I met Sherwette 2 1/2 years ago when we did a business course together. Sherwette has a background in consumer behaviour research and now works in management consulting in customer experience. She calls herself the ‘Consumer Behaviour Gal’. Back then she had a blog at www.Sherwette.com and had a plan to write a book.…
It seems that Journalling is all the rage these days. People sharing about the benefits of it alongside the practice of gratitude. I totally agree. I have been journalling, or I would have called it writing in my diary, since my early 20s. I was downloading whatever I was experiencing at the time and writing…
Do you have a creative business, another business or are you an entrepreneur? Are you just starting out? It can be overwhelming thinking about where to do start to market your businesses. Or maybe you have been doing your business for a while but just want to check you haven’t missed anything important?…
Some great things can happen outside the comfort zone. I took this challenge on a few weeks ago by tackling on the fear of heights with an aerial obstacle course when I visited Loch Lomond. I hugged trees for real as I crossed the course. My friend and I had looked at the…
Imagine it. Your first sale at 89 years old. This is the inspiring story of Carmen Herrera. She was an Cuban-American artist who died on 12th Feb 2022, age 106. She was born on 31st May 1915. She had studied Architecture, then Painting. She faced huge sexism towards her having exhibitions because she…
We’ve all been impacted by Thomas Edison who invented the light bulb. He was an epitome of persistence with this quotation: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Imagine that. 10,000 failures before his success. Not many of us would have the determination and patience to persevere for…
I’ve been recently doing my sister’s course on Brain Powered Confidence and she shared a Youtube link to a story on Gratitude. A professor gave a surprise test to his students, giving them pieces of paper facing down. To the student’s surprise, they turned the paper over to find simply a black spot…
Are you working hard at your business or side hustle and are finding there are not enough hours in the day? I know what that feels like! Are you making the most of all the best technology out there to help you? I have spent a lot of time over…
Reframing. I first came across this concept a few months ago. The Dictionary of Psychology describes it as follows: ‘a process of reconceptualizing a problem by seeing it from a different perspective.’ We have a picture, and when we see it as a whole, it is easy to see the full perspective,…
With everyone talking about the environment at the moment with COP 26 Climate Change Convention recently being held in Glasgow, we are all being reminded to look at our own contribution to climate change. The changes to recycle clothes, cycle places, alongside all the other moves to greener power, eating less meat and…