Sacrifice? It’s a choice

I recently read a post from a fellow athlete I follow on social media about the hard work and effort he puts into his training and athletic career. He also, quite rightly, pointed out it was all totally his choice – he chooses to give up other things in his life in order to follow […]

I’ll let you in on a secret about other people’s actions…..the majority of the time (and I’m talking 99.9% of the time), other people’s actions and language have absolutely nothing to do with us personally and everything to do with what’s going on inside them right now. Yet, most of the time we take their […]

At NEP we coach some really awesome people – yes best job in the world…. but I digress… and the nature of the beast is that the issue of perfectionism often rears its ugly head. And yes it can be ugly… Let’s think about perfectionism as the need for things to be perfect regardless of […]

I find humans fascinating – which is probably a sure sign that I’m definitely in the right line of work. Yep I love my job and when I wanted to move from financial services into coaching I was very sure that I wanted to focus on high performers.

Recently I sat through a powerful workshop run by my impressive colleague. She took a group of co-workers who didn’t connect regularly on a journey through understanding mindset and using mindset to improve productivity and performance.

It has become a bit of a theme in our culture today to say to friends “you have to say no” and “you can’t do everything”. We seem to know that taking on too much and trying to be everything to everyone is not sustainable.

What a scary word – vulnerable. It is so quickly associated with being exposed, being scared, being weak. It is certainly never a word you hear in a business setting. Yet, being and encouraging vulnerability is crucial to the success of so many aspects of the high performers. Let me explain.

Have you ever really stopped and thought about why you do what you do? Why you get up and go to work everyday? Why do you do what you do? Why is that important? Why is it important to you?

I was once asked in an interview: “What drives you more – the thrill of success or the fear of failure”? Since then I have always loved this question and admittedly have used it in a few interviews when I’ve been hiring people, and I’ll often use various versions of this when I coach people. […]

From all of us here at NEP, we would like to wish you a very happy and safe festive season with your family and friends. We hope you take the opportunity to recharge in preparation for a successful 2018. Today will be our last Insights post for 2017 and Insights will resume again on Friday 19 […]