons List Won't Work
Think? Feel? Believe? Do an Internal Alignment Check
Don’t Silence Your Inner Critic — Gather Positive Evidence Instead
Befriending Your Inner Critic: a Practical Guide
"Partnerships Don't Work" — How Our Beliefs Shape Our Realities
PROMOTIONS, TRANSITIONS & CHANGE
The Story of a Bicycle That Won Prizes And Got Promoted, but Then Doubt Arrived
Why Your Best Ideas Need Protection Before They Need Feedback
It's Ok to Be the Weakest At the Gym
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How to Recover After a Metaphoric Car Crash
Acting Your Way Into a New Identity
I Was Not Ignored for 13 Years — I Was Left Alone to Do My Work
Don't Get Rid of Your Ego — Expand It Instead
LEADING OTHERS
How Leaders Request Trust in Advance
You're Not Indecisive — You're Misusing Your Decision Muscle
When Confidence Slips Into Arrogance
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Claiming Responsibility, 30-70% of the Time
"Why Did I Freeze in a Board Meeting?" And "How Do I Influence the Sharks?": 2 Stories
PRODUCTIVITY, & SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE
The Science of Making Decisions that Last
Match Your Pace With Your [Current] Abilities and Avoid Burnout
What to Do When Things Aren't Working Out
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Why You Freeze in Important Meetings
Beyond Planning: What If Making Plans Limits Our Careers?
Hitting Piano Keys Harder Won't Make It Sound Better, Only Louder
Why You're Not Moving Towards Your Goals
INSPIRING LEADERSHIP: AN 8-PART LEADERSHIP CIRCLE PROFILE SERIES
1. Inspiring Leadership: a Series On Beliefs, Behaviours And Results
2. Introduction to the Leadership Circle Profile
3. A First Look At Your LCP Results
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4. Definitions of 29 Reactive And Creative Leadership Dimensions of the LCP
5. Complying And Relating Behaviours in the Leadership Circle Profile
6. Controlling And Achieving Behaviours in the Leadership Circle Profile
7. Protecting Behaviours in the Leadership Circle Profile
8. Playing Not to Lose vs Playing to Win: Recap of the Series