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Nip the Tall Poppy Syndrome in the Bud & Build Your Self-Esteem

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Positive Mindset, Self-Leadership Skills.

The Tall Poppy Syndrome -when someone tries to cut you down to size - can be overcome by acknowledging that you deserve to be proud of yourself.Australians have a term — the Tall Poppy Syndrome. Have you heard of it? It’s the idea that poppies should all grow at the same height and speed. If one becomes taller than the others, it should be cut down to size, to maintain the uniformity of the crop. Do you recall a time when you were feeling on top of the world because you accomplished something wonderful; then someone threw a wet blanket on your joy, cutting you down to size? You’ve experienced the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

You deserve to be proud of yourself, so let’s examine how you can more fully build your self-esteem to withstand this pervasive attitude!

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Breaking Through: Overcome Obstacles in Your Path to Professional Excellence

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Leadership Skills, Self-Leadership Skills, Women in Leadership.

Breaking through personal barriers helps you reach your full potential as a business executive or coach. Here’s a simple, powerful tool to use.As ambitious women with big dreams, we’ve all hit that point where we’re ready to go further, but something seems to hold us back. How can we work through these roadblocks? The answer will be found, not in working harder, but in working smarter and understanding ourselves on a deeper level. Let’s dive into how breaking through personal barriers will help you reach your full potential.

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The Full Spectrum Human Intelligence: Why You’re Smarter Than You Think

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Embodied Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Skills, Self-Leadership Skills, Women in Leadership.

This article on human intelligence is longer than most because there’s a vital point to grasp…

By cultivating awareness of your multiple forms of human intelligence and working mindfully with your patterns, you can develop more flexible, authentic responses to life's challenges.When people speak of human intelligence they’re referring to mental abilities, right? We give great importance to the head — go to the ‘head’ of the class; the main office is ‘head’quarters; she’s the ‘head’ of the department or the ‘head’ of her field; the CEO is the ‘head’ of the company; etc. But there is so much more to being human than being a brain. 

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Start the New Year Off Right — Chart Your Course & Follow Your Compass

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Self-Leadership Skills.

Are you ready for 2021? The practical way mariners sail through stormy seas shows us the way to put 2020 behind us and start the new year off right. Starting a new year has great symbolic meaning for us. It’s a fresh start that usually energizes us. But if  the problems of the previous year are dragging on, you’re still sailing on troubled waters. Changing your calendar won’t ensure you start the new year off right. 

How do we start the new year off right, with enthusiasm and renewed energy?

If you’ve had a fairly good year, you can take stock of your year and make sense of your losses and victories. Look for what worked and what didn’t. See what you predicted and what you got. However, this process needs to be very different when you’ve experienced major life shifts or traumatic events.

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Is It Time to Reset Your Life? How to Pay Attention to Holiday & Year End Signals

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Change Your Life, Self-Leadership Skills.

 

When it's time to reset your life, rather than needing a Major Life Reset that’s hard to do, learn to mindfully make adjustments daily through gentle course corrections.

“It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self-love deficit.”~ Eartha Kitt

Why does this year lead many to wonder if it’s time to reset your life? The flurry of activity during the holiday season is kind of like a snowstorm — it blows in with gale force, disrupting our regular flow and leaves us feeling a little worse for wear. Plus the changing season — darker days of winter here in the western hemisphere — contribute to the holiday/winter blues.

Have you noticed that when a snowstorm hits, you often have to fiddle with the radio dial to get the station to come in more clearly? (Yes, some of us still have radios with dials!) The storm disrupts the regular flow of radio signals. Life is like that too. We stay in touch with our truest self by looking for signals that mean it’s time to adjust “our dials”. 

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