How do you retell your story? What recurring stories have come to define you? What aspects of your story replay today, every day?
The way you tell your story tends to set an expectation for your future - how will your “future-you” feel?
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You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Resting Bitch Face”, mockingly ascribed to how someone holds a resting face that displays an unintendedly blunt message.
“RBF” has come up in several conversations recently and reminding me of the effect our facial expression can have on our impact. What is your face saying?
Occasionally I am asked to coach specifically on a leader’s gravitas, how they speak and present information verbally to shift and increase their impact. This Simple Note will give you a simple change that will increase the likelihood of you saying the right thing in the right way and at the right time.
At the core of our everyday confidence is a belief, of which we may or may not be aware, but it’s there. The belief that you can achieve, you can succeed, that you are in the right place, doing the right thing, being the best you can be.
Delegation is an art but for so many speed and efficiency are lost, opportunities not grasped, as this skill gets blocked. Through thousands of coaching conversations with clients I’ve observed other blockages that are imagined but feel real to the faltering delegator.
You were born unique, the only and original version of you, with a particular set of attributes and abilities. You are subconsciously drawn to certain things. You think and feel just the way you do.
You are a full set of quirks- a “quirk-set”- fully or partly developed. Are some of your quirks being hidden through fear of standing out? What might happen if you were to flaunt your quirks?
To wear a t-shirt on a winter's day and expect to be warm is foolish. Similarly a poorly chosen attitude can limit our effectiveness in many situations.
Much of your brilliance is held back, as you listen to your inner voice, The Silent Saboteur. What does yours say to you? How can you neutralise its message or tune out?