New in the Genius Series: my conversation with Kirstie Walker-Poole. Kirstie spent 20+ years at M&S, starting in stores and rising to lead big transformation programmes as head of programmes, transformation and product. At the end of May, she left corporate behind to build a coaching business around the thing she always loved most: helping people be their best. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿, two areas where women are often left with very little support. She's also leading the community side of Cups of Courage, bringing people together at whatever stage of their journey. What I loved most is that she's spent her whole career teaching people to play to their strengths and be unapologetically themselves, and now she's doing exactly that herself. It's a big shift to go from a monthly salary to self-employment, and she said it with such calm: "𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀." My takeaway for you: meaningful work and earning well are not opposites. Her lived experience is her genius, and there's no reason she shouldn't be paid properly for it. 💛 ▶️ Watch here: I'd love to hear from you: Where in your own work are you still trying to be someone else, and what would change if you gave yourself full permission to be you? Share below 👇

One of the reasons I love hanging out with like-minded people is how much we learn from each other. Today we did yoga on the beach. And after yoga, we set our intention for the day. One of the guys said that he heard from somewhere that the first thing you do in the morning, as soon as you're conscious, is say, "Today was a great day." Then go win the day. As time doesn't exist in the consciousness or the spirit, it assumes that you had a great day, so now you can go and have a great day. In the intention setting, they took this a bit further, and we said today was a great day because... Something I'm definitely going to give a try. How about you?

Before the month runs you, take two minutes and decide: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗻? Not a to-do list. Not five goals. One thing. 🏆 Proof This Works From August Week 1: "𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲." — @Hil Kane That's the whole practice in one sentence. Not more strategy. Just honesty, tracked daily. Who's in for September Activation?

Check out this great win from one of our members who prefers to be anonymous. When they first joined the idea of outreach was petrifying because they didn’t think they knew how to talk about their work. I’ve seen them go from strength to strength with very little coaching and heaps of determination ❤️‍🔥💪🏼

You don't need a new business plan. You need to stop overlooking the genius you've been giving away for free your whole life. In this training I walked through the two kinds of business — one built by chasing gaps and trends, one grounded in your own lived experience — and why only the second one lasts. I show you what "genius" actually means (it's not what you think), how to find the thread that runs through every job and hardship you've ever had, and why your hardest chapters are qualifications, not backstory. If you've built a career, survived plenty, and are ready to stop starting again and start distilling — this one's for you. 𝗖𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 👇🏼