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🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Most people have a really strong desire to be successful at what they do.⁠ .⁠ 🏆 I don’t know anyone that goes into a race says to themselves, “I really hope I come fourth.”⁠ .⁠ 🛑 After coaching and mentoring people for more than 30 years I’ve seen two things stop people being successful.⁠ .⁠ 🤏🏽 One, they get a small win or a solution to an immediate problem and then stop. They avoid the long game and delude themselves into thinking, “I can take it from here.”⁠ .⁠ ⏩ The second, and more common one is, deep down they want a quick fix. They want the transformation and success overnight. Most people would NEVER say this out loud because they realise how ridiculous it is, BUT inside that’s what they want.⁠ .⁠ 🪔 Of course, when this doesn’t happen, our motivation and commitment drops.⁠ .⁠ 👉🏼 Pick your thing you want to win at (my suggestion is life 😉. ⁠ .⁠ 🧑🏼‍🏭 Work hard... really hard.⁠ .⁠ 🚧 Expect many setbacks. ⁠ .⁠ ⛵ Stay the course.⁠ .⁠ 🎂 Celebrate every incremental improvement or little step forward.⁠ .⁠ 🙋🏽‍♂️ Get someone who knows what they’re doing to help you.⁠ .⁠ 🚴🏽 Now get to work.⁠ .⁠ 🏅#ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #MeaningfulInfluentialSignificance⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CXRnbJFBCGe/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🛑 STOP. ⁠ .⁠ ‼️ I have an important message for you today.⁠ .⁠ 😟 Before you start worrying about step 20 in your career, focus on getting to and nailing step one.⁠ .⁠ 👀 It's human nature to compare ourselves to others and then feel sick about our own progress.⁠ .⁠ 😨 As soon as self doubt creeps in, all our limiting beliefs are reinforced. Logic goes out the window, and our thinking shifts very quickly to seeing ourselves as a failure.⁠ .⁠ 🕸️ Obviously as a coach I help people crush self doubt and limiting beliefs every day, however I know from experience it’s important to guide people through this in a safe and steady way, because it can be complex psychological web that’s been woven together over many years.⌛⁠ .⁠ 🚶🏼 So go slow. Go easy on yourself. BUT most importantly, just go. Take some small and CONSCIOUS action consistently.⁠ .⁠ 🔨 Get to work on nailing ONE step at a time.⁠ .⁠ #YourOwnJourney #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #MeaningfulInfluentialSignificance⁠ https://www.instagram.com/dave.lourdes.leadership.growth/p/CXPJUIGB71y/?utm_medium=tumblr

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❓ Are you really fearful of anything?⁠ .⁠ 🗣️ Firstly, I’ll tell you my big fear was being paralysed just by the thought of public speaking.⁠ .⁠ 👀 If you are paralysed by fear of some sort, I’ve got a question.⁠ .⁠ ⏱️ How long would it take to completely change your life by conquering the fear?⁠ .⁠ 🍬 The answer is different for everyone.⁠ .⁠ ✌🏼 There are two camps. Those who CONSCIOUSLY want to eliminate their fear, and those who play the avoidance game 🔥. If you genuinely want to conquer any fear, just consciously wanting to conquer it means you will get there faster than the person who devotes their life to avoiding their fear 🤫.⁠ .⁠ 🔎 Why? Because you will be actively looking for solutions, strategies, and hacks to overcome your fear.⁠ .⁠ 📜 For me it took the 10 seconds to read this Dale Carnegie quote to set me on the path to eliminating my fear of public speaking. Of course, I’ve done a tonne of personal development work and professional training to help but, it was seeing this quote when I was 19 years old that transformed my life.⁠ .⁠ 👂🏼 I recited this quote to myself at least twice a day, every day and it tattooed the message of stepping up and not hiding away onto my brain. 🧠⁠ .⁠ 💥 I turned my fear into a career. You can too… and it can take just seconds.⁠ .⁠ 👉🏼 What’s your fear? ⁠ .⁠ ✅ Get to work on turning it into your superpower.⁠ .⁠ #PublicSpeaking #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #MeaningfulInfluentialSignificance⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CXMZxV3Bn_f/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🤦🏽 Firstly, can we agree that the answer to this question is Yes?⁠ .⁠ 🌑 Politics describes the dark side of culture. ⁠ .⁠ 🏃🏼🏃🏼‍♂️ It won’t surprise you to know that research shows that when we perceive our workplace as more political, we are less engaged, less productive, and more likely to leave. ⁠ .⁠ 📖 Political scientist, Harold Laswell, says office politics can be understood as the unwritten rules that determine who gets what, when, and how — a promotion, a budget for a project, a say in the boss’s decisions — and who doesn’t. ⁠ .⁠ 📉 This is why we dislike politics so much: because our destiny depends on unwritten rules — and when they conflict with the stated rules and make the system seem rigged — things are bound to seem arbitrary and unfair (HBR Article).⁠ .⁠ 🕳️ It also won’t surprise you to know that office politics are unavoidable. Whether you participate in them or not, politics have a big influence on what happens to you, your projects, and your team, so it’s hard to ignore to them.⁠ .⁠ 🧑🏼‍🎓 So if you want to thrive at work, you better learn to decode, and speak, this unwritten language because it’s pivotal to your career survival and to achieving a position of meaning influential significance.⁠ .⁠ 🤝 I’m not for minute saying you should be a game player, I am saying, spend MORE time markedly improving your social intelligence, interpersonal influence, your networking ability and reputation as an honest, open, and forthright person to deal with.⁠ .⁠ #PoliticsIsReal #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #InfluentialSignificance⁠ https://www.instagram.com/dave.lourdes.leadership.growth/p/CXJzpCmB1VJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🥇 No matter where you are the scoreboard, you’re a winner.⁠ .⁠ 😓 It’s been a tough two years and you’re still here… boxing on! 🥊⁠ .⁠ 🤜🏽🤛🏽 Lots of people have given up. Not you.⁠ .⁠ 👍🏽 Give yourself more credit.⁠ .⁠ ✅ Period!⁠ .⁠ #YouRock #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #CareerGoals #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #InfluentialSignificance⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CXHOx0uBo70/?utm_medium=tumblr

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💥 I don’t need to tell you that life really is too short.⁠ .⁠ ⌛ You have goals. Don't sit around and waste your time waiting for a sign from the universe, waiting until you’re ready or worse still, doing nothing. ⁠ .⁠ 🏁 Life isn't gonna wait for you. Start working to achieve your goals as quick as you can.⁠ .⁠ 💪🏽 Life won’t wait around for you to have the guts.⁠ .⁠ 🦋 Life won’t wait around for you to change.⁠ .⁠ ❤️ Life won’t wait till you find your passion or your calling.⁠ .⁠ 🛑 Don’t hold off, because then one day you won’t be able to do the things you really wanted to do, because you waited too long.⁠ .⁠ ⭐ Be who you want to be. Be who you are destined to be. START and don’t stop.⁠ .⁠ 🏎️ ALL GAS NO BRAKES.⁠ .⁠ #GoForIt #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #CareerGoals #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #InfluentialSignificance⁠ (at Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW_hJZZBbHV/?utm_medium=tumblr

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💎 Career development is one the most sought-after organisational attributes people crave at work.⁠ .⁠ 🤤 Despite this craving, people development rarely seems to be happening.⁠ .⁠ 💪🏽 Of course, this is hugely frustrating, and it would be easy to throw your hands up in the air and give up, but you can do better.⁠ .⁠ 🌱 There are many ways to grow that don’t require a promotion or financial bonus. 💰⁠ .⁠ 🚀 Moving up isn’t the only way we can grow. A change in responsibility or role can be just as refreshing and energising.⁠ .⁠ 🥇 Focus on improving your skills.⁠ .⁠ 🔎 Take a hard look at your skills and work out which ones you need to learn or elevate. If you can tie it to a future opportunity you’re interested in, or an area you’re passionate about, that's even better.⁠ .⁠ 🖌️ Use any constraints to be creative. Don’t let a lack of opportunities for promotion stop you from investing in your development. This will help you to continue your growth, and also boost your motivation.⁠ .⁠ ✅ P.S. If I was to sum up this post in one word, it would be;⁠ .⁠ 🧗🏽 ADAPT.⁠ .⁠ #Adapt #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #CareerGoals #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #InfluentialSignificance⁠ (at Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW87pd9h567/?utm_medium=tumblr

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❓ Can we all agree that there is way too much time spent (by us) focusing and dwelling on mistakes?⁠ .⁠ 👉🏽 Comment below with a 🔥 emoji if you know what I’m talking about.⁠ .⁠ 🗣️ P.S. never do I see this more than when I’m training people to improve their public speaking and presentation skills.⁠ .⁠ #MistakesAreNormal #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #CareerGoals #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #InfluentialSignificance⁠ (at Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW6Xy3Xh8f1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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⁠ ⛓️ Firstly, accepting your weaknesses allows you to build more genuine connections with others. People will love the fact that you're willing to authentically show your flaws. ❤️ They'll also admire your courage to be yourself. 👊🏽⁠ .⁠ 🌳 Secondly, working on your weaknesses is a critical part of personal growth.⁠ .⁠ 💥 Your weaknesses are in NO WAY your downfall. These are areas you can improve on. It’s not about what you lack, it’s about what you need to develop and build.⁠ .⁠ 😨 Playing the game of constantly air brushing your imperfections and trying to be SOMEONE ELSE’S idea of perfect is bloody toxic and exhausting. ⁠ .⁠ 🎈 The secret is to embrace your flaws and accept who you are with all the ‘imperfections.’ It lightens you up. Give it a go.⁠ .⁠ ✅ THE BIG IDEA: When you accept your flaws and welcome the fact that you are imperfect, guess what? You also start accepting the imperfections of others. You start being less impatient, less judgy and less irritated by the things that others do.⁠ .⁠ ❤️🌏 You become a more compassionate person.⁠ .⁠ #Flaws #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #CareerGoals #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #InfluentialSignificance⁠ (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW3yPE2B2wA/?utm_medium=tumblr

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💎 Results are rarely immediate.⁠ .⁠ 🧗🏽‍♂️ No one ever fell over and landed on top of a mountain.⁠ .⁠ ⚡ We love ‘microwave’ results because we’re impatient.⁠ .⁠ 👶🏽 I’m a big believer in baby steps. Small consistent action, taken daily is the foundation of success in any endeavour.⁠ .⁠ ⌛ Of course, small steps can feel like we’re not making progress however if we stay the course and look back in a week, a month or a year’s time we can see how much progress we've made.⁠ .⁠ 🤔🗯️ Think of something small and do it. For example, reading 1 page of a leadership book every day, or replacing one meal with a fresh juice or going out of your way to thank someone every day. The affect after one year will be transformational.⁠ .⁠ 🔙 Attempting to go big every day is way too hard to remain consistent.⁠ .⁠ 👨🏽‍🏫 I run a session for teams called The Rituals Roadmap and I show you exactly how to do this. I know I’ve delivered this session for some of you reading this, so I want you to know I’m working on Part 2 for next year (with even more fool proof strategies built in).⁠ .⁠ The quote is from Satya Nani.⁠ ⁠ #SmallSteps #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #CareerGoals #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #InfluentialSignificance⁠ (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW1Nh6pBIIk/?utm_medium=tumblr

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👥 I meet people every week to talk about working together, whether it’s for themselves, their team, or their organisation.⁠ .⁠ 💪🏽 I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t have it in them to be more. I’ve also never met anyone who doesn’t want to be more.⁠ .⁠ 🏆 I love coaching people to show up as genuine standout talent.⁠ .⁠ 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏼 When you’re the same as everyone else no one wins, especially you.⁠ .⁠ 🌏 The world is crying out for Revolutionary Leaders.⁠ .⁠ 🍪 Cookie cutters are for cookies.⁠ .⁠ 💥 So be different, but not in a stage-managed way. Forcing yourself to be eccentric or edgy as a tactic is just flat out embarrassing.⁠ .⁠ ✅ Differentiate yourself as a difference maker, as a contributor, as a compassionate person, as a connector and as a collaborator.⁠ .⁠ #Feedback #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #CareerGoals #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #InfluentialSignificance⁠ (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWtfwVcBtKZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🧭 Are you really where you want to be? I’m not.⁠ .⁠ ⏩ I’m obsessed with creating unique coaching and training for people to make progress in a simpler, faster, and easier way.⁠ .⁠ 🎯 Think about a specific area, a skill, or an attribute you want to improve.⁠ .⁠ 🥳 Firstly, don’t think about it as work because that takes all the fun out of it.⁠ .⁠ 🤝 Forget prudent planning, that’s for procrastinators. Just start or do what I do, I look for someone who’s already done all the planning, that way I can focus on implementing.⁠ .⁠ 💥 Expect to make mistakes. Expect to go backwards. Expect to get frustrated. Also, expect to make progress.⁠ .⁠ 🎊 Cut yourself slack and celebrate every little win. ⁠ .⁠ 🧗🏼 Most of all, EMBRACE DISCOMFORT. ⁠ .⁠ #ComfortZone #TheLeadershipAccelerator #Grow #Lead #Change #Develop #Inspire #Empower #Influence #Impact #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Leader #CareerCoach #Motivation #Mentoring #CareerGoals #DaveLourdes #EvolvingHumanPotential #Training #Coach⁠ #Career #Work #CareerGoals #RiseTogether #TheInfluenceAccelerator #RevolutionaryLeaders #InfluentialSignificance⁠ (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWoWsUNhLLM/?utm_medium=tumblr