The Winning Edge

Using NLP to be focus on what’s important and stay in the Driving Seat

Have you ever made a bad decision when you felt under pressure to make a decision quickly? Or have you ever found that you simply can’t make ‘instant’ decisions because  you “need time to think”? Perhaps it’s not time you need but space. Ever longed for a bit of breathing space, or a moment of peace and quiet, to be able to think? Imagine... 

Being flexible to achieve your goals

We’re all familiar with the concept of being hard, being steadfast and pursuing things in a straight path to our goals. What about being flexible? What does this hold for us? “Just as a sapless tree will split and decay
  So an inflexible force will meet defeat” – Tao Te Ching Flexibility can have as much power or more as... 

The Leader as a Servant

“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.” – Max Depree I’d like to talk about leadership in a way we perhaps don’t always think of it. In order to lead, we must know how to follow. Those born for a leadership role do not just seize the... 

The main thing is…

“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” - Stephen Covey You may know one of those people who have forged something from nothing, or you may be one of these people. Seeking their goals with a determination which is quite amazing. This could be someone in business, in sport or in any other sort of pursuit. The point is that these... 

What is it about change?

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” – Reinhold Niebuhr What is it about change that sometimes terrifies or thrills us? Is change something we should seek out or shy from, and is it a necessary part of life? Change can terrify us when... 

Being Grateful and Present

Two men look out between the same bars: one sees mud, one sees stars. -Frederick Langbridge We’ve all heard the popular words of Robert Eliot – “Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.” It would be silly to argue these words, as they ring true to most ears. Worrying... 

Don’t mortgage your present on some future perfect

“Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson When thinking to the future today, it is often tempting to imagine a utopian environment... 

Step Up or Worn Down?

It is easy to succumb to stress in today’s economic climate. Downturns can be a trying time, but the emotional tax is often not necessary. The problem with worry is that it accomplishes nothing. The key to tackling your worries is to look at the situation objectively and calmly. Ask yourself some serious questions: 1. What am I accomplishing... 

We Create Our Own Luck!

Ever meet people who say that success has everything to do with random luck and not much more? I know I’ve come across lots of people who believe that luck is the essential ingredient to success, but the truth of the matter is, it’s not! People who say success boils down to luck typically are people who are jealous of those who achieve success. ... 

You just have to want it Bad Enough and then Take Action!

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~George Bernard Shaw Now, let’s face it!  You’re going to have a very hard time finding anybody in the world who will say, “You know what. I don’t want success!” At... 

Take 100% Responsibility 100% of the Time!

“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”  ~Joan Didion Ever come across people in your life who just whine and complain all the time?  Now I’m sure you have.  In fact, I’m sure we can think of at least five people we have come across in our lives who are notorious...