The Stories We Tell Ourselves

The Story You’re Telling Yourself Is a Lie (And It’s Costing You Everything) You have a story about yourself. It’s been with you so long you don’t even recognise it as a story anymore. It just feels like truth. Like the way things are. “I’m not the kind of person who…” “I’ve always been someone…

The Permission Your Waiting For Isn’t Coming

The Permission You’re Waiting For Isn’t Coming You’re waiting for something. A sign. A guarantee. Someone more senior to validate your idea. Perfect conditions. Absolute certainty. The right moment when all the variables align and the risk disappears. You’re waiting for permission. And I need to tell you something you probably already know but haven’t…

Performing Calmly Under Pressure

Pressure is unavoidable in leadership. Panic is optional. High‑performing leaders are not pressure‑free, they are pressure‑trained. They regulate emotions, slow thinking, and make decisions from intention rather than reaction. Learn how to use pressure as information, not threat. When calm becomes a skill, leadership becomes sustainable. masteryofdoing@gmail.com

A Journey

Are You Living Your Big Bold Beautiful Life

Here is some Happy Friday/Weekend reading or contemplating….. Enjoy The Door That Shouldn’t Exist (And Why You Need To Walk Through It Anyway) There’s a film hardly anyone’s talking about called One Big Bold Beautiful Journey. The critics weren’t kind. The audience scores were middling. And yet, I walked away from it feeling like I’d been…

The Identity Shift Every Leader Must Make

Growth isn’t just operational it’s personal. Many founders, executives and leaders reach a point where what made them successful starts limiting them. They are still solving problems instead of leading people who solve problems. Scaling requires an identity shift. It means moving from expert to guide, from controller to strategist, from doer to leader. It…

Decision Fatigue

The Hidden Cost of Decision Fatigue in Leadership Leaders make thousands of decisions each week from strategic moves to small operational calls. Over time, this volume silently drains cognitive energy. Decision fatigue doesn’t announce itself. It shows up as hesitation, over‑analysis, emotional reactions, and avoidance of important conversations. When leaders are tired, they default to…

Holiday Coaching

Why Holidays Create the Ideal Conditions for Leaders, Execs and Entrepreneurs to Utilise Coaching

Stepping out of the daily demands of leadership does more than create physical rest it creates cognitive space. When leaders, execs and entrepreneurs are away from constant meetings, decision pressure, and competing priorities, their thinking naturally reorganises. Ideas that were sitting in the background surface with clarity. It’s often during holidays that leaders notice: Clearer…

2025 Xmas

Managing Your Time, Energy and Sanity in the Lead-Up to Christmas

A Mastery of Doing Guide to a More Easeful Festive Season The festive season is meant to feel joyful, connective and restorative… but for many of us, the weeks before Christmas can feel more like a marathon of expectations, obligations and frantic to-do lists. I often support people who feel stretched thin at this time…

Helplessness to Advancement

As a health professional I see a lot of people, groups, companies who have fallen/assumed/been taught a helpless and hopeless set of thoughts and consequent actions/behaviours. Regardless of the area I see them, homes, health settings, workplaces, educational settings, social situations. It often makes me wonder how they got there. My logical mind and training…