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Episode 88 – Speaking with confidence with Helen Walker

From church mouse - to Miley Cyrus! What a brilliant conversation this was with Helen Walker. Helen shares her transformative approach to boosting confidence and mastering your mindset. Whether you're taking the stage, networking, making videos, selling products, or in any situation where you need to speak about yourself confidently - this will help!

Helen's insights are designed to empower you to step up with confidence and authenticity.

Here's what we covered:

• Mindset Mastery
• Uncover the strategies Helen uses to transform fear into confidence.
• Explore the crucial components of a confident mindset.
• Discover how to rewrite the stories you tell yourself.
• Networking with Ease
• Learn Helen's top tips for making genuine connections and standing out in any crowd.
• Practical tips for making impactful connections.
• How to approach networking events with confidence.
• Public Speaking Like a Pro
• Get practical advice on captivating your audience, whether in person or on camera.
• Techniques to engage and captivate your audience.
• Overcoming nerves with Helen's proven strategies.
• Daily Confidence Boosters:
• Helen shares simple, effective methods to boost your confidence every day.
• Simple routines to build and maintain confidence every day.
• Incorporating mindfulness and positive affirmations.

We're Eager to Hear From You!

• Share your experiences with implementing Helen's strategies in your life or business.
• Tell us how you've adapted these techniques to boost your confidence in other areas.

Connect with Us:

• Find more about what we do at sondevelopment.com.
• Engage with us on Instagram or LinkedIn.

Learn More About Helen Walker:

• Visit Helen's website: Helen Walker Coaching
• Follow Helen on Instagram: @ThisIsHelenWalker
• Or Facebook:
• Discover more tips and insights on Helen's YouTube Channel.
• Connect on LinkedIn

Support Our Podcast:

• Rate or subscribe on Apple Podcasts.
• Subscribe on Spotify
• Watch AND listen on YouTube

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you BE BETTER at what you do, it’s all been worth it!

Episode 87 – Energy: Your Superpower

In this enlightening episode, we dive into how transforming your health can significantly impact your work performance and personal life. Our guest, Aaron Morton, shares his expert insights on harnessing the power of energy to become more effective and fulfilled in all areas of life.

Here's what we covered:

• The Energized Mind: Explore the five crucial aspects that contribute to a vibrant and focused mindset.
• Nutrition for Energy: Learn how the right dietary choices can elevate your energy levels throughout the day.
• Movement Matters: Discover simple, effective strategies to incorporate physical activity into your routine, boosting both energy and mood.
• Optimizing Your Environment: Tips on creating a space that fosters focus, productivity, and positivity.
• The Secret to Restorative Sleep: Uncover strategies to enhance sleep quality, ensuring you wake up refreshed and ready to tackle the day.

Key Takeaways:

• Practical, actionable tips in each area to help you cultivate a high-energy lifestyle.
• Understanding the interconnectedness of health and work performance.
• Simple changes that can lead to significant improvements in your daily energy levels and overall well-being.

Tune in to gain valuable insights and practical tips from Aaron Morton on transforming your energy into your greatest asset. Don't miss out on this opportunity to elevate your performance in work and life!

To find out more about sondevelopment and how we can help you and your team:

• Check out the website to see what we do - sondevelopment.com
• Watch some of our YouTube videos
• Connect on social media - Instagram or LinkedIn

Connect with Aaron Morton:

• Website: AaronMorton.co
• Instagram: @AaronMortonCO
• YouTube: Time Strapped Health

As always, we’re grateful for your help supporting this podcast. To do this, you can:

• Buy me a coffee (I’d be ever so grateful)
• Rate or subscribe on Apple podcasts by going here – Apple Podcasts
• Contact us on Twitter (X)– we are @sharppodcast here

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you BE BETTER at what you do, it’s all been worth it!

Episode 86 – Using the batch system to create social media content for a whole quarter in 5 hours!

We chatted with Rob Osborne about his amazing system for compiling and creating all of your social media content (or marketing) in a super-efficient, effective way.

Freeing you up to spend the time on running your business, delivering your service, or doing anything that you'd rather be doing.

And this way of working doesn't just apply to social media. You can use the 'batching' process to deal with any repetitive task that you do multiple times a month.

Here's what we covered...

• The system has five steps, each of which you can complete in an hour:
• Hour 1
• Identify 5 topics
• These will be the areas your content will be about
• They should relate to your business or your area of knowledge
• Hour 2
• Identify 13 bullet points per topic
• You can use A.I. to help
• 13 ideas/quotes/thoughts or solutions
• Hour 3
• Choose 65 pictures/images
• You can use places such as Pexels or Pixabay
• (check for copyright requirements)
• Hour 4
• Create a template in Canva or your imaging software of choice
• Hour 5
• Set up the schedule
• Scheduling
• You have now got 65 posts, one for each weekday for 13 weeks
• You can schedule them all in one go, or do it weekly
• Power Move
• Create a folder for each topic
• Within that folder create two further folders:
• "To post" - This folder contains all the posts ready to go out
• "Posted" - You move them into here once you've posted them
• That way you know which ones need to go out, and when it's time to start creating some new ones

We'd love to hear about how you have implemented this, or if you've used the same system to help you in another area of your business, or life!

Obviously, it's your responsibility to comply with copyright and trade mark legislation. And, those who create the media that you are repurposing have bills too - so always ensure you're using media that's copyright-free, and accredit where applicable.

Contact me on any of the social links below. And to find out more about what Rob does, and to contact him - there are links below too.

To find out more about sondevelopment and how we can help you and your team:

• Check out the website to see what we do - sondevelopment.com
• Watch some of our YouTube videos
• Connect on social media - Instagram or LinkedIn

To find out more about Rob Osborne and how he can help you do social marketing:

• Red Knight Solutions - website
• Rob's email is [email protected]
• X (Twitter)
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• YouTube

As always, we’re grateful for your help supporting this podcast. To do this, you can:

• Buy me a coffee (I’d be ever so grateful)
• Rate or subscribe on Apple podcasts by going here – Apple Podcasts
• Contact us on Twitter (X)– we are @sharppodcast here

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you BE BETTER at what you do, it’s all been worth it!

Episode 85 – As we crash into 2024, we thought it would be good to review last year.

We released 7 episodes in 2023, some were brand-new subjects, some were interviews, and some were re-releases of our favourite episodes from the past.

In this episode, we're taking a peek back at them, with a small sample from each. If you're new to sharppodcast, or you just didn't manage to catch everything from last year - this is a great place to start.

Here's what we covered, with the link to listen again at the end:

• April - Ready Steady Tomato
• We looked at the Pomodoro design
• How it works
• 1980’s Italy
• The techniques
• Steve and Lisa at the kitchen table
• May - Work-Life Balance
• What is it?
• Is it achievable?
• Does it work?
• I changed my view making this episode
• July - Hayley Jones
• Demystifying Accountancy
• Top finance tips
• Why having an accountant matters
• August - What's wrong with Positive?
• Another one where I changed my personal view
• Why 'just being positive' isn't necessarily a good thing
• How sometimes it could hold you back
• October - Melanie Griffiths
• The joy of movement
• Why it matters
• How to easily get some movement into your day
• November - Sandie Doyle
• How the subconscious can hold us back
• Moving away from Trauma
• Bringing joy into people's lives
• December - CLEAR® a free audio sample
• Our brand new course has a podcast section in each chapter
• This is the FULL podcast from the introduction chapter
• Free gift to you - our loyal listeners!

To listen to any of these episodes - go to the podcast page at sondevelopment - here

If you like what we've shared, and want to either find out more or go on the waiting list for the CLEAR® release, here are some contact details and links:

• Contact me for release information, and to join the waiting list email [email protected]
• The website CLEAR® page

To find out more about sondevelopment and how we can help you and your team:

• Check out the website to see what we do - sondevelopment.com
• Watch some of our YouTube videos
• Connect on social media - Instagram or LinkedIn

As always, we’re grateful for your help supporting this podcast. To do this, you can:

• Buy me a coffee (I’d be ever so grateful)
• Rate or subscribe on apple podcasts by going here – apple podcasts
• Contact us on Twitter – we are @sharppodcast here

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you BE BETTER at what you do, it’s all been worth it!

Episode 84 – Yes this is a FREE sample, a free insight into our brand new course CLEAR®

Due to be released next year, the course is designed to help people who feel overwhelmed, too busy, under pressure, or who just don't feel like they are getting to the things that matter.

The course will be released over 3 Levels, with Level 1 coming first to explain the CLEAR® framework, how to get it going, and where to start.

Each chapter of the course will have a 'podcast' at the end, with all the audio from that chapter. And we have decided to give you - our loyal podcast listeners - a free sample.

This episode is the actual podcast of the FULL INTRO section, setting out what the course is about, who it's for, and you get to meet LUCY.

Look at all this stuff we covered in this full episode:

• What the CLEAR® framework stands for
• Catch - how to deal with the stuff as it comes at you
• Locate - where to put it all
• Execute - how to set your day up for success
• Adapt - dealing with change and things that can de-rail your day
• Review - celebrating success and deciding what you wanna tweak
• Who it's for
• Some people struggle because they have no system to deal with stuff, others because their system isn't actually working
• Being MORE productive may not be the answer
• Why it's not about time management
• Time management isn't possible - you can't manage time!
• What you can manage is what you pay attention to in the time you have
• YOUR story
• This course is different - because we're not just giving you the solution
• We're also getting you to work out what that means to you
• How YOUR life could be different
• What YOU actually want to do
• It's not JUST for work - it's for LIFE
• Lucy's 'before story'
• We meet Lucy, and spend a day with her
• It's not fun - but you may be able to relate to some of her pain points
• Of course, CLEAR® offers solutions to some of those pain points
• In a later section - we revisit Lucy, and discover how different her world is after having applied the CLEAR® methodology
• The 3 Levels
• At Level 1 we're going to explain the framework and get you going at a basic level
• Level 2 will build on your experience, introducing some new tools, and more advanced techniques
• Level 3 (which we're calling the power level) will be the advanced level where we look at optimising the tools to work together, and to use with teams, family members and other people

If you like what we've shared, and want to either find out more, or go on the waiting list for the release, here are some contact details and links:

• Contact me for release information, and to join the waiting list email steve @sondevelopment.com
• The website CLEAR® page

To find out more about sondevelopment and how we can help you and your team:

• Check out the website to see what we do - sondevelopment.com
• Watch some of our YouTube videos
• Connect on social media - Instagram or LinkedIn

As always, we’re grateful for your help supporting this podcast. To do this, you can:

• Buy me a coffee (I’d be ever so grateful)
• Rate or subscribe on apple podcasts by going here – apple podcasts
• Contact us on Twitter – we are @sharppodcast here

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you BE BETTER at what you do, it’s all been worth it!

Episode 83 – A more serious episode than usual. We look at mental health. Specifically the power of the subconscious, trauma, and – importantly – how to overcome these challenges.

Trigger warning – in this conversation we address (briefly – no details)…

·     Phobias – animals, dentists, tight spaces

·     Smoking, car accidents, domestic violence, domestic abuse, suicide, child loss

BUT...Sandie talks about bringing JOY to all these people’s lives. Listen to find out how she does it…

Look at all this stuff we covered in this full episode:

• How Sandie discovered the power of hypnotherapy – solving TWO problems
• Why Sandie is Nannie McAffee!
• Accessing the subconscious through relaxation
• NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming
• Self-talk
• BLAST – Trauma therapy
• Nick Davies EMDR
• How Sandie took someone from an inability to get into a car – to a confident driver again
• The role of the Amygdala in trauma
• Having good intentions in how you talk to people
• Being kind – you don’t know what’s happening in their world
• How our self-talk has an impact
• The power of celebrating what we’ve done well
• How we as leaders and managers impact people by the way we talk to them
• The power of parents and the language we use with children
• “Melissa Tears – The anti-anxiety toolkit”
• “So…”
• Why a Mum told Sandie that she had brought her daughter ‘back to her’
• End-of-day journaling
• Cutting down on social media
• Why it’s easy to give up smoking
• Why it’s easy to start – it’s not the cigarette!
• Why smoking might not be the problem
• Writing a letter
• The empty chair
• Getting to the route cause of what’s holding you back
• Talking to someone is the solution
• Be kind
• The anti-stress exercises (they’re at the end – after the music)

If you’re affected by any of the things we talked about, here are some contact details:

Sandie's contact details:

• Tel - 07990776718
• Website
• Facebook
• LinkedIn

• Samaritans - Tel 116 123
• Sandie’s relaxation exercise link

Some links to the resource we’ve talked about…

• Melissa Tears and her book - The Anti-Anxiety Toolkit
• Portsmouth Business Exchange
• Spark Community Space
• Penny Plimmer Photography – amazing photographer see the cover image
• The Tenth Hole - amazing cakes!
• The Queens Hotel Southsea
• Nick Davies BLAST therapy

To find out more about sondevelopment and how we can help you and your team:

• Check out the website to see what we do - sondevelopment.com
• Watch some of our YouTube videos
• Connect on social media - Instagram or LinkedIn

As always, we’re grateful for your help supporting this podcast. To do this, you can:

• Buy me a coffee (I’d be ever so grateful)
• Rate or subscribe on apple podcasts by going here – apple podcasts
• Contact us on Twitter – we are @sharppodcast here

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you BE BETTER at what you do, it’s all been worth it!

Episode 82 – This is a CRACKERJACK of a conversation!

As Melanie says in the opening line - "The biggest relationship we will ever have in our life, is the one we have with our body".

As so begins a fabulous conversation about movement. And it may not be quite what you expect

Look at all this stuff we covered in this full episode:

• What does Melanie mean by moving?
• 700/200
• Mel’s experience movement beating cancer
• Sedentary jobs – why lack of movement not great
• Fitness vs movement – not the same thing
• Why people aren't moving properly
• The GAIT cycle from Anatomy in Motion
• 2 reasons why walking and mobile phones don’t mix
• Tips to get moving in your day
• In your chair
• Standing up
• Walking
• Other interesting stuff
• Our brain needs time to do nothing
• Relationships between two people with different working characteristics
• Self-employed vs employed
• Corporate structured vs informal unstructured
• Main breadwinner – senior player – important
• Tips on how to help
• ABBA-themed dance holidays
• Watching paint dry!
• Portsmouth Business Exchange - check it out if you're in/near Portsmouth

To connect with Melanie and find out more about movement:

• Melanie's Website
• Linkedin
• Instagram
• Facebook - Melanie
• Facebook - Movement Junkie

Early on in the chat, we mention Penny Plimmer. Penny is an amazing woman who (among many things) has a real talent for connecting people. Not only a great networker, Penny runs a photography business and created the image of Melanie that we've used in this episode. Penny describes her company as a place where 'great pictures aren't expensive, they're priceless'. Check her out:

• Penny's LinkedIn
• The photography account on Facebook
• Japics Website

To find out more about sondevelopment and how we can help you and your team:

• Check out the website to see what we do - sondevelopment.com
• Watch some of our YouTube videos
• Connect on social media - Instagram or LinkedIn

As always, we’re grateful for your help supporting this podcast. To do this, you can:

• Buy me a coffee (I’d be ever so grateful)
• Rate or subscribe on apple podcasts by going here – apple podcasts
• Contact us on Twitter – we are @sharppodcast here

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you BE BETTER at what you do, it’s all been worth it!

We're re-uploading some classics from the past 6 years. These episodes are hand-picked from subjects we think can help you get even better at what you do.

This month we're listening again to our episode where we challenge the notion that 'positive' is automatically good. We hope you enjoy it!...

Episode 25 - This week, we challenge the idea that being 'positive' is always the best approach. In fact, we discovered some research that suggests it could even hold you back:

Some of the stuff in there is:

• Astonishment at our global listener group
• Me failing to greet our listeners in a few different languages
• The glass half full half empty scenario - it might not be helpful
• How social media can make us feel like our lives are half empty
• Our discovery of where we are in the world on income
• Try it yourself; you may be surprised - How Rich Am I?
• How positive thinking influenced my ability to pass a test
• Steve-in-the-field goes to the races to prove me wrong
• A Washington Post article - interview of Susan David challenging forced positive thinking
• Hidden Brain podcast by NPR - featuring professor Gabriele Oettingen
• Her article in the New York Post
• What Joel Minden says in Psychology Today - about challenging beliefs
• WOOP! - Here's an explainer video
• Professor Oettingen's talk at - New York University
• The Rethinking Positive Thinking book - UK link to purchase
• The Rethinking Positive Thinking book - US link to purchase

To find out more about sondevelopment and how we can help you and your team:

• Check out the website to see what we do - sondevelopment.com
• Watch some of our YouTube videos
• Connect on social media - Instagram or LinkedIn

As always, we’re grateful for your help supporting this podcast. To do this, you can:

• Buy me a coffee (I’d be ever so grateful)
• Rate or subscribe on apple podcasts by going here – apple podcasts
• Contact us on Twitter – we are @sharppodcast here

Episode 81 – You're gonna love this episode.

No matter what you do, at some point, you've got to deal with money. You may even need to account for money professionally.

Many of us don't enjoy it and don't find it interesting. And yet, if we could get better at dealing with our finances, we're highly likely to operate better and get better results.

So I decided to talk to an expert - Hayley Jones - the non-stereotypical accountant.

Whether you're employed, self-employed, or run a business - I'm confident you'll find something in our conversation that will help you.

Look at all this stuff we covered in this full episode:

• Why have a good accountant?
• How can it reduce stress and help you focus on what matters to you?
• The joys of self-employment
• Ten terms demystified (We ask the dumb questions, so you don't have to!)
• Top tips
• Managing finances
• Managing time
• Planning
• Productivity

To connect with Hayley and find out more about a non-stereotypical accountant:

• Hayley Jones BFP ACA LinkedIn
• HB Associates Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

To find out more about sondevelopment and how we can help you and your team:

• Check out the website to see what we do - sondevelopment.com
• Watch some of our YouTube videos
• Connect on social media - Instagram or LinkedIn

As always, we’re grateful for your help supporting this podcast. To do this, you can:

• Buy me a coffee (I’d be ever so grateful)
• Rate or subscribe on apple podcasts by going here – apple podcasts
• Contact us on Twitter – we are @sharppodcast here

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you BE BETTER at what you do, it’s all been worth it!

We're re-uploading some classics from the past 6 years. These episodes are hand-picked from subjects we think can help you get even better at what you do.

This time it's a second outing for our Work-Life Balance episode. We hope you enjoy it!...

Episode 70 – We investigate the idea of work-life balance. What is it? Is it really a thing? How do we get it? 

Look at all this stuff we covered:

• What really IS work-life balance?
• Why much of the advice seems to be unhelpful
• It means different things to different people
• Three different perspectives from the ‘TED’ stage
• It is important and urgent for us to solve
• Work-life balance is a fallacy
• We could revisit our perspective
• Steve-In-The-Field’s adverts are definitely unhelpful!
• What happens if you ‘google’ family-life balance or hobby-life balance
• Considering the research, what are the practical steps?

Take up Shawn Achor’s DAILY challenge for 21 days

• Write down 3 gratitudes
• Journal 1 thing that went well because of you
• Exercise
• Mediate
• Perform 1 Random Act of Kindness

Take stock of your life

• Look at the whole picture
• Consider everything
• Michael Hyatt’s 10 domains can help:
• Social
• Parental
• Marital
• Physical
• Emotional
• Intellectual
• Spiritual
• Financial
• Avocational (hobbies)
• Vocational (work)

Set goals for the two or three you want to improve

• Be specific
• How would you feel?
• What would be happening?

Work out the little things

• What are the little things you can do, which will support the bigger goals?
• How will you measure if you’re doing the little things?
• Keep a record…
• Make a commitment…
• Log a daily streak…
• How do we consider ‘work’ in light of these new plans?
• Boundaries
• Commitments
• Choices with intention
• Let us know how YOU got on – all the links and research are below

Here are the links to the resource where you can find out more:

• Wikipedia’s unhelpful definition
• Mental Health Foundation’s study
• Reed’s article
• Forbes and the evolving definition of work-life balance
• Steve’s plumbing work?
• Nigel Marsh’s TED Talk – It’s a problem to be solved
• Michael Walters’ TED Talk – Is it a fallacy?
• Shawn Achor’s TED Talk – Being happy in work (I love this talk so much)
• Houses On Line’s delivery standards?
• BBC stats on global pay scales
• Qora answers on salary
• Michael Hyatt’s Life Score Assessment

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you to BE BETTER at what you do, then it’s all been worth it!

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