GrowthMindset

FMQ 513 Let’s Flip Constant Striving For Improvement

In this 5-minute quickie, I invite you to flip that idea. Instead of endlessly striving, take a moment to recognise the incredible skills and wisdom you already have. From communication, relationships, and problem-solving to resilience and creativity — you’ve built a lifetime of tools.

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FMQ 506 A Respectful Look at the Views of Others

ver wondered how someone can hold a belief so different from yours — even the total opposite — and still be right? Well, in this five-minute (ish!) ramble, we explore one of NLP’s most important presuppositions: respect for another person’s model of the world.

We all build our own “maps” of reality based on our experiences. But what happens when we genuinely listen to someone else’s? Can we learn from it? Can it balance, challenge, or even evolve our own beliefs?

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#451 The Blue Print To Confidence and Self Assurity

Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat – there’s no such thing as a confidence blueprint. If someone’s selling you that, it’s clickbait, pure and simple. But here’s what I can give you: a real, honest look at self-assurity and how to build it from the ground up.

You see, I’ve been where you are. I remember being at the peak of my confidence in my career – I couldn’t do anything wrong, just knew I had it all figured out. Until I didn’t. Something unexpected happened, boom, that confidence bloody went. Completely went. So where did it go? Well, stick around because I’ll tell you about that.

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