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You’re not a slave [Wise Wednesdays #359]
Returning from a reflective 10-day trip to Algeria, I felt drawn to rewatch the Elvis movie. While I've never been a huge fan of his...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Aug 13, 20243 min read
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Is fear useful? 3 tools to face it. [#WiseWednesdays #358]
If you’ve achieved anything in your life, you know that facing the fear and doing it anyway is part of the process. But when we hit a...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Jul 17, 20243 min read
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Are You in a Narcissistic Relationship with Your Career? [Wise Wednesdays #357]
I know ‘narcissistic’ is a strong word, but hear me out. High achievers and changemakers often pour their hearts into their careers. But...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Jul 9, 20243 min read
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6-question self-leadership checklist [Wise Wednesdays #356]
A quick checklist to consider... I recently had a plumber replace a few pipes in my home. Watching him work made me realise that we often...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Jul 3, 20242 min read
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Should you push yourself (or let go)? [Wise Wednesdays #355]
I believe Bruce Lee definitively settled this question: "Be like water”, reviving the Eastern philosophy idea found in Taoism and...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Jun 26, 20244 min read
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When a soldier waved a gun at me [Wise Wednesdays #354]
It was actually a drunken soldier carrying an AK-47. The nurse and I left our village base in South Sudan to take a walk in the bush, and...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Jun 19, 20243 min read
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5 types of supportive conversation [Wise Wednesdays #353]
Effective conversations are crucial in our fast-paced, complex, globalised world. Coaching skills are becoming increasingly important,...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Jun 12, 20242 min read
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9 things to Stop, Start, or Maintain [Wise Wednesdays #352]
During the pandemic, I used to have a calendar slot at the weekend called: Declutter.As I let go of certain projects, I had bandwidth to...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
May 29, 20243 min read
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Why you don’t know what you want sometimes [Wise Wednesdays]
I’ve had a few coaching conversations recently about what to do when you have a great job and life but want more and can’t put your...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
May 22, 20243 min read
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Should you brag about your work? [Wise Wednesdays]
It’s not bragging if you’ve done it. That’s what my coach Rich Litvin used to say to me. I came across a message from a well-respected...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
May 15, 20243 min read
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Don’t get too involved with your ‘purpose’ [Wise Wednesdays]
There’s purpose with a big P and little p. Big P purpose? You’re here as a unique expression of conscious life. No one knows, how it...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Apr 30, 20243 min read
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Career crisis as a path to liberation [Wise Wednesdays]
It’s impossible to have a 21st century career without facing a crisis at some point. The research which I discuss in The Success Trap...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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Inspiration from a London Plane tree [Wise Wednesdays]
This week, I just want to share the beauty of a tree on a spring day with you. Why? Because nature reveals the answers to your biggest...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Apr 16, 20242 min read
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8 years in business, 8 highlights, 8 insights. [Wise Wednesdays]
[Happy Eid if you are celebrating this week! May the fruit of your spiritual work nourish the world.] It was the summer of 2014. I was...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Apr 9, 20243 min read
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Are you a CROP? [Wise Wednesdays]
So it’s been an intense week at the unconference. Believe it or not, it’s easier to go to a structured conference and consume than to an...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Apr 3, 20242 min read
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I didn’t go to my PhD graduation, but I couldn’t miss this. [Wise Wednesdays]
At the time of my PhD completion, I felt somewhat jaded. I'd had enough of jumping through hoops and needed something else. But after...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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Are you playing hide and seek with yourself? [Wise Wednesdays]
I was on a silent meditation retreat at home this weekend and an old insight occurred to me again in a new way: we play little games with...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Mar 13, 20242 min read
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How to turn your dreams into reality: entelechy [Wise Wednesdays]
We had a wonderful co-creative intensive at Expand Your Impact and got square into how to close the gap between what you want and what...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Mar 6, 20245 min read
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Why I invite my readers to unsubscribe. [Wise Wednesdays]
Why I invite you to unsubscribe. [Wise Wednesdays] [Update: Expand Your Impact sold out over the weekend. We're delighted with the...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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Barbie, the patriarchy and the joy of creating yourself and your world [Wise Wednesdays]
Barbie, the patriarchy and the joy of creating yourself and your world So I finally watched it. One of the top 10 films of 2023… Let’s...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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