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What are you like when you’re learning something new? Do you have patience with yourself and your teacher or are you like me and chuck a temper tantrum until you master it? This week in The Loyal Lieutenant Masterclass Series, I had to remind participants that they are learning and that I don’t expect them to submit perfect work. If they knew how to do the thing they were learning to do, they wouldn’t need to attend the class. In fact, one of my favourite quotes is from Aristotle, “For the things we have to learn before doing, we learn by doing them.”...

I don’t know where this saying came from, however this week it has popped up for some of my clients and myself. The phrase in and of itself can be confronting. “Confront the brutal facts.” What are “the brutal facts”? Brutal facts are things we may or may not know that are getting in the way of us achieving what we want to achieve. We use the word “brutal” because there can be no denying the facts, even though on some level that’s exactly what we want to do. Brutal because sometimes that’s how we receive the feedback. One time I was complaining to Ross about how unhappy I was with something...

You know how every so often someone says something and it really resonates with you? Well, I was at a new yoga class this morning and the yoga teacher made a comment that I thought I’d share with you. “We spend a lot of time in our mind each day, so we’d better make sure it’s a nice place to stay.” Wow. This resonated because of the work I’ve done with David Bayer regarding suffering. Bayer’s mission is to end all human suffering. What he means by that is our psychological suffering. There is no suffering in the experience. If we look to nature, there is no suffering. No psychological...

“Everywhere I go, I get bullied”, cried Jane. “Don’t say that”, I replied. “Because that’s what you’ll manifest.” Our words are so important. They are commands to our unconscious minds. Let’s make a pact that this year, we will be very mindful about the language we use, especially when describing ourselves and our situations. Bullying doesn’t just occur in the workplace. It can happen with suppliers as well. Don’t allow yourself to be bullied into accepting a product or service you don’t want. You are the expert on you. You know what you want and don’t want. It’s okay to say “No”, when you...

You may be aware of the learning styles according to Neurolinguistic Programming: Visual Auditory Kinaesthetic Audio Digital These are great to know for yourself and your team to ensure you make the most of your training opportunities. What I discovered in the past few weeks though, is that there is another layer to our learning styles. Disclaimer: this is coming from my experience and I have not researched this yet, so let’s call it a discussion. One of my clients, we’ll call her Abigail, was commenting about how one of her team members did not access the training provided in their resource...