Learnings with Simone

How many of you here agrees that our very own strength can also be our weakness?Today's topic is about how our very own strengths when taken too far - can become our weaknesses

Here, I discuss a feeling we all can relate to and experience at some point in our lives.• What is Impostor syndrome?• 5 Characteristics of Impostor feeling• 5 Common triggers• 5 Overcoming Impostor syndrome

Perfectionism, Procastination to Self-worth. Hear it with me in Learnings with Simone

How feeling stuck shows up in my life? Do you know the analogy of Balloons? Listen to hear what balloons represents in our life and let me know what you think.

Dancing is a great way to express yourself even if you're not conscious about it. For me, it became source of immense joy and freedom.

Seeing anybody do what they do best is just beautiful. The documentary and biopic film of Diana Nyad's story fired me up. Her 5th attempt in 2013 @64 y/o, with the support of her team, her coach and bestfriend. They embarked on another try. After 53 hours, 110 miles almost 3days of swimming, she made the impossible possible. Nyad asked herself, am I living the life that I can admire?It's not what I want to do but am I everything who I want to be? Nyad's story is incredibly amazing and inspiring. My takeaway is to what ever shore there is you want to get, get there. Find a way to get there.

This year I have no goals. Of course I do, It's not the regular new year's resolution we say every year - but never really follows. I stopped doing that. I say, I will continue to do whatever I'm doing.

Growing up, I didn't have a voice. I cannot speak my mind when I want it too. I often get frozen, but something in me has changed in the last 6 years. It's fascinating what we can learn , It is our responsibility to ourselves to do the work. As my favorite poet and writer Dr. Maya Angelou once said, "when you know better, you do better". I

What could be better than catching up with your dear friend about life and talking about savings, investments over bottle of wine? Join me in this episode to start this year with bang! I sat down with my dear friend Laëtitia, She's a Certified Accountant and Personal Finance Enthusiast. She's been in the industry for almost a decade and now as a Head of Accounting in a tech start up. Listen to see us having fun talking about her passion and giving tips straight from the expert! Financial tips to get started 1. Analyse your spending 2. Create a budget and review it often 3. Calculate your Net Worth (= sum of all your assets - liabilities) 4. Build an emergency fund 5. Start investing (EF is a priority first then invest) How to Budget 1. Necessities: 6 months average 2. Saving/Investing: 10-15% of net income 3. Fixed costs: same amount every month 4. One-off: depending on the month 5. ADJUST to get to income-expense = 0 Follow her instagram page for more tips! @wealthandgiggles

I'm always passionate and fascinated with all the things inspiring, motivating and ideas that are worth sharing. And Growth is a golden buzzword for me.

Some tips on ways to show when you want to level up!

Sharing some daily reminder affirmation from Morgan Harper Nichols. You are loved. Dearly loved. Just by being here.

Here are some tips and tool to practice effective confrontation.

Notes I want to share about Feedback and points to remember for Effective Communication. Let me know what you think and if you want me to go more deep dive and share tools we can use around these topics. :)

Are you curious to know some of the day to day habits that are actually trauma responses? It's always fascinating to know more about ourselves - and this episode I resonate about different responses that I'm doing that came from childhood.

#personal #growth #development

Negative feelings can reside in our own homes without us noticing it. While these feelings came from something, not processing them can weigh us down. Sharing some negative feelings I'm still learning and recognizing in my own home and trying accept them and hopefully be able to slowly clear them out. Easier said than done but here's to hoping that it'll shed a light to all of us.

Recently, I did my first public speaking experience. Super excited to do the lecture! Here, I shared some of the things I've shared to students and graduates.

Have you ever got a favorite poem when you were a kid? I have one that's been stuck to me all through the years, It's amazing I didn't forget my favorite verse, I didn't know the title nor the author but the verse I remember ever since. This poem introduced me very early on into the world of poetry, how I appreciate beautiful words now and life itself I believe is thanks to this poem. A Little Song of Life by Lizette Woodworth Reese Glad that I live am I; That the sky is blue; Glad for the country lanes, And the fall of dew. After the sun the rain; After the rain the sun; This is the way of life, Till the work be done. All that we need to do, Be we low or high, Is to see that we grow Nearer the sky.

I'm all about improving myself, learning more, and over last 2 years I'm paying more attention with my speech/communication skills.

Simple ways to express empathy in your next conversation

Every time we say to ourselves “I’ll be happy when …” what we’re really saying is “I can’t be happy now.” Reaching a milestone can feel good, but eventually we start to look for  the next milestone, and then we’re back to thinking “I’ll be happy when  …” all over again. The habit of saying “I’ll be happy when …” keeps us wishing and searching instead of enjoying and living.

What should you do if you’re still figuring out what feels meaningful to you or if you’re drawn to many different things?  Dorie Clark, a consultant and keynote speaker said by Thinking long term and Optimize for interesting. It means, Identifying our goals to make adjustments needed in our lives to move towards achieving them and following the advice of “Whenever you have a choice of what to do,” , “choose the more interesting path.”

Having to know something and Wanting to know more. Some of the words I live by are from Maya Angelou. She said, "Do the best that you can until you know better and when you know better, do better."

I tried this exercise once and I got an emotional response. I will do it again to get know more of my WHY. Also this exercise is "to inspire your people to find and do the things that inspire them." - Simon Sinek

Do you know some tools for mind cleansing? Meditation? What else? Like a breather to take a moment and slow down and reflect. Here are some habits for a healthier + happier mind.

Selection of hacks I like from David Brooks' article in NY Times :)

Take One! And I remember the M- word after hearing my recording. Ha! I think I'm just scared to admit deep down at some point I want to be a speaker too as I used to deny that I don't want to be :D

Saying no to others are okay but mostly sometimes it's okay to say no to yourself too.

Hear me get lost in my thoughts, literally! I've been slacking and putting this episode on hold. I had to do it already. My question for you is...  How do you inspire yourself? ( I inspire myself when/by ..... ?)  How do you inspire other people? (I inspire through people when ..... ?)

Happiness is a choice. You can only be happy once you choose to be.

SELF COMPASSION - is the one thing I want YOU to do for yourself but failed, so let's carry it over once more.

They say listening is the holy grail of communication. I always say that I'm a better listener than a speaker. But I still try to improve myself on both ways. Still struggling sometimes to just listen and not react, and of course to speak articulately. It's a never-ending learning for me. Everyday, trying to get better than my previous self.

It's been a while! Series of questions in under 7 mins.

Today marks my 3rd year in EE, 5 years total living in abroad. 🥳 I also shared something about how I'm feeling during pandemic and about decision fatigue.

In this episode I talked about how I ended up here in Tallinn. I got asked a lot everytime I'm meeting new people for the first time, I basically already have a template on answering it 😄

For quite sometime I've been struggling to come up of what my first episode would be, and this came few days ago and I thought this is the perfect first episode. But its quite a long one, I still need to figure out or remember the other half of the list. This is my first time, please go easy on me? And I can't run it perfectly, I keep having few seconds of dead air and mumbling of words, so bear with me :)