Imposter Syndrome is reported to affect up to 70 per cent of people at some time in their lives. It can be unnerving and damaging to our self esteem. Life coach Mervin Straughan explores what it is and makes seven recommendations for how to overcome it.
Mervin is the creator of the Three Journeys Life Coaching System and author of the pocket self-help guide 'Imagine Life As Three Bus Journeys.'
We often get better solutions when we see a challenge from more than one perspective. This applies whether we're tackling a problem individually or as part of a team. De Bono's Six Thinking Hats technique has been used by smart thinkers and many leading businesses for years. It encourages us to adopt several thinking styles which combine to give us a much richer insight into how to approach the challenge.
In this video, Mervin Straughan looks at whether it's good enough to keep our goals inside our head or do we we need to write them down? He also looks at how we prioritise when we have many goals we want to achieve in a short period and also looks at the link between the Pareto principle and goal setting.
Did you know that the five stages of grief usually associated with imminent death or bereavement have been applied as a model to manage change in the workplace?
It was the Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross who identified the five stages and published them in her book 'On Death and Dying' in 1969.
Life coach Mervin Straughan looks at how organisations have applied the model to change management, exploring the types of emotions that employees might experience. He also puts forward tips on how employees can deal with major changes and explains the rollercoaster ride of emotions that can be part of the process.
What is motivation? What is resilience? How do we beat procrastination when it rears its ugly head?
And why was Steven Gerrard's half-time team talk a pivotal moment in an astonishing European Cup final win for Liverpool Football Club against AC Milan that became known as the Miracle of Istanbul?
Mervin Straughan explores what's needed to create a success mindset. He covers motivation and how it might be influenced and why resilience is crucial for achieving goals. And he puts forward his P-I-P-P strategy for tackling procrastination.
Life coach Mervin Straughan suggests seven steps for setting goals and boosting the likelihood of success for achieving what you want in life.
The goal-setting plan is systematic and includes SMART thinking and ways to gauge our levels of commitment and motivation.
And while achieving goals is a great confidence boost, it's important that goal setters enjoy the journey. We grow as a result of the process. The goal-setting journey stretches us by encouraging us to anticipate and respond to challenges.
Life coach Mervin Straughan explains what life coaching is and how it differs from other forms of skilled help. He also identifies five factors that create the basis for a good working relationship between life coach and client including confidentiality and effective listening.
The T-GROW tool is well-established among life coaches for helping to bring about personal change. It's also used as a problem solver and for personal growth. Life coach Mervin Straughan explains how it's used.
The Myles Downey T-GROW model builds on the one developed by Whitmore, Fine and Alexander known as GROW. It differs through the addition of the letter 'T' which stands for topic and, therefore, encourages the life coach client to identify a specific challenge to overcome.
Both models take the client though a number of steps to problem solve or bring about change in their lives. The process involves setting goals, identifying obstacles and exploring the range of options before embarking on the next steps. It also incorporates a realistic appraisal of the current situation.
Mervin Straughan explores grit as the essential ingredient for success. What is grit and why is it regarded as the best early predictor for how well an individual will fare in school, work and relationships?
Some people believe that IQ and talent matter most but, according to experts, grit is the one that will most likely determine our success.
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