Cocktails and Coaching

If you want to develop yourself, all you need to do is follow these RULES .   R eceptive U nderstand L earn E nd game S teps   Receptive - If you believe you're perfect, it's really hard to listen to advice and you'll have no motivation to develop yourself. You need to be receptive and open to other peoples opinions and advice and the concept of improving yourself.   Understand - Having self awareness and the ability to understand where you need to grow and develop is key. Only if you understand your strengths and weaknesses can you grow as an individual.   Learn - Once you understand what area you want to develop, you can then learn about that area. Learning can take many guises… From formal classroom courses, being mentored and coached, to reading books and blogs and more…   End Game - What differences do you actually want to see in both the short term and long term? What would you like to see in a week? And what's y...

How often do you really put yourself out there? Take a risk? Step outside your comfort zone?   A lot of us are quite happy with doing what we always do and not really challenging ourselves, because one of the strongest emotions that drives us is fear …   You can think of your comfort zone as 3 circles each within each other…   The first, inner circle is your comfort zone , just outside that is your stretch zone and outside of that you have your panic zone .   ' They say ' that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people, so'll I'll use that as an example…   Comfort Zone When having a one to one conversation most of us are sat quite comfortably in the inner circle, being our comfort zone.   Stretch Zone If we then have to lead a discussion in, say, a team meeting with a wider audience then for some, this pushes us slightly into the next circle being our stretch zone.   Panic Zone And finall...