Believe & Achieve Newsletter
15th OCT 2024 - LEAVING THE RAT RACE BEHIND
🗣️ Quote of the Week:
“Learn to work harder on yourself, than you do on your job.” Jim Rohn
🌟 Client Wins
“I have freed up 10 hours a week in my diary, I am enjoying my downtime and no longer check emails or work of an evening or at the weekend. It's weird, by taking more time out for myself, I have become much more productive at work." Director at Multinational Company.
💡 Top Tip of the Week
Learn to set boundaries and say NO.
Our outside world is a direct reflection of what is going on inside us. To change the outside, we’ve got to change our inside first. You cannot blame someone else for overstepping your boundaries if you go along with it. And that includes you overstepping your own boundaries by asking too much of yourself. You have to take responsibility for your time. For example:
So, why is that so difficult? Well, in short… We tend to look for validation outside of ourselves. We seem to have a need to ‘prove’ ourselves, to prove that we are worthy at work with the team, the boss, our colleagues. At home with our partners, kids, friends and so on. We are worried, especially at work, that if we say 'no' we are not a team player/we might not get that promotion/we think we might even lose our job. NOT TRUE! A number of my ‘employed’ clients dropped to 4 days a week and still got promoted. My business owner clients dropped their working day to 5 or 6 hours and grew their business significantly. Unless you value your time, no one else will either. One of the first things I help my clients with is recognising and appreciating their own value. To realise they and their wellbeing are super important. For themselves and for the people in their life. Once you value yourself and your time, it becomes easy and natural to set your boundaries. And guess what? Everyone else around you will fall in line! And guess another what? You’ll be way more focused in your working hours, so you'll get much more done in a shorter amount of time.
😊 What we've been up to...
I recorded a podcast with one of my ex-clients and a new client. The topic was leadership and change management in a high pressure, complex corporate environment. Broadcast date TBC – watch this space!
Super excited about that! We talked about:
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Attended the Chester Business network lunch and Cheshire Small Business online network event. Great to see familiar faces and some new ones too!
Super important to surround ourselves with likeminded people. We are the average of the 5 people we hang around with most. If you hang around with 5 criminals, you’ll be the 6th If you hang around with 5 close minded people, you’ll be the 6th If you hang around with 5 successful people, you’ll be the 6th You get the gist! Who are you hanging around with? 😉
🧭 Your quest for the next two weeks (& beyond)...
Value yourself! Every day:
- Write down 3 things you appreciate about yourself. - Write down 3 things you are good at. - Write down 3 things you did that made a positive difference. - Every day do 1 thing that needs to be done, 1 thing for someone else and 1 thing for yourself.
Do it for a week and watch what happens. Then keep doing it!
📅 What's next?
Free online Masterclass – How to Truly Thrive in 2025. Join us via ZOOM on 30th October @ 7pm UK / 8pm CET / 3pm EST. Put the date in your diary now!
We’ll talk about: - The purpose of goals and how to set the right ones. - How to demolish what is holding you back (it’s not what you think it is…). - Creating the version of you that has achieved the goal. - How to use fear to create freedom in your life. We look forward to seeing you there!
Click here to register: https://bit.ly/Masterclass_thrive2025
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Have a wonderful week!
Caddi X