Reading Time: 2 minutes The old saying “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” gets trotted out all too often when someone is going through a hard time. I don’t think it’s particularly useful. It’s trite and can come across as completely lacking in empathy. I know that’s not necessarily how the speaker intends for it to be interpreted, […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Happy birthday to Unleash Your Awesome! It’s hard to believe that my first book is now a year old! The first month was a blur of activity – from shipping out copies of the book on launch day, to coming down with my first bout of Covid a week later and realising amidst the fug
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Reading Time: 7 minutes After the success of my article about my 5-star reads of 2023, I decided to create this: my 5-star reads of 2022! I read a tonne of books every year, and track all of my reads, from 5-star to 1-star, on Goodreads (check out my profile and reading lists here.) And because I religiously track
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Reading Time: 10 minutes I read a tonne of books every year, and track all of my reads, from 5-star to 1-star, on Goodreads (check out my profile and reading lists here.) And because I religiously track what I’ve read, I’m always asked for recommendations by friends and colleagues. So, I thought, “Why not put them all in one
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Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve been participating in and running Personal Mastermind book clubs since early 2021, and they have been such wonderful experiences. Not only are they a great way to learn about and read excellent books, they’re also a great forum for discussion and building relationships with fantastic people. The Personal Mastermind format Each Personal Mastermind group
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Which of your recent failures did decide on in advance? I know, you’re probably thinking, “Aren’t I meant to be planning for my successes, not my failures?” The short answer is, “No”! Read on to find out why you need to proactively plan your failures. The importance of planning for your failures If you don’t
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Reading Time: 4 minutes I love the huge variety of strengths-based approaches that are out there, but many of them get one key thing wrong. They focus on the extremes of super-strengths and worst weaknesses, and make only passing mention (or worse, completely ignore) what sits in the middle of the spectrum. It’s as though they don’t realise that
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Reading Time: 18 minutes My friend Karl Craig-West hosted me on his podcast to talk about how to use your Genius strengths to do more of what you love. We talk about how you can figure out and use your Genius strengths, how to spot and collaborate with other people’s strengths, and how to use your unique strengths to
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Do you know how to use your strengths to power-up your work? When you know what you’re great at, and that lights you up (as well as what doesn’t), you can create simple strategies that will bring more energy, fun, and achievement to your life and work. The origin of this article This article started
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Reading Time: 7 minutes The key to getting the most out of working with your strengths is knowing how to find the sweet spot for each strength. This article will teach you five simple strategies for finding your sweet spot, so that you can enjoy better results. A quick strengths primer If you aren’t familiar with how I define
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