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Episode 68 – We have a look back at 2020. An awful year for many. So we decided to focus on what’s happened with the podcast. There are 3 sections: we look at what changed for ‘sharppodcast’ in 2020, we quickly revisit each episode with a tiny sample, and then end with Steve and Lisa at the table.

Look at all this stuff we covered:

• What’s new for sharppodcast:
• Making videos
• New formats for some episodes
• Covering current subjects
• Then we do a quick visit to each episode, like a taster menu, but better:
• January – STP058 Mind Maps
• February – Sharing Is Caring
• March – STP059 Laurie Jeffery
• April – STP060 Help With Change
• May – STP061 To Do With Todoist
• May – STP062 To Do With Todoist 2
• June – STP063 Todo Level 3 and Top Tips
• August – STP064 10 Cognitive Biases Spoiling Your Thinking
• August – STP065 Resource Roundup
• October – STP066 The ALPEN Method
• November – STP067 Resource Roundup
• December – STP068 Reflecting...oh, hang on, that’s this episode!
• Steve and Lisa back at the Kitchen Table
• Sharppodcast episodes from 2020
• How 2020 has demanded more focus on home life
• Moving house
• The weekly planner
• Our weekly ‘meeting’ (if you want to know more about this, let us know)
• Walking to work
• Why winning the lottery doesn’t necessarily make you happy
• Treating personal goals the same as work goals
• Getting vaccinated
• Hugs!
• Jeff Wayne’s War of The Worlds – Here’s the official website, if you haven’t heard this, you DEFINITELY need to find out about it

As always, we’re really grateful for your help in supporting this podcast. To do this, you can:

• Buy me a coffee (I’d be ever so grateful)
• Rate or subscribe on apple podcasts by going here – apple podcasts
• Contact us on Twitter – we are @sharppodcast here

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you to BE BETTER at what you do, then it’s all been worth it!

Episode 88 – Speaking with confidence with Helen Walker

From church mouse - to Miley Cyrus! What a brilliant conversation this was with Helen Walker. Helen shares her transformative approach to boosting confidence and mastering your mindset. Whether you're taking the stage, networking, making videos, selling products, or in any situation where you need to speak about yourself confidently - this will help!

Helen's insights are designed to empower you to step up with confidence and authenticity.

Here's what we covered:

• Mindset Mastery
• Uncover the strategies Helen uses to transform fear into confidence.
• Explore the crucial components of a confident mindset.
• Discover how to rewrite the stories you tell yourself.
• Networking with Ease
• Learn Helen's top tips for making genuine connections and standing out in any crowd.
• Practical tips for making impactful connections.
• How to approach networking events with confidence.
• Public Speaking Like a Pro
• Get practical advice on captivating your audience, whether in person or on camera.
• Techniques to engage and captivate your audience.
• Overcoming nerves with Helen's proven strategies.
• Daily Confidence Boosters:
• Helen shares simple, effective methods to boost your confidence every day.
• Simple routines to build and maintain confidence every day.
• Incorporating mindfulness and positive affirmations.

We're Eager to Hear From You!

• Share your experiences with implementing Helen's strategies in your life or business.
• Tell us how you've adapted these techniques to boost your confidence in other areas.

Connect with Us:

• Find more about what we do at sondevelopment.com.
• Engage with us on Instagram or LinkedIn.

Learn More About Helen Walker:

• Visit Helen's website: Helen Walker Coaching
• Follow Helen on Instagram: @ThisIsHelenWalker
• Or Facebook:
• Discover more tips and insights on Helen's YouTube Channel.
• Connect on LinkedIn

Support Our Podcast:

• Rate or subscribe on Apple Podcasts.
• Subscribe on Spotify
• Watch AND listen on YouTube

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for listening. If we help you BE BETTER at what you do, it’s all been worth it!

Episode STP060 - With the whole coronavirus and lock-down thing going on, we wondered how we can help. It turns out there are three areas we know about that could be useful to you. How we do the 'home' thing, deal with change, and learn new things.

Look at all this stuff we covered:

• We chatted at the table and talked about
• Working from home - this is what can help:
• Set aside a dedicated area
• Plan your day with a structure
• Agree boundaries with the family
• Set a definite end time to the day
• Wear something different
• Doing 'Not-Work' from home:
• Set a schedule anyway - avoid the Netflix trap!
• Take baby steps
• Exercise
• Have a look at some online courses
• Be kind to others and yourself
• Change
• The change curve from Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
• The difference between a change and the emotion it brings
• 5 stages of change
• Denial and shock
• Anger
• Bargaining
• Depression
• Acceptance and integration
• What all this has to do with toilet paper
• Some practical steps you can take
• Identify the positives
• Think about change that you've experienced before
• Talk it out with someone
• Consider the worst that could happen
• Focus on what you CAN control
• Protect your well-being
• Doing some self-development or online courses
• Not all online courses are the same
• We looked at 5 different providers
• YouTube (you don't need a link do you?)
• The Open University
• The Great Courses (Plus)
• LinkedIn Learning
• Udemy
• You can also consider TedEd, Coursera, Alison, the Forum and more. Links to those and others can be found in this article from Lifehack

Further reading and information are available from the following places:

• The University of Exeter
• TedX - The Kate Braestrup talk
• Harvard Business Review
• Reachout Australia

Episode 57 - Because sometimes books are more than books. Don't let the battle of the printed word and the audiobook get you down - you decide. Here are four books we loved reading this year; now it's your turn to enjoy them.

Look at all this stuff we covered:

• Being in the woods near THAT picnic table in the rotten weather
• 4 Seconds by Peter Bregman
• Change your habits and your life
• Dog-earing pages (yep!)
• The Getting Things Done Workbook by David Allen and Brandon Hall
• It's like David coming to your house and setting it all up with you
• The World Is F***ed by Mark Manson
• The thinking brain and the feeling brain (very cool)
• Philosophy, Narcissism, Religion - all the fun subjects
• But I read it twice in a week
• Talking To Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
• Why people are rubbish at working out if you're lying
• How trained professionals get it horrifically wrong
• Audio - do you know how hard these people work to make sure you DON'T notice their work?

Here are the links to the books, research and articles which inspired we used to produce this episode:

• 4 Seconds
• Seth Godin - This is Marketing
• Entrepreneurs Library with Peter Bregman
• The GTD workbook
• GTD Brasil
• Our episode on GTD for Teens
• Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
• My favourite of the 4 books - Everything Is F*cked
• The audio book version
• Mark Manson's video about the book
• Talking to Strangers
• The audio book version
• Revisionist History - The Queen of Cuba
• Malcolm's explanation at Penguin
• The Sandra Bland footage
• Audio in film
• Adam Buxton's podcast

Episode 6 - Our second visit to the world of habits. Did you hear last week's yet? If not, I think it's worth doing that and then coming back here.

This week we look at Apps to support you with the 'cue' and 'reward' steps and some other online resource which can help when you want to change your behaviour. From presentations to party planning, a good understanding of why we behave like we do is key to unlocking the changes you really want to happen.

Some of the stuff in there is:



• New Year's resolutions and why they don't stick - some stats
• Gym memberships - some stats from Planet Money
• Apps which can help you with the 'cue' and 'reward' parts of habit forming
• For both Android and Apple, there's - Coach.me
• Prefer simple and on Android? try - Loop Habit Tracker
• Prefer simple and on IOS (And Android)? try - Habit Bull
• Why the behaviour and reward cycle is so powerful - Judson Brewer on the TED stage
• Procrastination and how to attack it