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The effective challenge podcast covers topics to improve our effectiveness, including time management, productivity, resilience, health & well-being, emotional intelligence and much more.
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ECP118 Overwhelmed? Slow the internal questions not the work (opens the original)
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A listener wrote in feeling overwhelmed by everything on their plate. Most 'advice' starts with the to-do list, priorities, urgency, a 2x2 matrix. I want to start somewhere different: with the body, and the voice that runs underneath the overwhelm. I share what came up when I sat with that feeling myself, it wasn't what I expected and it led me to a distinction that changed how I work: to this day. Tt often isn't the workload creating the pressure, it's the questions we're asking ourselves about
ECP117 What do you have in common with a Special Forces operator (opens the original)
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Ever wondered what you have in common with a special forces operator? More than you might think. In this episode of Effective Challenge, we explore the body's stress response and why it reacts the same way whether you're facing a hostage situation, a difficult conversation, or simply standing up to speak in front of an audience. I introduce box breathing, a simple, free technique with roots stretching back thousands of years and a more recent link to Special Forces training. I'll guide you throu
ECP116 How much commitment do you actually need? (opens the original)
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How much commitment do you actually need? In this episode I share something a coachee asked me this week and a rule I've drawn on for years to answer it: your commitment needs to be 1% greater than your excuses . I unpack why 'enough commitment' isn't fixed but dynamic, why a setback is data rather than a verdict, and the crucial difference between an excuse and a reason; one that, get it wrong, tips you straight into toxic positivity and burnout. I close with a simple experiment you can run thi
ECP115 Emotions are you missing out on the gold? (opens the original)
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Most of us sort our emotions into two bins, good and bad. Then quietly try to get rid of everything in the bad one. In this episode I make the case that this is exactly backwards. Suppressing what we've labelled 'bad' doesn't make it disappear, it goes underground and shows up anyway, in irritability, tension, and decisions made from a narrowed emotional range. Drawing on my academic studies, I explore what happens when we swap the label 'bad' for 'useful' and get curious instead of defensive. T
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