Fast Track To Fearless

Fast Track To Fearless

By Tracy ForsythBusinessCareers
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Fast Track To Fearless episodes

  • Coaching Corner: Progress, not Perfection

    Most of the people I work with are perfectionists. Driven, determined, focused on getting things right and doing the absolute best they can.

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    And there are a lot of benefits from being a perfectionist - it often goes hand-in-hand with high-achieving, extremely talented deliverers. There’s no way a perfectionist would intentionally drop the ball, be sloppy or allow themselves to go with the flow. So often, they are sought-after and much in demand.

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    ​The downside to being a perfectionist is that often, nothing you do feels good enough or good enough for very long. You might work on something and have it be absolutely perfect only to feel a fleeting happiness before you throw it over your shoulder never to be enjoyed again because you are on to the next challenge.

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    Listen to this week’s episode to find out how to be that perfectionist high-achiever AND enjoy it.


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    6 min
  • Coaching Corner: Don't Forget The Good Stuff

    Don’t forget the good stuff. Stop and notice it. I think it’s good for the soul,never mind the body and the mind.

    This week, my family and I were thrilled to attend one of our

    kids’ prize-giving ceremonies at school. It was wonderful to see all these children being awarded prizes for everything from academic prowess, to sport to art, drama and music.

    When you are grown up, you don’t have schools noticing your work and rewarding you so much and we don’t have academic years where we take stock.

    So you have to do it yourself!


    This week I invite you to stop and take stock of what you are celebrating so far.  Not sure how, take a listen to the episode for helpful questions to ask yourself.


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    4 min
  • Coaching Corner: How To Reframe Redundancy

    You know that saying, ‘What am I - chopped liver?’ Well, that’s what I remember thinking when I was made redundant a few years ago. ‘How come you don’t want me?!’

    That, and I that wanted the outside world to think that it was MY choice to leave the company rather than have people think I was pushed. So in my leaving email, it was ‘Tracy has decided to leave’ rather than ‘Tracy was made redundant’.


    And from what I can tell that’s normally the way it goes when people are made redundant. There seem to be a few negative connotations - you're not wanted but others are; you weren’t good enough to keep and so on.

    But in my great age and wisdom and with the benefit of perspective I now look at redundancy in a very different way.


    Listen to this week’s episode to find out how you can reframe redundancy and help you through what may be a difficult time


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    7 min
  • Coaching Corner: A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor

    Often in coaching, you are working with a client who is in transition - from stepping up into a more senior role or company or making a career change. They are one place and they want to move to another, find something new, or change how they are now into how they truly want to be.


    Sometimes, they have a very clear vision of where they want to be and how they want to live. Sometimes, they don’t and helping them find both clarity of vision and direction is key.


    Transition from one state of being can be hard. It can involve getting out of your comfort zone, stepping into the unknown, the unfamiliar, the untested.


    Listen to this week’s episode to find out what how the expression "A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor" can help you in your state of transition


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    4 min
  • Coaching Corner: Love all, Serve all. What I learned from a Hard Rock Cafe waitress

    When I was about 16 I went to school in Yorkshire and we went to London on a history trip. And the great excitement about that trip was not the history lectures we were going to but the fact that a small group of us were going to cut loose (sorry, school) and go to the Hard Rock Cafe in Piccadilly.


    What really sticks in my mind was a badge or pin that she was wearing with the Hard Rock logo. It said: LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL


    Now I am older, and probably because I am a coach, it comes to mind often. Love all, serve all.

    Listen to this week’s episode to find out what how I now interpret Love All Serve All and how I try to live by it


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    7 min
  • Coaching Corner: What "Succession" Teaches Us About Purpose

    Did you watch the HBO show “Succession”? Don’t worry, no spoilers here if you haven’t yet watched the grand finale but suffice to say, I thought it was fantastic!


    For those who haven’t watched it, it’s a series about a big media mogul, Logan Roy, and his grown-up kids and it charts their battle to succeed him as CEO of the company Waystar RoyCo.


    The series shows kids who have grown up to believe and follow their father’s purpose - build a company and make money - rather than ever getting a chance to figure out what their own purpose is. The kid's measure of success is who gets the top spot in this company. No matter if they’d enjoy it or find it fulfilling. 


    So, what does this have to do with you?

    Well, I’d invite you to think about your own purpose: “the reason for which you exist”.

    If you are not clear on this, listen to this week’s episode to find out what questions to ask yourself to find your purpose.​


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    strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

    6 min
  • Coaching Corner: A Diamond Won’t Shine At the Bottom Of A Cave

    I saw this quote the other day as I was scrolling and loved it:

    “A diamond won’t shine at the bottom of a cave.”


    Along with it was a story about an old car that was valued differently by other different sets of people. If the car was to be pawned, it was practically worthless because it was old and rusted, but if the car were taken to a vintage car rally, it would be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars because they could see and appreciate its true value.


    Sometimes we are that diamond and find ourselves in an environment where no-one sees our worth. It doesn’t mean

    we are worthless.


    Listen to this week’s episode to find out what to do when you are doubting yourself.

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    Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career

    strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.


    4 min
  • Coaching Corner: How To Stop Being A People Pleaser

    Are you a ‘people pleaser’? And if so, what’s wrong with pleasing others?

    I often hear people say, ‘I’ve got to stop being such a people pleaser’ like it’s a problem.

    And I think it can be.


    There’s a difference between helping others and making them happy as a result and being a people pleaser, running around doing everyone’s bidding all the time and furiously nodding along to whatever they say (I exaggerate for effect!)

     

    Listen to this week’s episode to find out what to do if you recognise yourself as a ‘people pleaser’.

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    Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

    5 min
  • Coaching Corner: 5 Great Questions About Coaching

    It was International Coaching Week back in May, which was a weeklong

    global celebration of the power and impact of professional coaching.


    So in honour of that week, I answered the 5 main questions people have about coaching...


    1)    What is coaching?

    2)    Who’s it for?

    3)    How does coaching work?

    4)    How to choose a coach?

    5)    How much does coaching cost

     

    Listen to this week’s episode

    for the answers
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    Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

     


    8 min
  • Coaching Corner: What A Dog Can Teach Us About Purpose

    In this episode I explore ‘Purpose’ - Purpose is the reason for which something (or someone) exists or the reason you do things.

    For my dog Purdey nothing makes her happier than retrieving a ball and for Fiver, he loves scampering about the undergrowth or woods searching for stuff. You never see either of those dogs wagging their tails as furiously as when they are doing those two activities.

    So what about you -

    What makes your metaphorical tail wag furiously?

    What do you most love doing? And is it in your life? If not,

    could it?

     

    Listen to this week’s episode to find out more

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    Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.


    4 min

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