This is defined as taking away our own (or someone else’s) power by blaming other people and other things for how we feel. When we disempower ourselves we limit our ability to choose... Read more
Empowerment is a bit of a buzz word in business and the social arena at the moment. Different people have different views on how we can best be empowered but invariably all empowerment relies on individuals learning new things for themselves so that they can do things – whether that is how to use the social services properly or how to create a brilliant life strategy. The kind of empowerment we talk about in wecreate™ is the kind that helps us achieve our potential – so that we can manage our own lives to be as happy, successful and balanced as possible. It is all but impossible to achieve our potential without becoming more and more empowered. And to become empowered means we have to think in new ways about old things. Read more
We define leadership not in terms of a job title, a position of the board, or a certain rank or age but in terms of attitude and actions – we know that leadership can happen in any part of an organisation, each and every day. Leadership is a way of being, not a way of earning. Read more
For over 100 years scientists and psychologists have realised that our mind is divided into different areas that do different things and run different sets of actions. Read more
When we shift what we are thinking about and what we are focusing on, our state of mind immediately changes, and therefore what we actually feel in that moment changes too. For example at the beginning of the week, when all we might think about is five whole days until the weekend, it is easy to become tired, lethargic or low. But when it’s Friday and we focus on the weekend we are far more likely to feel excited and energised. It’s the same with anything – focus on what we feel are the ‘problems’ and we feel less than our best. Focus on the good stuff and we feel better. This is key to reframing. Read more
We all have strategies for professional success – strategies for how to make money, how to enter new markets, how to deal with difficult people and many more. Read more
We all believe certain things about the world. That the sun rises in the east, that Fridays are more fun than Mondays or that debt reduction is the way to reduce global poverty. Some of these beliefs are shared with many people (and we think of them as The Truth); some are more unique to us and our close friends and family. Of these beliefs many will be empowering or useful for our wellbeing, success or growth. Others, that used to be useful, will have now become outdated or inaccurate in terms of how we live our lives or what we have discovered to be true about how the world or the system works. Such beliefs are now limiting beliefs as they constrain or block our ability to be free, to grow and to be successful. Read more
These are the emotional and psychological skills that a person needs to do a certain thing. For example, being a film director needs the mental resources of courage, strength, resolve, empathy, charisma etc, whereas being a chef needs the mental resources of resilience, creativity, organisation, energy etc. Read more
