Dear Wonderful Woman,

I hope you've had a great week!

This week I heard the voice of "the Imposter". You see this week I had to give a talk today, which I had put a lot of time an effort into working out what to say and putting the slides together. Earlier this week, "I started to think I wasn't ready and it wasn't even worth trying". I came close to pulling out of the talk because I had a moment of severe doubt and lack of self belief. I came back from the brink after talking to a friend and talking to myself about what was the worst that was going to happen if my talk went wrong and what would the up sides would be.

We can sometimes catastrophize things in our mind, that is to say that we can think that the consequence of your action is going to be far worse than it will be in reality. Sometimes you need to talk yourself off the virtual ledge or get a friend to help you do that before you rob yourself of a great opportunity.

Try this exercise:

Identify 1 thought that holds you back. Write it down and then with a trusted friend or yourself think of all the reasons that this is not true. Say these reasons out-loud, so that you hear them! Put this thought on trial like it is a criminal!

My new series this month is called,"Building a Growth Mindset" and I'm speaking to some really awesome leaders and business people on how learning to adopt this mindset. Which helps you to be open to learning, adapting to changing circumstances helps you to be resilient personally and professionally.

New Series Launching this Month!

Join me to get an actionable tip on building your Growth Mindset and an insight from my forthcoming book, Be Your No.1 Cheerleader.

Build your Growth Mindset with Charlene Hunter Founder of Coding Black Females on 12th Oct at 7pm

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Build your Growth Mindset with Allyson Ward Neal on 19th Oct at 9am

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Build your Growth Mindset with Waynette Hollis on 19th Oct at 7pm

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Build your Growth Mindset with Bayo Igoh on 21st Oct at 7pm

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Be Bold, Be Brave, Back Yourself and Become your No.1 Cheerleader.

Warm Regards,

Ekua 💛