Reader’s Guide to Blogs

Reader’s Guide to Blogs

A short explanation of each blog to help you find the help you need. Just follow the title link to subscribe to Your life caddy blogs and get the help you need.

Blog No:TitleSummary
64I’ve lost all my drive in life.  I know that discipline matters but how do I get moving when I just don’t feel like it?
63Centering  PART 3 – on being mindful.  Practical activities for your life’s rhythm. 
62Centring  PART 2 – calming down in a turbulent season.  Bridling the mind.How do we centre? Bridling the mind.
61Centring.  PART 1 – for those who feel their world is chaotic and need to calm things down.What can I do when my emotions are flying all around the place and I can’t seem to focus. How do I slow down and calm my emotions? Enter centring.
60Why am I always saying sorry?  I feel like I am always making mistakes and never good enough. PART 3 – Anything else I can do?Practical strategies to turn your lack of confidence around including embedding rhythms & routines, leaning into your network, analysing expectations, knowing yourself and reaching out to others for support.
59Why am I always saying sorry?  I feel like I am always making mistakes and never good enough. PART 2 – enter the pocket sheetRebuilding confidence.  Using a pocket sheet as a strategy to keep yourself in a good headspace. 
58Why am I always saying sorry?  I feel like I am always making mistakes and never good enough.Changing our perspective on mistakes and failure.  Viewing it as an opportunity to grow.  Introducing the concept of a growth mindset. 
57When it’s time to come back to work . . . regardless of how good that holiday was. Where work meets vacation – PART 3What’s most important when you’re returning to work from a holiday?  Includes the importance of time out to plan and strategise. 
56I can’t get work out of my head and it’s ruining my holiday!  Here’s how to take that vacation and sharpen the saw – PART 2You’re physically on holidays but mentally still at work.  Healthy strategies to box work so you can make the most of your vacation. 
55Why do I always work on my holiday?  Here’s how to take a vacation and sharpen the saw – Stepping into EasterThis blog provides readers with strategies to limit working on holidays by preparing their work life for the transition to holidays.  Strategies are provided both in the lead up to the holiday and while away. 
54On being weirdThe importance of discipline and embedding habits, routines and rhythms into your life and work patterns. Highlights the value of  self-awareness. 
53On being coachedWhat is it like to be coached?  An insight into the coaching process from someone who has coached and been coached – the pitfalls for the client therein.  Highlights the client-focused approach of the caddying approach.
52That’s a year of caddying blogs – so let’s begin again, for there is so much that can be overcome togetherIntroducing the notion of GOPs (Growth Oriented People) and putting yourself in growing situations (fertile soil)
51I’m struggling to say ‘No’.  Part 4:  A last word . . . some practical things that will help.Some practical steps you can take to make saying ‘No’ with kindness just that little bit easier . . . and lighten your load. 
50I’m struggling to say ‘No’.  Part 3:  Knowing your values and setting your limitsIdentifying your values so you can act your way into a new way of thinking . . . one that values you.
49I’m struggling to say ‘No’.  Part 2:  I’ve started to apply myself to centering, what else can I do? How to say ‘No nicely and politely
48I’m struggling to say ‘No’.  I’m mentally exhausted and find myself doing things I don’t want to do.  Why do I agree to stuff I don’t want to?The start of a blog series for those who find it hard to say ‘no’, worry what others are thinking and doing what you don’t want to do
47Help!  I’m losing the battle of the e mails.PART 3:some perspectives and practical things you can do to winPractical suggestions so you can feel like you are in control of your e mails . . . rather than their being in control of you. 
46Help!  I’m losing the battle of the e mails.  PART 2: Who else suffers from e mail procrastination?This blog helps you to understand why you may have been procrastinating and the anxiety that can be disabling that prevents you from managing and responding to e mails. 
45Help!  I’m losing the battle of the e mailsBuried under e mails? Practical strategies to feel like you are on top of your e mails
44Why am I unlucky? Nine things you can do to make your own luck – a three part series – PART 3Make your own luck by taking breaks (margins), celebrating achievements and exploring new opportunities
43Why am I unlucky? Nine things you can do to make your own luck – a three part series – PART 2Setting realistic goals, developing new skills and widening your network can really change your luck!
42Why am I unlucky? Nine things you can do to make your own luck – a three part series – PART 1Ways to make your own luck:
1. Reflect on your situation
2. Focus on what you can control
3. Seek feedback
41There’s lots of crap you deal with that you don’t need to:  PART 2:  face it – you’re not good at mind reading and dealing with projecting intent. Practical tips to help you stop mind reading and stop projecting intent
40There’s lots of crap you deal with that you don’t need to:  PART 1:  Sorting through expectations and assumptions . . . and allowing your assertiveness to step in.When people are difficult and relationships go wonky . . . it might be time to clarify expectations and clarify your assumptions. 
39Help! I don’t have a clue where my career is going.  Help me to map out my career. PART 3:  making a career action plan . . . with feedback loopsPursue your plan, evaluate your progress and make small adjustments.
38Help! I don’t have a clue where my career is going.  Help me to map out my career. PART 2:  the coffee that makes the big differenceThis week will pick up on those choices, provide some tools to assess your choice and map a path forward.  It doesn’t matter whether you are starting out or mid career, this exercise is worth doing every once in a while to ensure you are heading in your right direction (and haven’t drifted from your goals). 
37Help! I don’t have a clue where my career is going.  Help me to map out my career. Who else is struggling knowing how to advance their career?  Are you struggling to find the right opportunities for growth and advancement?  Do you find you are spinning your wheels in sand and worried your career is going nowhere?  It’s time to blaze your own trail. 
36When your work environment is just too toxic, but it’s too hard to jump.For those who find themselves caught in a space where the fear and cost of leaving theirworkplace is greater than the pain of staying.
35Time management:  When there just doesn’t seem to be enough time and there is plenty to juggle.  PART 5:  Making sure you make space for the ‘not important’ in a balanced lifeThis blog may seem counter intuitive.  All of the blogs in this series have been encouraging you to live in Quadrant 2 by reducing the non-important items that consume your time.  However, this blog encourages you to have enough space in your life to enjoy some Quadrant 4 time . . . because we were built to be human beings not human doings . . . and margins are important. 
34Time management:  When there just doesn’t seem to be enough time and there is plenty to juggle.  PART 4:  Maximising your Quadrant 2 personal life . . . three more aspects needing your attention.Because you are worth the investment – invest in your education, in mentors, coaches or caddies and create space you need to plan well
33Time management:  When there just doesn’t seem to be enough time and there is plenty to juggle.  PART 3:  Maximising your Quadrant 2 personal life.We shift in this blog from considering how to maximise your work life Quadrant 2 to maximising your personal life.  How can I work smarter in my personal life to make the most of the time and resources I have at hand? 
32Time management:  When there just doesn’t seem to be enough time and there is plenty to juggle.  PART 2:  Maximising your Quadrant 2 work life This week we shift to how to maximise the Quadrant 2 space you have created in your work life
31Time management:  When there just doesn’t seem to be enough time and there is plenty to juggleIn short, the answer to time management issues is  . . . live in Quadrant 2.  So, the key is to maximise Quadrant 2 and minimize the rest.  Let’s consider how to reduce the ‘other’ quadrants (1, 3 and 4) and then we’ll spend time on how to make the most of Quadrant 2 activities so you can leverage your time. 
30Work-life balance:  Who else is finding the struggle between professional and personal life difficult to balance?  Part 3:  Five practical things you can implement nowThis is the last of a three-part blog on maintaining a healthy work-life tension (or balance).  In this blog, the final five habits to consider including in your life’s rhythm to reduce stress and feel like you are in control.
29Work-life balance:  Who else is finding the struggle between professional and personal life difficult to balance?  Part 2:  Five things to know.See how a lot of the secret to improving work-life balance comes down to knowing yourself. 
28Work-life balance:  Who else is finding the struggle between professional and personal life difficult to balance? Gaining a healthy perspective on work-life balance
27The one most important thing you can do that makes the biggest impact – build trust.  Part 2.  How do I build it into my daily routines?Get some practical, everyday examples of what implementing trust looks like.  A ‘grab bag’ of ideas you can implement into your work rhythm.
26Blog 26:  The one most important thing you can do that makes the biggest impact – build trust.  Part 1Drill further into a practical application of building trust. This blog will provide you with more depth on understanding the impact of trust as well as things you can put in your work and life rhythms that will make you a trust builder . . . a key person in any organization. 
25When you are in an interview and asked . . . what would you do in your first 100 days?  Answers that matter.When it all boils down . . . build trust. The one thing that matters most.
24I have an idea but find myself faced with too many ideas . . . so I have no idea.  Using Roko’s grid to overcome the paradox of choice. Do you find yourself stuck in decision-making loops?  This blog aims to provide you with a tool when faced with multiple courses of action  . . . Roko’s Grid. 
23At work social and networking events . . . I always find myself alone, lonely and awkward.  That feeling of being left out is so painful.  Easing the pain, especially for the introverts . . . and a role for extroverts.Three strategies to reduce the pain of attending networking and workplace social events.  Introverts will appreciate this blog. 
22It’s time to talk margins . . . a blog for those who are feeling squeezedSets you up with practical challenges end encourages you to select some of these activities as a rewiring activity to put margins in your life
21Juggling tips . . . for those who are trying to study, build their career & maintain a quality of lifeHow to balance part-time study with the demands of work and personal lives.
20Self propel . . . we repeat behaviours when they are positively reinforced.
Motivation comes from recognition of the implementation of habits, recognizing small wins and confidence in your engineered processes
19Reap what you sow.  How little things can make a big difference . . . motivating yourself through results – PART 4This blog focusses on the importance of capturing small wins to build motivation and the  role of others in your development journey.   
18Reap what you sow.  How little things can make a big difference . . . make sure it happens, setting your cadence of accountability – PART 3Building a cadence of accountability into your life rhythms
17Reap what you sow.  How little things can make a big difference . . . finding and embedding the little habits that can have compounding results – PART 2This blog helps you identify the small habits which, done consistently and regularly will reap significant results. 
16Reap what you sow.  How little things can make a big difference . . . linking your outcomes to habits – PART 1Introduces the concept of compounding and examines its impact when included in daily routines and rhythms with an outcomes focus. 
15I’ve just lost all my confidence, a last word (well, for now) . . . aim higher than competencyExamines the notion of competency and compares it against having an outcomes focus.  Encourages readers to clarify desired outcomes and develop measures so achievement is easily identified. 
14I’ve just lost all my confidence.  10 practical things you can do today to build it back.  PART 2 Building your confidence through stacking wins, setting small realistic goals, saying no, building good people around you and challenging yourself with a new hobby or skill
13Maybe, just maybe . . . your capacity is greater than you think Do you have more capacity than you think?  Raising the notion that your potential for growth is enormous. 
12I’ve just lost all my confidence.  10 practical things you can do today to build it back.  PART 1Five tools to rebuild confidence:  Practice self care, embed a growth mindset, practice gratitude and compassion, acknowledge strengths and talents, and hold things loosely. 
11Why doesn’t everyone respond like me, think like me?  Know yourself, observe yourself.  PART 3:  Your cultural invisible scripts Using Hofestede’s Cross Cultural Index as a further tool to identify blind spots, and develop an appreciation that we don’t fully know the other and to develop curiosity.
10Why doesn’t everyone respond like me, think like me?  Know yourself, observe yourself.  PART 2:  Identifying invisible scripts & living on your terms Identifying your blind spots and invisible scripts.  Knowing you don’t know, while how to develop deeper self-awareness. 
 
Putting in the hard work to understand what drives you.  Using the Enneagram and Genogram as tools to provide insight and develop self-awareness. 
9Why doesn’t everyone respond like me, think like me?  Know yourself, observe yourself.  PART 1:  Genogram, Enneagram Putting in the hard work to understand what drives you.  Using the Enneagram and Genogram as tools to provide insight and develop self-awareness. 
8Why am I always saying sorry?  I feel like I’m always making mistakes and never good enough. PART 3 – Anything else I can do? Practical strategies to turn your lack of confidence around including embedding rhythms & routines, leaning into your network, analysing expectations, knowing yourself and reaching out to others for support.
7Why am I always saying sorry?  I feel like I’m always making mistakes and never good enough. PART 2 – Enter the pocket sheet Rebuilding confidence.  Using a pocket sheet as a strategy to keep yourself in a good headspace. 
6Why am I always saying sorry?  I feel like I’m always making mistakes and never good enough. PART 1 Changing our perspective on mistakes and failure.  Viewing it as an opportunity to grow.  Introducing the concept of a growth mindset. 
5It’s time to come back to work . . . regardless of how good that holiday was.  Where work meets vacation – PART 3 What’s most important when you’re returning to work from a holiday?  Includes the importance of time out to plan and strategise. 
4I can’t get work out of my head and it’s ruining my holiday!  Here’s how to take that vacation and sharpen the saw – PART 2 You’re physically on holidays but mentally still at work.  Healthy strategies to box work so you can make the most of your vacation. 
3Why do I always work on my holiday?  Here’s how to take a vacation and sharpen the saw – PART 1. This blog provides readers with strategies to limit working on holidays by preparing their work life for the transition to holidays.  Strategies are provided both in the lead up to the holiday and while away. 
2On being weirdThe importance of discipline and embedding habits, routines and rhythms into your life and work patterns. Highlights the value of  self-awareness. 
1On being coachedWhat is it like to be coached?  An insight into the coaching process from someone who has coached and been coached – the pitfalls for the client therein.  Highlights the client-focused approach of the caddying approach.

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