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Balancing Optimism with Realism
Do you think you are an optimist or a pessimist or maybe even you identify as a realist. The truth is realism is somewhere as a midpoint between optimism and pessimism. We know we have about 60000 thoughts a day and many or most of them are negative thoughts. We are too hard on ourselves we judge ourselves we speak to ourselves in our head with negative self talk that we would never dream of saying to anyone we know. So what can you do to be optimistic yet be realistic? One t
Brian Kennedy
Apr 21, 20222 min read


An Easter message, Believe
A Saturday message This weekend is an important one for me personally and for my faith where I get to reflect with feelings of sadness and happiness over a 3 day period. This weekend religious season is not for everyone but my message taken from today's reflection which I had the honour to read to the congregation is... If you have ever given yourself fully with great enthusiasm to a hope or dream only to have those hopes dashed and your dreams shattered then this is the ti
Brian Kennedy
Apr 18, 20221 min read


Irrational beliefs
Thursday evening message for you. There is going to be pain in any journey in life as you reach for your goal. Having the correct mindset to deal with all that is thrown at you is key. Stuff will happen how we react is the difference to the stress in our lives. You can have the career and relationship you dream of if you manage your believe system and work on the irrational beliefs you hold. Working with a coach like me we can together unwrap these beliefs, explore them and r
Brian Kennedy
Apr 6, 20221 min read


What would you do if you could live forever?
What would you do if you knew you could live forever? Would you set any goals in your life? The chances are you would put off all the great things you wanted to achieve because you could just do it tomorrow and life would become very boring. When you realise that we are here on this earth for a limited time, Ireland as an example in 2021 had a life expendency of 82.5 years or approx 4,300 months. 4,300 months, now I challenge you to stop and reflect as you live your life at
Brian Kennedy
Mar 25, 20221 min read


Managing upward coaching on the beach with bjkennomotivation.
Saturday delighted to carry out a coaching session with a client on the beach as we walked and talked and took time with a coffee to work on strategies for managing upwards. You work hard but struggle with some of the feedback you get from your boss. Some bosses can be judged as being unfair and you may feel they make your life difficult regardless what you do. Part of the problem is all the invisible work you do, the hidden work, like problems you solve with customers each a
Brian Kennedy
Mar 13, 20221 min read


Get to know your sub- conscious
Sunday thought for a new week ahead. Our sub-conscious mind helps us make decisions without having to think about them. It stores our beliefs and our values and decides what's sent to the conscious mind. It's the gatekeeper of our comfort zone. So if you want to change your limiting beliefs and how you react to things that don't go your way in life or you want to understand why you procrastinate in achieving goals. You gotta think about your sub conscious mind. I can he
Brian Kennedy
Feb 20, 20221 min read
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