Supportive Daily Success Habits

What changes do you make to your daily habits? Did you know that small changes make a big difference? We tend to overlook the importance of how managing daily habits for the better positively affect our wellbeing and our lives. However we need to start making these changes in the first place. And it’s often the small changes to our daily routine that make all the difference, and which can make big changes in our lives, careers, jobs and personal life. Brian Tracey “Successful people are simply those with successful habits” But what are successful habits? We know that gaining bad habits is easy We know that losing bad habits is hard We know that gaining good habits is hard We know that losing good habits is easy Strange that isn’t it? However, if we at least try then we can say we tried rather than just saying we’ve always

Keeping Your Life in Balance

Brian Tracy says “Your goals must be in balance and cover the three most important areas of your life. They must be in harmony with each other”. We know our goals need to be SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timebound), however, if setting goals whether they are SMART or not were easy then everyone would be setting them and achieving them. However, we know this isn’t the case. We know that for the most part many of us set goals that are UNSMART, unrealistic, unachievable and certainly not measurable i.e. I want to get fit to run one day! If we don’t set goals that provide us with a personal and emotional benefit then we are unlikely to achieve that goal. We need to want to achieve and not feel that we must achieve it. We need to clarify who we are setting or aiming to achieve this goal

You ARE allowed to have emotions!

We all have emotions, good and bad, positive and negative, helpful and unhelpful, don’t we? The good emotions we love are: ExcitementJoyLove However, the bad, tough or tricky ones are hard for us to accept, and these are: StressWorrySadnessGuiltAnxiety We do need to accept that ALL our emotions are reasonable and legitimate and there for a reason and a normal part of us being human. But how can we accept the good and the bad equally? We could imagine and see our emotions as visitors! We could acknowledge them coming for a visit, welcoming them in, allowing them to be there, hearing what they have to say, and them seeing them off when they leave. Treating them like visitors might help you come to terms with their visits more easily and dealing with them as you would the good ones, although in a different way. All visitors come with something

Understanding what’s in your backpack?

A backpack is a metaphor for life. The lighter you travel, the happier you are, with less baggage to carry. It is understood to be seen as reducing the material objects that oppress us, weigh us down and make us sad or depressed. They represent our worries, issues, irritations and problems. We all carry a backpack, and it’s full of all our issues, priorities, baggage and lots more. Whilst we know we need to understand what is in our backpack, do we really understand what it looks like? As it’s behind us, often it can appear out of sight out of mind. We may or may know or realise that we can add to our backpack at any time, but do we, and do we add the right things at the right time? Are we happy with what is in our backpack, and have we identified what we are happy

How well are you balancing your life right now?

The only constant is change and never more so than now. Our emotions are up and down, our plans aren’t fitting, our goals aren’t working, and as for our actions – perhaps not getting done either. Before we can tackle all the things we know we should, we need to see to ourselves first. Bring back balance into our life as best we can. Consider what ONE thing you can do right now to give yourself, make yourself feel better, a reward or treat, time out to see someone or do something you haven’t for ages. Never mind thinking, I haven’t got time and I’ve other priorities. Consider this being an investment in YOU. Putting the oxygen mask on you so you can help others and do what you know you need to do the best way you can. How can we do this when our self-esteem is low, our

How to make someone’s day

The best things in life are free – aren’t they? Often the things that have the most value or quality cost nothing; the price of something does not always properly indicate its value. For example, experiencing the love of a baby is really life-changing. Seeing a loved one happy because of something nice you’ve done or given, gives us a huge adrenaline rush. It’s been said that money can't buy the most important things in life. We often take things for granted, don’t we? Our health, our freedom, our situation. However, when something happens, and this is taken away from us for whatever reason we feel the loss so bad and wish we had made the most of what we had when we had it. We often may appear ungrateful for what we have, perhaps wishing we had what others have, instead of feeling grateful for what we do have

Things to think about to make us feel better

I’m sure like me you see quotes or mantras that totally resonate with how you’re feeling, or the way things are for you at the time. We can all take away great tips to make us feel better and to encourage us to have positive thoughts and keep motivated. In such changing, difficult and stressful times, we need to ensure we take care of ourselves, feeding us with as much positivity as we can despite all the things going on in the world. In business we have a responsibility to ensure our team is supported the best way we can. We want to support our family and friends too, however, we do need to start with us, don’t we? We can worry about things that don’t get us anywhere which doesn’t help. I recently came across this quote which fitted perfectly. “Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you

Breathe – Recognising signs of stress

We are all struggling right now and some more than othersWe are worried about the current situation and our futureWe may have mixed emotions with differing views, activities and situationsWe may be struggling with work, business, home, family, friends, finances Whatever the situation we are in or dealing with we need to recognise the emotional signs of stress and how we might be able to manage them as best we can. What are 5 emotional signs of stress? Psychological and emotional signs may show themselves through feeling depressed or anxious. We may feel angry, irritable or restless. Sleeping may be a problem along with a feeling of being overwhelmed, unfocussed, unmotivated with an inability to focus or concentrate on basic tasks. Worry starts to kick in making problems seem larger than they are causing us to make erratic, rushed and perhaps bad decisions. We may have a problem breathing and

Recognising signs of stress

Recognising signs of stress We are all struggling right now and some more than othersWe are worried about the current situation and our futureWe may have mixed emotions with differing views, activities and situationsWe may be struggling with work, business, home, family, friends, finances Whatever the situation we are in or dealing with we need to recognise the emotional signs of stress and how we might be able to manage them as best we can. What are 5 emotional signs of stress? Psychological and emotional signs may show themselves through feeling depressed or anxious. We may feel angry, irritable or restless. Sleeping may be a problem along with a feeling of being overwhelmed, unfocussed, unmotivated with an inability to focus or concentrate on basic tasks. Worry starts to kick in making problems seem larger than they are causing us to make erratic, rushed and perhaps bad decisions. We may have

Paying it Forward

To pay it forward means that instead of paying someone back for a good deed, you do a good deed for someone else. Paying it forward inspires generosity, empathy, concern and compassion. Whilst we are often chastised for thinking of others more than ourselves, or putting others first before ourselves, and encouraged to put ourselves first more, paying it forward is more about how we can help ourselves feel better by giving. We know it’s better to give than to receive. Focusing on others rather than ourselves, particularly when things aren’t so good can help our mental health and our emotional wellbeing. Paying it forward helps others and us! When we help others we get a euphoric feeling afterwards, giving us that ‘feel good factor’. This feeling generates loads of positive things in our brain making us feel so much better. Sometimes doing something for another person might just be