Nigel Cumberland Quotes

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Saying 'yes' to major life decisions when inside you are crying out to say 'no' is more serious. Doing the opposite of what you feel is right can destroy your chances of achieving your dreams and goals. I have coached too many people who regret going with the flow on major life decisions and now need help living with the consequences.

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Remember above all to be true to yourself. It is ok to act and to pretend that something is ok, but admit the truth to yourself.

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Working yourself into the ground serves no one. It only decreases your chances of living a long and healthy life. Do you really want to sacrifice your health and long life for a big house, fancy car and hefty bank account?

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Be careful that your memory is not biased – recalling the negatives and forgetting the positives of past events. It is easy to think that you were hurt or upset in the past when in truth you might have only partially understood or remembered what actually occurred.

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What does success mean to you? What kind of success would you like in your life?

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Learn to become like Britain's wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who found that those moments of having to be humble and having to 'eat his own words' were invaluable.

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Try to be likeable but stay true to your self. There will be times when you have to do or say something at the expense of being popular. If you've built up enough goodwill, you'll get away with it. People understand that difficult decisions have to be made and, if you've paid enough into your 'likeability deposit', they will hate the decision but not the person making it.

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Too many teams are dysfunctional and are plagued with poor communication, lack of direction, selfishness and little sharing – they are teams only in name. To create a high performing team the key is to align all members of your team so that each member is moving in the same direction and understands their role and contribution. A good analogy is to think of a team of rowers where if the each rower is not totally aligned with all the other rowers the boat might go around in circles or even capsize.

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'Once you stop learning, you start dying.' I first heard this maxim by Albert Einstein in my twenties. At the time I thought it was nonsense. How wrong I was. Learning and success are totally interlinked. Do not make the mistake of thinking that learning ends when you complete your final exams.

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The choice is yours. As much as you might want to be loved and thanked, you can't please everyone in your life all the time without causing one person to suffer – you.

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Stop worrying about what you cannot control. It's a total waste of your energy, energy that could otherwise be used to help you focus on what you can influence. I spend large parts of my coaching sessions helping people to sift through their challenges and concerns – helping them to determine what they can change and what they have no control over.

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You do not need to be a millionaire to feel successful or be successful. Financial wealth is only one of many possible indicators of success. However, to achieve your dreams and life goals you're going to need money. And making it requires financial planning and goalsetting. I do not know of any successful person who has been able to simply ignore their finances.

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Successful people in the workplace like to recognise and to congratulate those around them. Too often we forget to thank and to recognize when someone else has done a great job.

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I am often asked when can you stop networking. I would say never – networking should be a lifelong activity.

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Knowing ourselves is one of the most important skills that we must possess if we hope to improve how we work and interact with others.

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As I have coached hundreds of individuals in the workplace, I have discovered that we waste precious time by delaying and procrastinating. We might know that the work is very urgent and important but we still might find ourselves being slow to start the task.

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Some people seem to operate on an auto-pilot and when they become emotional they immediately react. What triggers you to react in a potentially negative way at work?

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You may discover that part of your problem is that you accept too much work and do not say no enough times.

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(The Facebook campaign) "is a bit of a feel-good, but it is better than nothing"

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The majority of people I coach are unhappy or dissatisfied with their working lives. They describe their work in so many depressing ways – as 'boring', 'tedious', 'mind-numbing', 'stressful', 'painful' or even 'scary'. I hear similar opinions as I travel the world from all types of people no matter what their background, education or choice of career.

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It is too easy and simplistic to feel that, if you have not succeeded yet, you will not succeed in the future. Overcoming fatalistic thinking is essential if you really want a great future.

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You might look at someone successful and think they got lucky – a case of being in the right place at the right time perhaps? The truth is, every piece of good fortune is the result of hours, or even years, of hard work and preparation.

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You might find the idea of listening to your gut feelings odd or even ridiculous. Some people I coach, normally left-brain individuals who use logic and facts all day like engineers or accountants, are not used to following their intuition and feelings. Instead of asking themselves 'What do I feel?', they are more comfortable asking 'What do the facts tell me?'

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By trying to do what is right will often entail you having to disagree with others, and this is not easy. Once you start doing it more often, you will find it easier.

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Successful people are the ones who say 'yes' when others say 'no'. What would you say if you were offered a job promotion overseas? Would you go for it? What would you say if your partner suggested a new holiday destination, say, Greenland. Would you give it a try?

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