Can Hope ever be a bad thing?

Our past successes should be a platform for our future hope, but we're often to quick to dismiss things as being down to luck.

Most of my work is focused on helping people increase their hope when - quite frankly - they don't have enough. I sometimes get asked if we can ever have too much hope. This short episode answers that question.

An Interview with Stuart Eglin about his book 'The Inner Fire: a coaching alchemy'. Buy the book directly from Stuart: https://www.stuarteglin.com/books/ Buy the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inner-Fire-coaching-alchemy/dp/B0BNV1Z2XG

Our Empowering True Strength project is about helping leaders to sustainably get the best of themselves and their teams. This podcast features interviews with people exploring how they do that, and I was delighted to interview Dr Stuart Eglin. CliftonStrengths(TM): Strategic, Intellection, Input, Ideation, Futuristic, Positivity, Connectedness, Relator, Maximizer, Learner, Belief (00:25) Who is Stuart Eglin? (01:55) What has your journey been? (13:09) Let’s talk about strengths (26:30) What’s it like to be you? (42:00) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (53:22) Messages to younger self? (56:10) Where are you online? You can find Stuart online: LinkedIn www.stuarteglin.com @thestuarteglin   (Music licensed from the very talented Isaac Indiana)

Our Empowering True Strength project is about helping leaders to sustainably get the best of themselves and their teams. This podcast features interviews with people exploring how they do that, and I was delighted to interview Kelly Swingler. CliftonStrengths(TM): Learner, Achiever, Strategic, Ideation, Intellection, Belief, Restorative, Individualisation, Activator, Futuristic, Competition, Empathy (00:24) Who is Kelly Swingler? (04:29) What has your journey been? (19:28) Let’s talk about strengths (39:34) What’s it like to be you? (41:34) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (66:42) Messages to younger self? (71:14) Where are you online? You can find Kelly online: LinkedIn The Chrysalis Crew Kelly Swingler   (Music licensed from the very talented Isaac Indiana)

As part of my Empowering True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Professor Laura Serrant OBE (00:24) Who is Laura Serrant? (01:24) What has your journey been? (53:04) Let’s talk about strengths (59:20) What’s it like to be you? (62:05) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (66:57) Where are you online? (67:50) Messages to younger self and others? You can find Laura online: website @lauraserrant on Twitter LinkedIn 'Speaking for Ourselves' podcast   (Music licensed from the very talented Isaac Indiana)

As part of my Empowering True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Rachel Habergham and Alana Habergham-Rice.   Alana’s Clifton StrengthsExplorer(R) Top 3 talent themes: Dependability - Trust is important to you, and you care about being seen as responsible and trustworthy. People count on you to do what you say you will do. When you make a promise, you mean to keep it. Caring - In your heart, helping other people is very important. You want to make the world better by helping people in small ways or big ways. Organiser - Scheduling, planning, and organising your world makes life better. People count on you to get the details right and pull a plan together.   Rachel’s CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Communication, Developer, Empathy, Arranger, Learner, Strategic, Responsibility, Adaptability, Activator, Positivity   (00:31) Who is Rachel Habergham?  (01:13) Who is Alana Habergham-Rice? (05:24) Let’s talk about strengths (23:49) What’s it like to be you? (29:35) What impact do you want to make on the world  ? (36:57) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (42:10 ) Messages to younger self? (44:47) Where are you online?   You can find Alana’s Caring Cakes on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter You can find Rachel Habergham on Twitter and at Rachel’s Ramblings   (Music licensed from the very talented Isaac Indiana)  

As part of my Empowering True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Catrin Lewis. CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Strategic, Communication, Woo, Activator, Ideation, Command, Futuristic, Empathy, Adaptability, Connectedness, Positivity. (00:19) Who is Catrin Lewis? (00:49) What has your journey been? (06:01) Let’s talk about strengths (14:44) Tell me more about Reward Gateway (31:06) What’s it like to be you? (38:38) How do you get stuff done? (42:52) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (48:22) Messages to younger self? (50:04) Where are you online?   You’ll find Cat on LinkedIn and Instagram, and you can find more about Reward Gateway on their website.   (Music licensed from the very talented Isaac Indiana)

As part of my Empowering True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Katrina Collier. CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Relator, Empathy, Activator, Positivity, Strategic, Developer, Communication, Self-Assurance, Input, Maximizer, Adaptability, Connectedness (00:16) Who is Katrina Collier? (01:15) What has your journey been? (11:32) Let’s talk about strengths (23:55) What’s it like to be you? (33:34) How do you get stuff done? (38:00) What's your approach to wellbeing and self-care? (44:40) Messages to younger self? (47:26) Where are you online?   You’ll find Katrina championing the #BeHuman cause on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and at www.thesearchologist.com   (Music licensed from the very talented Isaac Indiana)

As part of my Empowering True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Rob Baker from Tailored Thinking. CliftonStrengths (TM) Dominant Talent Themes: Ideation, Input, Individualization, Maximiser, Futuristic, Learner, Achiever, Activator, Competition, Relator, Positivity, Intellection. (00:38) Who is Rob Baker? (03:29) What has your journey been? (12:22) Let’s talk about strengths (24:25) Tell me more about job crafting (49:40) What’s it like to be you? (54:34) What’s your mission? (56:38) What's your approach to self-care? (61:13) Messages to younger self? (63:18) Where are you online?   Full transcript: https://www.kingfishercoaching.com/rob-baker-empowering-true-strength-podcast-episode-17/ (Music licensed from the very talented Isaac Indiana)