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My name is Siobhain Danaher, I’m a Lean Business Strategist, Writer, Travel Photographer and Optimist based in Co. Limerick, Ireland 💚 🇮🇪 Travel and photography are huge passions of mine and I share both through my website The Photographer’s Guide To Travel. Other passions of mine are Lean culture and personal positive change which is why I have created this website. Lean in business and positive change in life is my philosophy. My vision is to share valuable content with you from the world of Lean and the world of personal growth.

5 Reasons To Prioritise Your Annual Review

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One of my favourite things to do at the end of each year is my Annual Review. 

Reflecting on the year gone by is such a worthwhile exercise.

Looking back allows you to see clearly what worked and what didn’t work in the year gone by but it also paves the way for clear, focused and intentional goal setting for the year ahead.  

But first – WHY!  WHY is your Annual Review so important.

Simon Sinek is famous for his brilliant TED Talk ‘How great leaders inspire action with over 13 million views on YouTube. In this video, Simon talks about the importance of knowing your WHY in terms of everything you do. When it comes to everything in your life, your WHY is your first step to success!

Here are 5 reasons WHY I think your Annual Review deserves to be your priority,  

  1. Your Annual Review slows you down giving you time & space to think

Reflection of any kind allows us to stop moving forward, to be still in the present moment and to give the necessary time and space required to learn from the past.

Not to dwell on or judge the past, but to take the learnings from it to move forward with more knowledge, focus, intention & purpose.

When was the last time you took a few hours to look back and reflect on your life?

Do you give yourself the gift of time and space to learn from reflection? 

2.Your Annual Review allows you to acknowledge and celebrate your successes

Do you celebrate your successes or do you move through life at the speed of light, not looking back to reflect on anything? 

We make progress in our lives all day every day yet we are sometimes so busy and focused on getting things done that we don’t see all our wins & successes. 

Carrying out your Annual Review gives you the time and space to acknowledge and celebrate the progress you have made in the year gone by. 

This in turn will get you thinking about all of the amazing wins and successes you have every single day of which we all have so many.

 3.Your Annual Review allows you to understand what contributes to your success so you can take action to create more

There are many reasons why we are successful at some things and not successful at others. 

Have you ever sat down and reflected on your successes and really thought about how they happened. 

Was it something you did alone or something you got support with? Was it a bit of pot luck or did you plan meticulously for it? 

When we understand what contributes to our success, we can build on this to bring more success into our lives. 

Reflecting on your success supports you to create an action plan that will build on the success you already enjoy! 

4.Your Annual Review allows you to acknowledge challenges that got in the way of your success

Things don’t always work out how we plan or how we want them to – even the best plans don’t work out, this is a normal part of life. 

Acknowledging your challenges is the first step to overcoming them & ensuring you don’t come up against them again and if you do, you are better prepared. 

Sometimes we don’t want to face our challenges however it is from our challenges that we can learn so much and grow and evolve as human beings! 

 5.Your Annual Review allows you to understand what contributed to these challenges and take action to turn challenges into successes

Challenges are a normal part of life and business, it is how we deal with them that determines our ability to overcome them. 

Understanding what caused the challenges goes a long way to dealing with and overcoming them in a healthy way!

Challenges are your stepping stones to success and so learning from them makes stepping over those stones that bit easier! 

Taking action from what you learn will turn challenges into opportunities!

I wish you success, health and happiness as you look back at the year gone by and even more success, health and happiness as you look forward to the year ahead.

Thanks for reading,

 Siobhain 

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If you want to carry out your own annual review, download your Annual Review Workbook below 😊

 

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3 Steps To Your Annual Review

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Another year has whizzed by and it’s time for your Annual Review – how fast did that year go?

That’s the thing with time, it literally flies by which is why it’s so important to live and love every single minute you have.

How do you make the most out of every single minute?

You plan for it which you can do by setting intentions & goals.

What else can you do?

You can look back and review your progress to learn what works for you & what doesn’t work for you and change your direction accordingly.

It is through personal reflection that we learn the most. 

We are our own greatest teachers and so reflecting on our experiences brings us so much wisdom. 

The 3 Steps to Your Annual Review’is easy to follow – no jargon, no fancy words and will take as much time as you want to dedicate to it.

Here’s a few tips on preparing for your Annual Review.

  • Print your Annual Review Workbook (you can download it at the end of this blog post you can also use a journal/notebook or an online document. I document my Annual Review in Moleskine journals and use Google Suite tools for online documentation throughout the year.
  • Schedule time in your busy calendar – I usually take about 3 days to do this. That may sound like a lot of time but it is time well spent when you think of the amount you will learn. No matter how long this takes you, the most important thing is that you schedule and take this time for yourself. 
  • Refer to your Wheel of Life as you answer each question – keep in mind the key areas of your life in your Wheel of Life. If you haven’t created a Wheel of Life, you can use mine below. The areas of my Wheel of Life are Sense of Self, Health, Relationships, Work, Finance, Social Life, Environment & Contribution.

Step 1 is reflection on what went well in 2025

1: What worked well for you in 2025? 

What did you enjoy?

Did your plans work out how you wanted or better? 

There are so many blessings in our lives each and every day.

If you focus on the small stuff first you may see that life goes your way more than you may realise – the small stuff really is the big stuff!

 2: What did you do that supported this success?

How did you bring success into your life? 

There are so many things in our lives that we cannot control and so it’s best to just focus on what you can control.

The only person who has control over your life is YOU and the only life you can control is YOUR OWN. 

Did you work hard at something and then reap the rewards?

3. What brought you joy and happiness in 2025?

When were you at your happiest in 2025?

Think about what you were doing, who were you with, where were you? Knowing what brings us happiness allows us to bring more happiness and joy into our lives.

You want to be spending as much time as possible with those who bring out the best in you. The more you bring out the best in yourself, the more you can bring out the best in others.

4. Are you happy with where you spent your time in 2025?

Time is so precious – we all have 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks in a year but nobody knows how many years we have!

This realisation always makes me so determined to live life to the fullest every single day and that means spending my time where I am happy spending it.

Where did your precious time go in 2025?

Are you happy with where your time was spent in 2025? 

Did you fully enjoy every minute of every day?

That’s Step 1 of your Annual Review done!

 Step 2  is reflection on what didn’t go well in 2025

1. What didn’t go well in 2025?

When did your plans not work out in 2025?

What happened that you didn’t enjoy?

No matter how much we plan, no matter how much we try to control our plans there are times when things just don’t go our way. 

In his book ‘Green Lights’, Matthew McConaughey talks about the fact that if we only had green lights in life, if there were no amber or red lights, then life would be very boring and we would never grow and evolve.

Such truth and wisdom in that.

2. What challenges got in your way?

Were there challenges that got in your way in 2025?

Challenges can turn into opportunities for success if we take the time to evaluate and learn from them.

What can you do to eliminate these challenges?

If you can’t eliminate the challenges, how can you think about them differently? 

We all have compete control over our thoughts and just reframing things in our mind can turn challenges into opportunities for success.

3. What didn’t bring you joy and happiness in 2025?

Happiness and unhappiness go hand in hand – no human life is devoid of unhappiness.

Acceptance of this goes a long way to find out what exactly makes us unhappy.

When were you at your unhappiest in 2025? 

Think about what you were doing, who were you with, where were you?

Knowing what makes us unhappy allows us to think deeper about the role certain people, situations, interactions and places play in our levels of happiness.

What did you do to understand and alleviate your unhappiness?

4. Where would you have liked to have spent more time in 2025?

As mentioned above, we all know time is precious – we all have 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks in a year but nobody knows how many years we have.

Where would you have liked to have spent more time in 2025?

Think about all of the key areas of your life from your Wheel of Life – did you spend too much time in some areas and not enough in others? 

What areas would you have liked to have spent more time in?

How balanced is your life in terms of where you spend your time?

That’s Step 2 of your Annual Review done! 

Step 3  is reflection on learnings in all areas of your life in 2025

The only way we grow and evolve as humans is by learning more and by turning these learnings into action that propels us forward. 

Work through the categories of your life in your Wheel of life and ask yourself the following questions,

Sense of Self – what did you learn about yourself? How did you grow and evolve as a person? Did you dedicate enough time to personal development?

Relationships – what did you learn about your relationship with yourself? Has your relationship with yourself improved? What did you learn about your relationship with others? Has your relationship with others improved? 

Health – what did you learn about your physical, mental, emotional & spiritual health? Did your physical, mental, emotional & spiritual health improve or decline?

Work – what did you learn about your work? Are you growing and developing in your work?  Does your work improve your life? Does your work disimprove your life?

Finance – what did you learn about finance? Did your financial situation improve? Did your financial situation disimprove?

Fun/Experiences – what did you learn about socialising and recreation? Did you have enough fun & recreation?

Environment – what did you learn about your environment ? Did your environment improve or disimprove? For me, environment relates to my home and also our planet, both are of immense importance to me and bring me happiness and joy.

Contribution – what did you learn about contribution? Did you give more to the world in terms of your time, money or skills? Did you make the world a better place by giving more? Giving doesn’t have to be grand gestures, giving in the smallest possible way can often be the most impactful.

That’s your 2025 Annual Review done!

I wish you success, health and happiness as you look back at the year gone by and even more success, health and happiness as you look forward to the year ahead.

If you want to carry out your own annual review, download your Annual Review Workbook below 😊

Thanks for reading,

 Siobhain 

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Are You Cognitively Overloaded?

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What do you struggle to do when you don’t have enough TIME, ENERGY & MENTAL SPACE?

I struggle with my writing.

I have been hitting walls with my writing for most of this year, it’s one of the reasons I have been on a social media break since the end of March. 

Writing needs a lot of TIME, ENERGY & MENTAL SPACE.

Taking original thoughts and concepts, turning them into words that people want to read, physically writing/typing these words and then editing to ensure what you are sending out to the world is interesting and valuable – I’m getting brain fog even thinking about this. 

There are clear reasons why I have struggled with my writing – preparing to  leave my day job (without another) has totally consumed my life for the past couple of months. This wasn’t on my plans for this year yet one by one different circumstances, events and situations moved my thinking towards leaving my job and finally (after much soul searching) taking the plunge to follow my dreams into full time entrepreneurship.

When we go through big life changes – planned or unplanned, positive or challenging, wanted or unwanted it can consume us. During these times, there really isn’t too much room for anything else.

Recently I started researching this, not just because I have struggled with my writing but because I suffered serious burnout in the first 3 months of 2021 – I’ll write about that when I can process it (I get the comedic irony of that sentence!)

This research brought me to a phenomenon called ‘Cognitive Overload’ which sums up 2021 for me! I have been cognitively overloaded.

Are you cognitively overloaded?

Do you have too much on your plate?

Are you struggling to find time for what & who you love?

Are you rushing and racing through life?

Are you struggling to find time for yourself?

What gets dropped when you don’t have enough TIME, ENERGY & MENTAL SOACE?

Here’s a few articles I found on Cognitive Overload, 

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/ways-to-avoid-cognitive-overload#3-example-causes-of-cognitive-overload

https://www.inc.com/wanda-thibodeaux/why-youre-probably-suffering-from-cognitive-overload-but-dont-have-to.html

And a really great Ted Talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWKvpFZJwcE

The end of the Ted Talk really struck a chord when Peter Doolittle said, 

‘What we process, we learn. If we are not processing life, we are not living it. LIVE LIFE. 

Have you heard of this phenomenon?

I’d love to hear how your plate is? 

Is your plate sparse?

Is your plate overflowing?

Is there too much on your plate that has led to cognitive overload?

Here’s to not being too cognitively overloaded!

Thanks for reading,

Siobhain

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Want to learn more about positive change? Download your FREE EBOOK ‘The A-Z of Positive Change’ below. 

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3 Steps To Your Quarterly Review

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The end of every quarter is a super time to look back and reflect on how things went and plan for the quarter ahead.

Personal strategy is all about creating an amazing, fulfilled, purposeful and meaningful life yet it is only as good as the reflection you do and the action you take as a result.

Your quarterly review is a deep dive into the progress of your goals which is way more than we see daily, weekly and monthly. As humans we are wired to perform better when we are making progress which is why reflection is so important. You may not think you are making progress yet you are probably making way more progress than you think. 

On reflection, this will become very clear!

First let’s start with why your quarterly review is important. 

Simon Sinek is famous for his brilliant TED Talk ‘How great leaders inspire action’ with over 13 million views on YouTube. In this video, Simon talks about the importance of knowing your ‘why’ in terms of everything you do.

When it comes to everything in your life, your why is the first step to success. 

Here are 3 reasons why your quarterly review deserves to be your priority, 

  1. It slows you down and gives you time to think

We live in an extremely fast paced world where we seem to be so busy all the time. 

Reflection of any kind allows us to be still in the present moment and to give the necessary time and space required to learn from the past. 

Not to dwell on or judge the past, but to take the learnings from it and move forward with more knowledge, focus, intention, purpose, motivation & understanding of what our priorities are.

Do you give yourself the gift of sufficient time & space to reflect regularly and learn from reflection?

  1. It allows you to celebrate your success and take action to create more

We make progress in our lives every day yet we are sometimes so busy getting things done that we don’t see all of our wins and successes.

Reflecting on the past 3 months highlights all the amazing wins and successes you have every single day of which we all have so many.

When we understand what contributes to our success, we can replicate and build on this to bring more success. 

Do you celebrate your wins or do you move through life at the speed of light, not looking back to acknowledge and celebrate your success?

  1. It allows you to acknowledge challenges and transform them into success

Challenges are a normal part of life. 

Sometimes we don’t want to face our challenges yet it is from these challenges that we can grow the most as human beings.

When we reflect on our challenges we can learn from them and take action to avoid them in the future. Avoiding our challenges in the future also gives us space to turn our challenges into opportunities for success. 

Do you acknowledge your challenges, learn from them and take action to turn them into opportunities for success?

  • We spend much time learning from the outside world yet our greatest learnings happen when we take notice of and reflect on our own lives.
  • Nothing will teach you more than your own life, isn’t that worth giving some precious time to?​

​Here are the four steps to carry our your quarterly review,​

​Step 1: Grab a notebook and pen

Henriette Anne Klauser’s book Write it down, Make it Happen outlines the science behind physically writing down your goals, giving them a higher chance of success.

One of the most powerful ways to track your goals and reflect on them is daily journalling. If you have been journaling over the past three months, your journal will be an invaluable source of learning.

​I use ​Moleskine journals ​for writing and reflecting on goals. Moleskine journals are beautiful, hard wearing and in my humble opinion the best journals in the world!

If someone were to ask me where to start with any change in their life I would say buy a nice notebook and write down your goals, it’s so simple yet so effective. 

I also use the following online tools yet pen and paper will always be my favourite.

✅ The ​Asana App​  is super easy to use, is highly organised and is an excellent project management tool.

✅ All of the ​Google Suite​ tools (Docs, Sheets & Slides) are easy to use and all connect seamlessly.

​ Step 2: Categorise the areas of your life​

Life can be very busy and so it’s important that your goals have clear and defined categories in which to sit, this also makes reflection so much easier.

I use the Wheel of Life to categorise my life into Sense of Self, Relationships, Health, Work, Finance, Fun/Experiences, Environment & Contribution, you can use these or create categories of your own.

​​Step 3: Reflect and learn

Reflection and learning can go as deep as you want to go, below are a list of simple questions if you are just starting out with reflection.

Reflection question 1: What went well over the past 3 months?

There are so many blessings in our lives each and every day, sometimes it’s just a matter of taking a closer look to find them, you may see that life goes your way more than you may realise.

Below are examples of questions that will reflect on what went well for you over the past 3 months. Take time to think deeply about the answers, document what comes to mind and enjoy the process.

Over the past 3 months, 

  • What did you do that you enjoyed?
  • What worked out how you wanted?
  • What brought you joy and happiness?
  • How did you bring success into your life?
  • Where did you spend your time that brought you joy?
  • When were you at your happiest over the past 3 months?

Reflection question 2: What didn’t go well over the past 3 months?

Happiness and unhappiness go hand in hand, no human life is devoid of either.

There is no such thing as the perfect life that is happy all the time, however there is a level of contentment and inner peace that can be reached by understanding what takes our joy away and working to understand, avoid and eliminate this.

Our challenges can turn into opportunities for success if we take the time to evaluate and learn from them.

Below are examples of questions that reflect on what didn’t go well for you over the past 3 months. Take time to think deeply about the answers, document what comes to mind and enjoy the process.

Over the past 3 months,

  • What didn’t work how you wanted?
  • What happened that you didn’t enjoy?
  • What challenges did you experience?
  • How did you deal with these challenges?
  • Where did you spend your time that didn’t bring you joy?
  • When were you at your unhappiest over the past 3 months?

Reflection question 3: What did you learn in each area of your life?

The only way we evolve as humans is by learning and by using these learnings to take action that propels us forward. 

The below questions on each category in the wheel of life will support you to turn your learnings into action.

Sense of Self: What did you learn about yourself? How did you grow and evolve as a person? Have you dedicated time to personal development? What did you learn about your relationship with yourself, has your relationship with yourself improved or disimproved?

Relationships: What did you learn about your relationship with others, has your relationship with others improved or disimproved? Are there relationships you want but don’t have? Are there relationships you have but don’t want?

Health: What did you learn about your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health?  Did you give sufficient time to your health? Did your health improve? Did your health disimprove?

Work: What did you learn about your work? Are you growing and developing in your work? Has your work moved forward and improved? Has your work moved backward and disimproved? Is your work bringing you joy and peace or misery and stress?

Finance: What did you learn about personal finance? Did your personal finances improve? Did your personal finances disimprove? Did your mindset around finance and abundance improve? 

Experiences/Fun: Did you have fun and enjoyable experiences over the past 3 months? What experiences did you enjoy? What experiences did you not enjoy? How can you bring more fun island enjoyable experiences into your life?

Environment: What did you learn about your environment? Did your environment improve? For me environment relates to my home and also our planet, both are of immense importance to me and bring me happiness and joy.

Contribution: What did you learn about contribution?  Did you make the world a better place by contributing your time, money or skills? Giving doesn’t have to be grand gestures, giving in the smallest possible way can often be the most impactful.

⭐️ No matter how the past 3 months went for you, know that you are worth celebrating.

⭐️ Even just being here is reason enough to celebrate, everything on top of that is a bonus. 

Wishing you health and happiness as you look back at the past 3 months and look forward to the next 3 months.

I write a weekly newsletter on all things positive change, download your free ebook ‘The A-Z of Effective Change’ below and I’ll see you there 😊

Thanks for reading 🙏

Siobhain

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“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change”

This quote from Heraclitus suggests change is constantly happening and is inevitable. As we change and evolve every second, minute, hour and day of our lives it is essential that we find time in our busy schedules to rest and recharge our body, mind and soul.

Whatever we do for rest and relaxation, whether it’s reading, listening to music, spending time alone, spending time with others, exercising, meditating, sleeping or just being, it is so very important to schedule rest and relaxation into our calendar each and every day.

Resting, relaxing, reconnecting with ourselves will not only replenish our energy levels, keeping our mind and body and spirit healthy, it will also keep us sane!!!

My basics for resting and relaxation are spending time with family and friends, solitude,  reading, writing, meditating, journaling and exercising.

As we are all different and unique, only you will know best how to bring rest and relaxation into your life. Only you will know how you best bring rest and relaxation into your life – do you make time for this in your life during times of change?

What are your basics for rest and relaxation?

Do you make enough time for rest and relaxation? 

‘We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.’ Thich Nhat Hanh

Want to read more?

Download your free e-book ‘The A-Z of Effective Change’ below. 

Thanks for reading,

Siobhain

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All change starts and ends with you.

No matter how big or small, no matter how long it takes, no matter how crazy it sounds, no matter how many doubts and fears you have – all change that you want to see and bring into your life starts with you.

We may think that we need external factors to bring change into our lives and be happy with such change. We all know the saying ‘I’ll be happy when….’. This may be true for short term unsustainable change but for real long term sustainable changes in life and in business it is internal factors that determine success.

How much do we want change and how hard are we going to work for it?

When it comes to change, Mahatma Gandhi summed it up when he said 

‘Be the change you want to see in the world’.

How can we expect the world around us to change if we remain the same? 

How can we expect more from life without changing ourselves?

What change do you want to see in your world?

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.”  Gail Sheehy

Want to read more?

Download your free e-book ‘The A-Z of Effective Change’ below. 

Thanks for reading,

Siobhain

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Xtra Effort

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No matter what type of change you are going through or implementing you will need strength.

Strength to ensure you follow through on what is required for change, strength to be able to support yourself through change, strength to support others through change and strength to ensure you keep going no matter what external factors and obstacles may come your way.

If you put extra effort into building your Physical, Mental and Emotional strength, nothing will get in your way of change. Keeping your mind, body and emotions strong and healthy will make everything along the path of change is that little bit easier.

How do you put xtra effort into your physical, mental and emotional strength?

Are you putting in xtra effort towards the change you want?

‘No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.’  Alana Stewart

How do you build your physical, mental and emotional strength?

Want to read more?

Download your free e-book ‘The A-Z of Effective Change’ below. 

Thanks for reading,

Siobhain

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As outlined in my previous post, having a grand vision is critical to creating and sustaining positive change in your professional and personal life.

When you have determined what your vision is, then it’s work – consistent work, hard work, and focused work that is required to realise your vision.

Sustainable change is a step by step process. Each step towards change requires a different type of work. A new skill may be required or you may need to re-energise  the skills you already have, it may be research or planning that is the next step, delegation of work may be the best way to go or asking for the help and the support of others. You may require inner work to build up your confidence, bravery, patience, resilience and motivation, all necessary elements for change.

One of my favourite quotes by Brendon Burchard comes to mind when thinking about the amount of work required for change,

‘When you knock on the door of opportunity, do not be surprised that it is work who answers.’ Brendon Burchard

What work do you have to do to implement the change you desire?

What new skills do you need?

What personal development will support you?

Want to read more?

Download your free e-book ‘The A-Z of Effective Change’ below. 

Thanks for reading,

Siobhain

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Vision

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In order to bring Positive Change into your personal life, professional life or business you will need a VISION.

As defined by the Oxford Dictionary, a vision is the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom, a mental image of what the future will or could be like, a vivid mental image, especially a fanciful one of the future.

A favourite quote of mine from is

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Norman Vincent Peale

Shooting for the moon is indeed a grand vision but why would you shoot for anything less?

The above quote is so true and something to keep in mind when you are creating your own grand vision.

A grand vision will stretch you personally and professionally to work towards it.

A grand vision will ensure you either reach the moon or do indeed fall among the stars.

A grand vision will keep you on track, keep you centered, keep you focused on your goals and will bring clarity and comfort when times get tough.

In the world of Lean we use the term True North to describe where we are aspire to be and what we are working towards.

True North like a vision becomes the compass that continuously shows you where you are going and if you are on or off track.

When you are clear what your vision is you can take the action required to bring your vision to life.

What is your personal vision?

What is your professional vision/vision for your company?

Are you working towards this vision every day?

‘Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others’ Jonathan Swift

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Siobhain

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All change requires taking a leap of faith into the unknown.

We know we want to change, we know we need to change, we know what we have to do to change, yet the path to change is unknown and mostly the destination of change is also unknown.  

Leaping into the unknown may create feelings of stress and anxiety but those feelings will soon pass as the journey to change commences. With every step we take along the path of change, we become more comfortable with change, more comfortable with the unknown that lies ahead and sometimes we learn to enjoy the journey into the unknown.

The unknown is more common than we realise.

Every day we wake up we are faced with the unknown, nobody knows what the day ahead holds. We may know where we are going every day (work, school, college, holidays) but nobody knows what will happen or what the day holds in store for us.

When we become familiar and comfortable with the unknown, it becomes less of a scary concept.

Instead of stressful and anxious feelings we start to feel excited and inspired by the unknown which allows us to take even bigger strides towards positive change.

‘The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past’  Simon Sinek

Want to read more? Download your free e-book ‘The A-Z of Effective Change’ below. 

Thanks for reading,

Siobhain

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