Why is motivation important?

Why is motivation important? This is something I ponder on periodically. There are times when I think it is vital to achieving success and other times when I don’t think it’s important at all – in fact, I think we are told it’s important. This is what I have come up with so far… Is … Read more

How to be a motivational leader

One of my clients came to me recently to ask how they could motivate their team better. My short answer…you can’t. You can’t ever make anyone do or be what you want them to. It doesn’t work like that. However, there are leaders who people describe as motivational; those leaders who teams adore and work … Read more

Integrating your values (with integrity)

integrating your values with integrity blog post your time to grow coaching

Integrity is choosing your thoughts and actions based on your values, rather than personal gain – Unknown Last week I wrote about understanding and defining your core values. This week I want to discuss how you integrate your values into your life. I said that defining and understanding your values would help you make decisions … Read more

Self care when you have too much time

self care when you have too much time blog post your time to grow coaching

Last week I talked about managing your to-do list. This week I have been thinking about those times when you have too much time on your hands. This is as a result of a discussion in our closed group where a member commented: I don’t need to find time to reflect, I have plenty of … Read more

Need. Should. Inspire

When it comes to meeting your goals – what’s your motivation? I was lucky enough to hear Prof Damian Hughes (@Liquidthinker) speak in November 2015. He said there are three reasons that we do anything in life: because we feel we ‘need to’ because we ‘should’ and because we are ‘inspired’. Let’s go through them … Read more