Blog
Explore the blog for both inspirational and practical articles on redefining success, personal branding and work-life integration as well as more personal reflections and stories from my travels.
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Getting out of your comfort zone
When a small step is not enough
I’m a big fan of taking small steps towards your goals. In fact, I’ve built my business brand on this […]
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Reimagining success
When it’s time to redefine success
We don’t get up in the morning asking ourselves, “What does success look like for me today?” (although, I would […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
The curse of the high achiever
Working hard to achieve academic and professional success is commendable. We look to high achievers with impressive track records as […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Why you should go out of your comfort zone
Getting out of my comfort zone has been a big theme for me. In 2013, I declared, “Adventure is out […]
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Reimagining success
Five regrets of the dying
I came across the five regrets of the dying back in 2014, when I was transitioning out of my corporate […]
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Reimagining success
Defining success at work
The conventional definition of success that most of us would trot out focuses on career progression, wealth, and status. But […]
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Personal branding
What to expect from an executive coach
An executive coach works with professionals, executives and high potentials to help improve their performance at work. At least, that’s […]
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Work-life integration
How to practise setting boundaries
Whether you’re a senior professional in a large corporation or an entrepreneur working independently, the boundaries between ‘work’ and ‘life’ […]
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Work-life integration
How to have a better work life balance
Work-life balance is one of those phrases that gets thrown about a lot, especially now in the context of working […]
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Reimagining success
When it’s time to redefine success
We don’t get up in the morning asking ourselves, “What does success look like for me today?” (although, I would […]
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Reimagining success
Five regrets of the dying
I came across the five regrets of the dying back in 2014, when I was transitioning out of my corporate […]
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Reimagining success
Defining success at work
The conventional definition of success that most of us would trot out focuses on career progression, wealth, and status. But […]
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Reimagining success
100 Things to Do Before You Die: How to write your own bucket list
It’s exactly two years since I wrote my bucket list while travelling in South America; I had been watching the […]
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Reimagining success
100 Things to do before you die: My bucket list one year on
One year ago, in July 2013, I was sitting in a hostel in La Paz, Bolivia, finalising a list of […]
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Reimagining success
Searching for meaning in life
It’s Valentine’s Day! This February, romance has become even more of an irrelevancy to me than it was in 2013 […]
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Reimagining success
Revisiting The Bucket List: Why are we all so concerned about death?
Something strange has happened to my blog. Or, rather, to the traffic on my blog. For the past few weeks, […]
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Reimagining success
The Bucket List: Top 100 things to do before you die
So I’ve realised that I’ve watched 18 films so far on this trip, most of them forced upon me during […]
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Reimagining success
A reflection about feminism
Did you miss me? We had a power cut in Uyuni and then I went on a tour to the […]
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Personal branding
What to expect from an executive coach
An executive coach works with professionals, executives and high potentials to help improve their performance at work. At least, that’s […]
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Personal branding
Building credibility as a leader
Building an effective personal brand requires knowing your ‘why’, being clear on what you stand for, and understanding the value […]
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Personal branding
How to build your personal brand
A strong personal brand is an incredibly powerful tool to have in your toolkit. That’s true whatever stage of your […]
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Work-life integration
How to practise setting boundaries
Whether you’re a senior professional in a large corporation or an entrepreneur working independently, the boundaries between ‘work’ and ‘life’ […]
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Work-life integration
How to have a better work life balance
Work-life balance is one of those phrases that gets thrown about a lot, especially now in the context of working […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
When a small step is not enough
I’m a big fan of taking small steps towards your goals. In fact, I’ve built my business brand on this […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
The curse of the high achiever
Working hard to achieve academic and professional success is commendable. We look to high achievers with impressive track records as […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Why you should go out of your comfort zone
Getting out of my comfort zone has been a big theme for me. In 2013, I declared, “Adventure is out […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
5 things that skiing experience teaches you about life
Another year, another week of downhill skiing in Verbier, Switzerland. This week has been the best so far – there […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Travel with a purpose: Finding your “why”
I’ve written before about the different reasons why people travel, provoked by a friend who claimed that “of course everyone […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
5 Boot Camp Lessons
I’ve just returned from my first-ever intensive training retreat, feeling a little sore but full of good intentions and with […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Survival Course in Marin County: Preparing for the zombie apocalypse
So last month I was out on the Mississippi River and I was reminded of how much I’m lacking in […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Adventure Is Out There: My week of paddling down the Mississippi
“So in two seconds away we went a-sliding down the river, and it DID seem so good to be free […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Home, adventure, and something in between…
Someone I met on a recent adventure told me that we have two desires: home and adventure. When I first […]
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