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Keep Your Own Counsel

By asking everyone’s advice on a pressing decision you inadvertently end up giving away your power and your sense of worth, because you think they have the answer, or the wisdom, not you.

Choice, Decision MakingAnne LoydJune 7, 2018Decision making, Decisions, Counsel, Keep Your Own Counsel, Trust, Trusting YourselfComment

My Guiding Principles

From creating your own reality to getting out of your head and into your body - a few of my guiding principles in life.

Guiding Principles, Trust, Career, Guidance, NatureAnne LoydMarch 15, 2018success, career, authentic, nature, wisdom, bodyComment

Crossing That Career Crossroad

When you match your passion with your natural talent, and that thing that comes easily to you, you will have found your new career path.

CareerAnne LoydMarch 15, 2018career, success, honesty, authentic, coaching, promotion, unhappinessComment

Valuing Kindness

Given kindness is naturally inherent and can be nurtured within, it would be great to see kindness as a virtue recognised in the workplace.

KindnessAnne LoydMarch 15, 2018kindness, virtue, value, oxytocin, Harvard, qualityComment

Putting Heart into Mindfulness

One of the biggest outcomes of being mindful is that it opens and softens the heart.

MindfulnessAnne LoydMarch 15, 2018neuroscience, heart, experiences, awareness, consciousness, taoComment

I’m not a usual viewer of The Apprentice  – Lord Alan Sugar’s television show when people pit themselves against each other in business tasks to win a coveted prize of £250,000 in a start up business of their choice. I find the show to be incredibly ruthless and cut throat and not my kind of thing I like to watch – however I did just the other night. What left me reeling from the show was the leadership (or lack of) qualities shown by Edna Agrarha who elected to be project manager of the all female group. Her words when addressing the other women in her group left a lasting imprint – “I’m tough, I don’t suffer fools gladly and I take no prisoners”. Not encouraging words from a leader to get the most out of her group. What’s interesting is that Edna is a business psychologist, so surely she would know a thing or two about leadership and working with others? I’ve commented before that women make great leaders – when they are themselves and not some bloke dressed in a skirt. Unfortunately, given the nature of the show and of the contestants in the Apprentice, Edna came across as someone who is used to using aggression and scare tactics to get what she wants. It was ‘her way or the highway’.  I believe our history has been chartered by ‘a few great men’ who have been so powerful that they have shaped the fate of our nation and economy. However, given the changing nature of our world, there is now an opportunity for women to step up to the task and let their true leadership abilities shine, in collaboration with others. In the words of Douglas Elix, the head of IBM’s Global Services Div, who has just hired two senior women managers,  “women think through decisions better than men, are more collaborative, and seek less personal glory”.  I think leadership is not only a state of doing, but also a state of being. You can't lead others if you can't lead yourself. Most importantly leadership is about being clear, having a vision, having courage, and inspiring others. A great leader takes people with them and shows them the way.  And if there was ever a time for women to lead in our world, surely that time is now.

Our history has been chartered by ‘a few great men’ who have been so powerful that they have shaped the fate of our nation and economy. However, given the changing nature of our world, there is now an opportunity for women to step up to the task and let their true leadership abilities shine.

LeadershipAnne LoydMarch 14, 2018The Apprentice, leadership, women, authentic, vision, risk, goals, clarity

Infidelity. A Value?

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ‘em all over everything you do.

ValuesAnne LoydMarch 14, 2018values, value, boundaries, honesty, relationshipsComment

Pleasure in a Perfect Box

Don't save pleasure for a rainy day.

PleasureAnne LoydMarch 14, 2018pleasure, perfection, macaroons, french, gluten freeComment

Free Breathing Meditation

Meditation DownloadAnne LoydFebruary 11, 2018Meditation Download, meditation

Tools to Master Technology

Technology DownloadAnne LoydJanuary 16, 2018Master Technology DownloadComment

Body and Breath Meditation

Anne LoydDecember 4, 2017Comment

3 Tips to Train Your Intuition

Train Intuition DownloadAnne LoydDecember 4, 2017Train Your Intuition Download, intuitionComment

The Importance of Setting Boundaries

Boundaries are the invisible lines that we draw around ourselves that define who we are and what is acceptable.

BoundariesAnne LoydNovember 22, 2017boundaries, respect, self-worth, groundedComment

Feeling Your Feelings

We do our best to rid ourselves of the unpleasant experiences, yet hold on to the great experiences, yet all feelings are to be experienced.

Mindfulness, EmotionsAnne LoydNovember 22, 2017feelings, mindfulness, emotionsComment

Engaging Your Relaxation Response

When you are relaxed your mind takes a back seat and your body flips on its natural self-repair mechanism.

MindfulnessAnne LoydNovember 22, 2017relaxation, relaxation résponse, meditation, calm, stress, mindfulness, relaxation zoneComment

Mastering Technology

There’s no doubt that we’ve become massive consumers of information, but it’s our addiction to the use of technology to access this information that is worrying

TechnologyAnne LoydNovember 14, 2017addiction, dopamine, technology, creatiivy, brain, downtime, alarm clock, 24/7, switched on, control, masteryComment

Being Authentic

Human beings are highly sensitive to truth. We just seem to know when something isn’t right, or if someone isn’t being entirely honest or if something doesn’t resonate, way before we have intellectualized it.

Authenticity, Being YourselfAnne LoydNovember 7, 2017authentic, truthComment