Financial security or a healthy existence? Two mutually exclusive options?
It is no secret that I changed my life after burnout number two, and decided that there was more to life than VAT. I left my tax career, downsized my existence and started my own business. I have been very open about that, have done a couple of TEDx speeches, and...
How to press publish when all I want to do is puke
The book is there. Its written, and over the last few weeks I have been finishing it. But in reality, I have been hiding. A very intricate and complex exercise along the lines of “Sure, I am going to tell people I am writing a book. But the reality is that I am...
Shit I wrote a book – its probably time to finish it
I thought writing a book would be hard. I didn’t realize finishing it would be even worse. We pick up last September 2018 when I wrote a blog about writing a book, and finished it with the words “And now it’s done all bar the shouting”. Flash forward just over a year....
Coming soon: my first book: A Different Truth
I am delighted to announce that very soon my first book, "A different truth" will be published on Amazon. Read on to find out more about the book. *** In a single day at work, how many stories run through your head? Stories about what life is like, what everyone...
The Power of a Choice
On 8 December 2018, I gave a speech in French to a room full of students at IMT Atlantic, the engineering school in Brest, France. The video will be out soon, but in the meantime, here is an English version of the text. The power of a choice. Choices We...
Shit, I am writing a book
I am writing a book. It was only meant to be a .pdf. I’ve been working on my business and positioning over the last months, and one of the things I have been developing is free content for my site. I wanted to get something quick and dirty together that I could put...
Apparently horses don’t know what KPIs are
“You might want to move away and give him some space”, Diane said as the thoroughbred horse started to turn its backside towards me, and pin me to the rail of the coralle. I was somewhere in the Santa Cruz mountains, above San Jose California, sharing a ring with a...
10 public speaking tips in 10 days
So, recently I was challenged on LinkedIn to come up with 10 public speaking tips in 10 days. And I said : bring it on!! And then I said - hey, lets build them all together in one place too 😉 Day 1: Start with the audience, not your topic When you are...
How can action heros help you to prepare a workshop?
I have just taken the train to Brussels and back for a course, and on the way I watched one of my favourite film franchises - Die Hard. Now that might seem a bit improbable that I like my action movies - but, hey, go figure. Each time I watch these movies I get a kick...
Take the time to breathe – for five minutes a day
In a recent blog I talked about my experience slowing things down, getting more intentional, and basically stopping to get off the world for five minutes. Because I firmly believe that it doesn’t matter how well you position yourself as a leader in your field, if you...