Many of us are driven by our desire to do more/better/faster. So we often take up jobs that provide us with a challenge to be conquered and then precede to the next one and we fill our days toiling away completely absorbed at the task at hand. As a consequence we get ‘tunnel-vision’ as we have laser beam focus on what is next. We forget to be totally present in the moment as our energies are thinking ahead of those future obstacles/tasks. Here are some ideas or suggestions to do just that... Enjoy the moment: Be mindful of what you are doing, keep your thoughts right there in the now If you find yourself wondering about the next step/task then be aware you are doing this and refocus on where you are Take time out to not plan! Close your diary/outlook calendar and relinquish some of the control! Instead of completing your entire TO DO LIST in record time, take a breather mid point and not feel guilty Involve others in some of your tasks, this will build rappo...

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WHAT DOES MAKING A MISTAKE MEAN TO YOU? Success doesn’t mean you always succeed and never fail. It means you learn from every experience and make every experience work for you in some way. Give yourself permission to make mistakes. If we attempt to avoid mistakes we avoid what we need to learn, if we avoid what we need to learn we avoid personal growth. If you have the belief that you cannot experience failure, it gives you much more freedom to be willing to play, explore, learn and grow. Everything that happens is simply feedback, it’s a means of monitoring our behaviour, attitude, actions, to make finer distinctions and do it differently next time. Most of us see an error, every mistake as emotional baggage, a failure. It reflects badly on us. Are you beating yourself up with negative self talk - I am hopeless, why me, I cant do it – can you begin to imagine what that does to your confidence? How about more supportive questions, ones that are really going to stretch you and give y...

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Life is so precious; we take it for granted sometimes and live each week just like any other. We get into a routine and mentally cross out the calendar as each day goes by. For those who work for somebody else this is a real significance as you approach the end of the working week and count down until Friday afternoon. We also take our health for granted, thinking it will always be there for us, and when we have a health challenge then we hit a brick wall and wonder ‘why me?’ Most of us fall into the victim mode and become reactive at what life throws us. This is like we are against the world in the boxing ring and we are loosing the battle. As our emotions run high and we cannot see clearly as we are in the bubble of our drama. The power is in turning this around and owning your health issue, researching options, becoming the investigator and the observer in our situation. I have gone through this cycle and it is amazing the self- growth you get from coming out the other side. Beca...

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