by Nicky Tillyer | Jun 2015 | Confident
Everybody at some stage in their lives has had to have feedback about a project that they have worked damn hard to bring to life. What do you do when the feedback is negative? I mean you have eaten, slept and breathed this project for however long. Let’s just...
by Nicky Tillyer | May 2015 | Confident
There is a fabulous book by Tom Rath called StrengthsFinder 2.0. It is accompanied by access to the Strengths web site that allows you to easily do all the work to find your top 5 strengths, and uncover how they play out in your daily life and career. WhenI first took...
by Nicky Tillyer | Apr 2014 | Confident
There seems to be so much buzz at the moment about happiness and fulfilment and gratitude. What about those times when you just feel shitty? When you try really hard to practice gratitude, and you really do know that you are lucky to have all you do, the...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2014 | Curious, Power of New
Do you have habits that keep you on the same track all….the….time…? I do. Now there is a fab book called The Power of Habit (which I will talk about another time) by Charles Duhigg. In this instance though, I am talking about small habits that keep...
by Nicky Tillyer | Nov 2013 | Curious, Inspiration, Positive future
I stopped reading newspapers years ago, and stopped watching the nightly news even earlier than that. Earlier in life I was a financial adviser (I think all those graphs and charts appealed to the visualist in me…) and I felt that it was my responsibility to...
by Nicky Tillyer | Oct 2012 | Curious, Positive future
I had a fantastic experience this weekend of spoiling myself just a little bit. A manicure, facial, haircut (2 haircuts actually since I hated the first one…long story!)…and you know what? I feel energized. I feel creative. I feel wonderfully appreciated....
