Author: Hilary Steel

Passionate about…..?

Posted by | Feb 11, 2014 | |

Passion and energy are entwined in both life and business for me. When I feel passionate about a project my energy levels are automatically raised and I feel capable of achieving GREAT things… The day when I realised I could conjure up this feeling was the day things dramatically started to change for me. I asked myself a few questions and made myself be honest in the answers, no point cheating myself right? It would be like playing solitaire and mixing up the cards until one was needed came up! When I am old how will I look back on my life? How would people younger that me talk about me, (the crazy lady next door who won’t give our ball back did cross my mind!) What were the highlights of my life that make me burst with pride when I think of them? Who really had an impact on my life and why? What am I leaving behind? It proved to be a fun exercise once I got used to being honest! I tend to embark on projects with a child like enthusiasm that I like to carry over in to other aspects of my life. If you see things from an uninhibited mind, the world is an amazing and colourful place. Passion is everywhere, in the eyes of smilers, in the words of the kind but it is...

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Balls of Steel – Sneaky Peek

Posted by | Feb 8, 2014 | |

“Balls of Steel” has been a work in progress since about April 2012 and it follows the story of how just £10 changed a business idea in to something that would affect many people across the county of Kent! Your subconscious is a magical place where there are no limits and no limitations Do you remember when you were a child and the world was a magical playground. The games of make-believe were so detailed and you embraced them with all the passion you could muster inside. Your mind was ready to explore anything it was introduced to and record the most colourful of images on the blank canvas in your head. The excitement you felt when you climbed a tree for the first time and looked out upon your Kingdom or when you found yourself hiding in a garage, determined not to be the first person found in the game of hide and seek. What happened to this level of excitement? What happened to the freedom to let your thoughts run wild and play hand in hand with your imagination? The world started to change you. You began to be influenced by external factors such as school, where you were taught ideas, taught theories and taught to stop wanting to climb trees. It’s not your fault; it’s the way things generally pan out for us within the social...

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Business Coaching – Fad or the Future?

Posted by | Feb 7, 2014 | |

Business Coaching – Fad or the Future? The term coaching is no longer synonymous with the world of sport; it reaches much farther afield in to the world of personal and professional development. More people are engaging with a coach as it is now seen as an important and productive tool for growth and development. Is the idea of engaging a business coach a modern day fad or something that has real, measurable success rates on performance? In a survey run by Kent Women in Business Magazine 75% or people polled stated that since working with a business coach they felt they were more likely to meet professional goals and objectives. Ruth Rollason from Marmalade Design in Ramsgate, (www.marmaladedesign.co.uk) told us,” Having a business coach leads to discipline. It also helps for someone on the outside of my business to throw in ideas and practices to my working life that I may not have seen or thought of.” She added that the biggest benefit to her was that working with a Business Coach helped her to focus her direction and build her business confidence. Amanda McGregor from the Lace Wig Boutique, (www.thelacewigboutique.com) the biggest benefit to working with a Business Coach is “…having someone that believes in my business and its success, in turn pushing me to excel.” Some larger companies expect senior level management to coach down the...

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De Junk

Posted by | Feb 6, 2014 | |

Following on from the Dejunking article in the last edition of The Kent Women in Business Magazine we thought it would be worth exploring this fairly new term in more detail. We received a few emails from people who were adamant that they seriously needed to dejunk certain aspects of their lives….. This article is the first in a series on dejunking and the positive impact it can have on your life. It’s not just about getting rid of clothes that you know you will never wear again, it’s also about trashing the trash in your emotional life……… What does dejunk actually mean? Look at dejunking as a way of getting what you want in life. We are all so busy and caught up leading complex lives that we often fail to see what is staring us in the face. We are too ‘full of stuff’ both emotionally and materialistically. Simplifying aspects and areas of your life can have an extremely positive outcome. Do you ever feel as though things are getting on top of you? That you have too much to focus on but never quite get one thing completed? Sound familiar? You are not alone. Many people feel as though they are losing control of their lives but don’t know how to get themselves back on track.  Why dejunk?   Are you one of the high percentage of people who...

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