Maybe a new qualification?

So, you work your ass off and you get it.

But its empty, your professor suggests maybe a PhD would be the next step… and you think - yes maybe when I get that I’ll feel good enough but guess what?

Plot spoiler.

You did not identify and defeat the end of level monster. So you just started the level over.

You get the idea.

The End of Level Monster can only be identified and defeated if you

Your car SatNav uses satellites to pinpoint your location. Your E-SatNav? It uses your thoughts, feelings, and mood. Which means if you're feeling anxious about your new role (even though you're doing brilliantly), your E-SatNav might mistakenly think you're 'At Risk.'

That can trigger you to start scanning for danger, wrongly interpreting people who are actually intimidated by your success as doubters or critics. Suddenly you're in defensive mode, feeling like you need to fight to prove yourself. And that? That usually ends with you knee-deep in unnecessary drama.

We are treating discomfort the way we used to treat pain – we try and stop it, avoid it, criminalise it instantly. This is not helping us develop resilience and strength. We really need all our energy to step into the version of ourselves that thrives in a world where AI feels like it is threatening our jobs, the politicians are threatening our sanity and the trolls are threatening our belief in humanity.

So, what to do?

Where attention goes, energy flows.

I adore this saying. I can’t remember where I heard it first – everyone from Law of Attraction coaches to martial arts trainers to business psychologists use it.

If you want results you have to focus on those things; not the things you don’t want.

Why?

Because I wanted in on the global cultural and leadership challenges that are brewing everywhere right now. I want to help people thrive in organisations despite the chaos. Although I can do it by my keynotes, coaching and books (all still happening by the way) I felt I could do more and be more as part of the evolving game rather than watching it develop from the sidelines, albeit shouting enthusiastically!