Attention Intention Repetition

I was present this morning with the question of whether grown ups can really change “deep down” or will they always revert to old habits over time.

When we say DEEP DOWN we mean transformation. The old has gone and new responses to environmental stimulus have been formed.

It was a huge breakthrough moment for me, it’ll sound pretty insignificant to you I’m sure.

I really wish that I could remember more about it or more specifically, who said it.

I was 11 years old

I was bored

A positive prediction of the future followed by a positive response

^^ that is how neuroscience defines thriving

She was Smart, Creative, a Great communicator, Fit, Well Connected

She was also the COO of a really interesting company…

We’ll call her Emma.

Emma was coming to see me for various reasons, the sum total of which was,

Why can’t I make life work for me?

This is leadership

Think of something you currently do that you wish you didn’t…

Do you have it in mind?

Have you struggled to stop 🛑 despite knowing the cost of doing it, the logic and benefits of stopping?

Have you tried both carrot and stick?

I’m guessing the answer is yes.

I took a gamble when I first moved to Denmark

I’d developed a hypothesis over the 6 months before moving that needed testing…

The Paleo diet
Doesn't work
Weight watchers
Doesn't work
Slimming world
Doesn't work
Atkins
Doesn't work
Jason Vale juice plus
Doesn't work
The 5:2 diet
Doesn't work
Liter life
Doesn't work
The Cambridge diet
Doesn't work

You should rest more they say.

Read a book, sun bath, take up pottery, what ever, but Rest….

I stopped eating breakfast 🍳 11 years ago

I was trying to figure some things out around my health.

I did a lot of ….

“l keep getting overwhelmed.”

That’s where it starts.

So I say…

I worked with this guy Andrew which isn’t his real name but he was a successful founder.

Well liked by board, peers and his team.

He also had a secret.

He lived in fear of being exposed as an imposter which really means that he

7 Things to stop 🛑 doing NOW if you want to build your business with less stress, overwhelm and sleepless nights

Think about it, when was the answer to overwhelm ever to seek more things to do?

NEVER. Yet when ever the to do list is mounting up along with the

I have been so privileged to be able to support some amazing leaders from early investment to exit

Or from just breaking even to 100,000,000dkk or 100m to a billion krone per annum.

I am fortunate enough to have deep insight into the thinking of the leaders that have

“How would you like to feel by the end of the year?”

I asked him, let’s call him James.

James was the CPO of a

The Worst Days End Reactively

That’s not even quite it. It’s more like cruise control has been engaged taking you on a path of least resistance.

You’re in an Ego depleted state, no longer capable of

I know this sounds a little WOO WOO but

what I have learned from working with a LOT of business leaders is that like energy attracts like energy.

I guess you could say that feelings attract feelings or states attract states.

For example we don’t just

Overwhelm effectively means, there are too many things I need to, have to, want to do and not enough time to do them in.

This is where Jacob was when we met.

He’d created a very cool business

13 Inconvenient Neuroscience Based Leadership Truths

1. Hierarchy in position 99% of the time means that the leader has lower level of stress than others when faced with the exact same challenge.

There’s this husband and wife and they’re cooking dinner.

A lamb roast.

The woman pulls the lamb out of the fridge, slices the end off, seasons the meat and puts it in…