Posts tagged “Mindset”

"Be yourself, everyone else is taken"...

Posted on 7th May 2025 at 08:08

Even though these words of wisdom may date back over a hundred years, they’re as true today as when first spoken. They’re usually attributed to the great Poet, Playwright and Raconteur, Oscar Wilde; although it’s been suggested he may have “borrowed” them from elsewhere. We’ll probably never know the truth and leave it to those of a more literary persuasion to debate…

Anyway, before we digress too much further (!), let’s return to the present day and one of those things that seems so hard to do. To be yourself.

Making exercise easy

Posted on 30th April 2025 at 08:06

A couple of weeks ago we talked about the benefits of spending time outside in the natural world every day, if you missed it, you can find it here.

With another bank holiday rapidly approaching – hurrah (!) – not to mention warmer temperatures and the lighter evenings, it’s not surprising that this time of year kick starts many people’s health regimes. Particularly those related to stripping off some of the extra winter layers – which hide a multitude of sins (!) – or their traditional fortnight in the sun…

Put another way, this time of year is all about slimming and trimming. Slimming down and sending those few – or more (!) – extra pounds on their way. Trimming and toning those areas that could do with a bit more definition, to put it politely...

Practice till it doesn't feel like practice...

Posted on 23rd April 2025 at 08:28

As Clients and regular readers of this blog will know we like to keep things simple. That’s why we always focus on the small things you can do at home to help yourself. They’re easy to do and quickly become part of your routine, so you don’t even have to think about them. Even better, they all have lots of other benefits as well, giving you more “bang for your buck.”

Despite this, all too often, we hear Clients saying they find making even the smallest change difficult to do.

Sitting on the fence...

Posted on 9th April 2025 at 07:31

It’s been a while since we’ve talked before about people’s tendency to make snap judgements on whatever is happening in their lives.

“This is good, that is bad.” “She is nice, he is horrible.” Not forgetting the perennially favourite one: “How can she – or he (!) – go out looking like that.” And, if you think you’re above all those petty judgments, think again…

However, it doesn’t stop there.

Giving feedback...

Posted on 26th March 2025 at 07:35

Opening our e mails the other morning and, as is traditional, making full use of the “delete” button to bring the inbox down to a more manageable size (!), it struck us just how many requests there were for feedback.

Sadly, most of these were auto generated, with a distinct odour of “ticking the box”, rather than being a genuine request for feedback which would be used to improve their goods or service. Or, dare we say it, for the benefit of the Customer rather than the Company (!). Deep calming breaths all round…

Exaggeration, friend or foe?

Posted on 12th March 2025 at 07:32

We all love a great story, the more dramatic, the better. And, preferably, with a few twists and turns along the way to ratchet up the emotions and suspense even further.

So, what starts out as something quite small and, dare we say, commonplace ends up as a much more exciting adventure – or even saga, lasting much, much longer than was strictly necessary…

We’re sure you can easily come up with many examples, whether your own or from other people who have been kind enough to share them with you (!). Whether you asked them to or not…

The question we never stop to ask ourselves is whether all this exaggeration really helps us. Is it our friend or foe?

Age isn't a number, it's a state of mind...

Posted on 26th February 2025 at 07:35

Yes, we know it’s rather a cliché, but it doesn’t stop it from being true…

We’ve all met – or know (!) – people at both ends of the age spectrum. Those who seem to be old before their time. Or, perhaps, have always been old in terms of their outlook on life. David refers to them as “Junior Pensioners” which may be slightly uncharitable but a good way of describing them (!).

Sadly, their glass always seems to be half empty… “It can only get worse.” “It’s all downhill from here.” “What can you expect at my age?” And we heard these all – and more – from someone in their 30’s recently…

Why Mindset matters...

Posted on 19th February 2025 at 07:38

We’re often asked why we talk so much about Mindset or, as we usually call it, “the Little Monster in our Heads” (!). Is it really that important – or just another of our pet subjects?!?

Well, the simple answer to both questions is undoubtedly “yes”, for several different reasons.

Whether you consider yourself as working with people or not – and we all do to some extent (!) – it very soon becomes apparent how differently people react and then deal with the same – or similar – issues. Situations, people or events.

Wherever you are right now is fine...

Posted on 5th February 2025 at 07:17

You’ve probably heard this story before in one form or other. And, before we go any further, we’d better say that it harks back to pre satnav days, although it does still happen from time to time… Anyway, before we digress too far, on with the story.

Someone gets lost and stops to ask a Local for directions. Usually, said Local is leaning on a gate or chewing a straw, so it’s easy for the person lost to be rather rude about them (!). The Local thinks about it for a moment and then says, well I wouldn’t start from here…

A little appreciation changes your day...

Posted on 22nd January 2025 at 10:01

It’s been a while since we talked about appreciation and how a little goes a long way, we even used this as the title of a post way back in 2017.

And it sounds like such a simple thing to do. Just find things – anything (!) – to appreciate as you go about your day. And not just things. People, events or anything else that catches your eye and pushes your appreciation – or feel good – buttons.

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