"] [/show_to] Do you have a fear of the unknown? Are you terrified of speaking 'off the cuff'? Do you over prepare for everything? As much as we would like everything in life to go to plan, more often than not, unexpected challenges pop up. But life is inherently unpredictable. We can’t predict how an audience will respond to our presentation, or if our clients last minute cancel a meeting, or what questions your job interviewer will ask you, or if your blender explodes and your … [Read more...]

A few episodes ago, I create a podcast called How Do You See Yourself, where I talked about 'identity'. And it seems to have really impacted people. I’ve had people send me tweets and messages to let me know how the podcast has helped them, which is amazing. And a common theme I have noticed coming up around identity has been to do with 'imposter syndrome', which is extremely common. It's where you think that you are not qualified or worthy to be doing a certain thing, or to be in a certain … [Read more...]

You may have noticed a number of my recent podcasts have been mindset-focused, and less about the actual skill of speaking and communication. Why? Because you can learn all the tools and techniques on how to prepare for a presentation, how to communicate with your boss and colleagues, structuring your ideas, and so on, BUT if your mindset isn’t in the right place; if you don’t truly believe in what you’re saying, if you let your fear overcome you -- it’s very difficult to implement all of these … [Read more...]

This week, my business coach, Farnoosh Brock, challenged me to record my podcasts in a single take, with no edits. My mind frantically threw me every reason it could to keep me in my comfort bubble: "What if I don't come across as professional? What if it ruins the listening experience? What if people don't like ME? What if? What if? WHAT IF???" But I knew if I wanted to take my show to the next level (and save myself the time of doing the damn edits), I had to push through and challenge … [Read more...]

Earlier this year, I was part of an accountability mastermind group, and one of the facilitators would make us write a reflection at the end of each month. I’ll be frank with you: I’m not naturally a ‘reflection’ type of person. I tend to be a 'go-go-go, look forward to the next thing' kinda person. So I’d always begrudgingly go into the reflection task. We had to revisit our goals for the month, see if we achieved them, write our wins, and our thoughts around the month that just … [Read more...]

Being the second last podcast for 2017, I thought it appropriate to reflect on the year and bring to you the best bits from some of my favourite interview guests from this year. I did a similar episode a couple of years ago: '15 lessons from guests of 2015', and looking back, I have no idea how I squeezed 15 guests into one episode...this time around, 7 lessons from 7 different guests seemed like a reasonable target :) (Oh, and listen to the end to hear a cheesy Christmas song on the … [Read more...]