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Part 5/5: The Easiest Way Towards Success in Work, Relationships and Life: the Foundations for Ease
If you’re like most people, you want to be successful (whatever success means to you). And you know learning is key. So you read a lot. Attend all sorts of workshops. Go on multiple retreats. But if the initial positive outcome doesn't last ... you get bored, tired or...
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Part 4/5: The Easiest Way to Let Flow In
Ever wanted flow? Did you try visualisations, vision boards or mantras to tap into it? Wonder why it “works” for some but not others... ... or whether too esoteric and 'woo-woo' for 'real world'? So did I. But I also knew that if world-class athletes credit their...
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Part 3/5: The Easiest Way to Let Go: Transforming Theory into Practice
Letting go. One of the most difficult things in life, right? Injustice, betrayal, shame, guilt, anger, blame – leaves a bitter taste - particularly when it’s the dreaded 4D’s, Death, Disease, Disability or Divorce. Yet. How is it that some people seemingly rebound...
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Part 2/5: The Easiest Way to Calm Down Instantly: Bio-Hacking
Did you know that if your body is fully at ease, it’s biologically impossible to lose your cool? That’s because, at the very core, your body has two modes, the sympathetic mode, the fight-flight-freeze mode, where cortisol is released into your systems, blood is...
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Part 1/5: The Easiest Way to Disrupt Your Habit Patterns
Did you know that Beethoven's Fifth Symphony…that famous one that starts with... "Da-Da-Da-DUM !" … has five beats… not four? That’s because the first ‘note’ is silent. It's actually…. "*Pause*-Da-Da-Da-DUM!" What has this to do with disrupting your habit patterns?...
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Introducing The 5 Micro-Habits For Ease: How Lessons Learnt From The Pandemic Apply To Your Personal Life
Of the many lessons from the pandemic, these are three that helped me through such uncertain times. I hope they can be of help to you, too. The three lessons are: (1) New times require new approaches Working harder... doing more of the same... leads nowhere faster....
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Fight Against Covid-19: A Video Tribute to the Frontline
When words are not enough. https://watch.selenabetton.coach/tribute-to-our-frontline
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Don’t wait till it’s too late
As kids, Mom would step in when my siblings and I went 'too far'. “It doesn’t matter who started it... ... sort it out. Or I will." Of course, Mom would give plenty of warning. The ‘glance’, the stare, that sigh. We landed up paying the price whenever blissfully…...
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Overcoming Covid-19: Three Things We Can Learn From The HoneyBee
One-on-one, the bees just didn't stand a chance The hornets, far larger and heavier, would snatch and overpower the bees, mid-air. The honeybees appeared to be losing. Then something remarkable happened. Perhaps something humans can learn on how to overcome the...
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Reduce Stress… Increase Ease
A practice that you can do while washing your hands… because what can be easier than that?
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Why You Struggle To Say ‘No’ (and what you can do about it)
No one is born with a rule book. Growing up is all about figuring out how things work, deciding what things mean As a child, you probably were praised for … listening to your elders ... doing good deeds … keeping things in order. And punished if not. Saying 'no'?...
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Are you heading in the right direction?
How do most large enterprises drive growth and measure progress? One common tool is KPIs… Key Performance Indicators. What about YOUR biggest enterprise of all? Do have Key Life Indicators?
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The Power of a Universal Language
Across generations, backgrounds, colours, shapes and sizes We were singing along…shaking booty… with P!nk. The atmosphere was electric. People from all walks of life were connected. Because when lyrics, melody and rhythm tap into the soul… … it transcends barriers....
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Are you in the wrong role?
You're physically at work. BUT you've mentally and emotionally ‘checked-out’. You’re bored...wondering to yourself ... “Why can’t they get it!?” Or you wish things weren’t so 'scattered'... “We just need more structure!” Is work getting to you? If so, you… (or...
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Why HOW we think matters
When I discovered my thinking style I started making better decisions. In Factfulness, Hans Rosling starts by asking 13 simple fact based questions on general knowledge of the world. He uses facts that are well documented and not disputed. The tests are uncomplicated...
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A new beginning… a story of becoming
Happy Chinese New Year! Wishing everyone peace and prosperity in the Year of the Pig. I'm taking this opportunity to announce a new beginning in my life: the official launch of my company. Three years ago, when I left my job, setting-up my 'own thing' was the...
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How to #DreamDareDo like LEAN IN Switzerland
On the 25 January 2019, 240+ women (and some men) turned up at the first LEAN IN Switzerland conference held in the heart of Zürich With hearts pounding (literally....thanks to the amazing Saf Sap New Generation Africandrummer) we were challenged to...
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TransformaCtion: Where Social Innovation is a lived experience
As good corporate citizens and global nomads, we consider ourselves open, curious, sensitive and resilient. We embrace diversity and inclusion, acknowledge unconscious bias, rally against discriminatory practices Not afraid to go-off the beaten track, we forge...
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