Fly Like a Butterfly Sting Like a Bee

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What does the phrase fly like a butterfly sting like a bee mean? Just before entering the ring, Clay said what would become one of his most famous quotes, and a phrase used to define his fighting style: "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see." What happened in the end? Clay won by a technical knockout. It seems hard to believe that our own belief systems can be changed and that our mind is powerful enough to believe in something if we tell ourselves enough. Don’t our children believe in what we tell them? What happens when our child hurts themselves? “Mummy, I’ve hurt myself”. We ‘kiss’ it better and the child skips away quite happy in the belief their hurt is now all better. Isn’t this what Muhamad Ali did? He felt that what he couldn’t see couldn’t hurt

It IS Possible to Change Your Core Beliefs and Behaviours

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“It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” Muhammad Ali If only we realised that we are in control of how we think and feel, how we choose to behave and our emotional reactions to things that happen in our lives. To start changing our core beliefs, we must change our behaviour, which starts with making a pact with ourselves, having a mental agreement that we will change our perspective and our viewpoint about ourselves and how we react to the challenges we have in our lives. I’ve used fear of public speaking or fear of spiders before to illustrate examples as these are easy for most of us to relate to. Fear of public speaking or spiders is not a core belief it is our reaction to that belief, our emotional reaction to what we perceive

Always believe in yourself!

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“Believing in others is easy. It’s believing in yourself that’s the real challenge” Giuseppe Bianco Do you believe in yourself? You know if you don’t no-one else will! But if we believe in ourselves, eventually everyone else will start believing in us also. We must be responsible for creating our own happiness and should always live our lives with meaning. If only we understood that if we believe in ourselves then we would be unstoppable, with anything being possible! It’s being determined and saying I know what I want and I’m going to get it, and getting it! Belief is the best investment you can make in yourself. So, how can we start the process in investing in ourselves? Motivation – Motivate yourself to get you started and remember that eventually believing in yourself will become a habit. Imagine – This is the first secret. Using your mind to really

Being Wise Like an Owl is a Hoot!

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We hear about belief systems a great deal, but what are they and how can we use them to help us day to day? As the saying goes: “A wise old owl sat in an oak. The more he heard the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard, Why can’t we all be like that wise old bird”. Unknown author Whilst we are trying to be all things to all people and sometimes being a master of none, we are also trying to tackle those things which we aren’t experienced or knowledgeable in and end up overwhelmed, or worse still being burnt out! Here are FIVE tips which I want to share with you: Listening to others – we often think we know best because we don’t want to show our ignorance or lack of knowledge in something, but listening to others and being open about

Is public speaking your fear?

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Did you know that the fear of public speaking is higher than the fear of death or dying? This may be a surprise to some, but for others I’m sure you can relate to this. Public speaking is a great means of communication, and promoting your business, however, if you have a fear of public speaking, then you minimise your chances or opportunities of effectively and successfully ‘selling and promoting’ your services and your business. Usually those people who fear public speaking avoid it at all costs, however, when you are a business owner, it’s something that’s almost unavoidable. For example, most new business owners, join networking groups to get to know other like-minded people, where there is an expectation of giving a presentation, whether it’s sitting informally round a table, or standing up giving a formal presentation. Are you prepared? Do you have the skill? Is it something you

Just pick up the phone!

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“As a leader, you must consistently drive effective communication. Meetings must be deliberate and intentional - your organisational rhythm should value purpose over habit and effectiveness over efficiency”. Chris Fussell This quote made me think that as a leader, we are responsible for driving effective communication! This quote talks about communication being deliberate and intentional, and having a purpose. But it should also have a value purpose and be effective. Nowadays, we are spoilt rotten with so many options of communication, which is great, but is it really? Do we often not default to something other than talking? I am reminded of this almost daily when I am either emailing, texting or messaging someone. Usually halfway through several messages backwards and forwards, I think to myself, “Why don’t I just pick up the phone and talk to the person!” I am guessing you have often felt the same, or had

Is your communication good or bad?

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You would think it was easy for us to communicate with each other, wouldn’t you? However, if we look at how we communicate, when we communicate, and who we communicate with, I am sure we would agree, that in most instances, our communication isn’t the best it could be. We may avoid certain communication because we fear it may be confrontational, or fear the outcome of the discussion. Communication is more than good or bad. The timing can cause a problem. The method we are using i.e. telephone, video conference, text or email has its pros and cons. If we measured how often our communication is good, positive and successful we would see how well we communicate with others, and vice versa. Communication has a sender and receiver. When communication breaks down, or the message isn’t received in the way it was sent, is it the ‘fault’ of the sender

Good at suggesting great things to others but not to yourself?

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When it comes to communication, we are often good at communicating with others but not so good about communicating with ourselves. Are you one of those people who is great about offering great ideas, suggestions or advice to others, but not great at giving them to yourself? Did you know we can help ourselves through auto or self-suggestion, where we can encourage our conscious and sub-conscious to believe in what we are saying? Auto and self-suggestion is a form of self-induced suggestion where individuals guide their thoughts, feelings, or behaviour, and can be creative or destructive; positive or negative. Sometimes pretending we are offering the suggestion to someone else is a good place to start. How can we be better at suggesting great things to ourselves? Here are some tips to get you started: Statement of your desire – be clear what you want and start putting statements together of

Being in the moment with your listening

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You may have read the quote “the biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand we listen to reply.” I know for many of us we find this difficult, but why do we find this so hard, and how can we listen more to understand than reply? Let’s look at the problem with us listening to respond. If we are formulating an answer in our minds, then how can we possibly be listening? We miss the main point of what the person is saying and give the person a huge dis-service by not being fully present nor actively listening to what they are saying. Let’s look at the benefits of actively listening. If we are truly listening to the other person, we are showing a real interest in exactly what they are saying. Following up with questions about what they have just said not only shows we are

This is the way to do it!

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What are the main things that stop us from focusing on our goals? What are the main distractions which prevent us from completing our daily activities? How many minutes do we spend on time-wasting activities? How well do we manage our time? We all know that if we want to get anywhere in this life we need to be organised, super-efficient, motivated and focused, don’t we? How can we stop the madness of our crazy lives and push the pause button, so we can just get things done, so things can just go the way we want them to. Here are four results which are tried and tested and may help you become more focused and achieve more in your working day. M-MANAGE – sometimes we just need to better manage what we are doing and try to deal with short-term crises and problems that can arise by thinking ahead