Fitz Andrew

30+ years of coaching & educating leaders || On a mission to spread permission to excel || Love bikes, cameras🚴🏿‍♀️📸

[Fitz Andrew @FitzAndrew60]

This is the tenth year since I nearly died in my bed

My personal ‘Ground Zero’ (the deepest one of too many)

Today I am in the best shape I’ve been in for 30 years (I am more than twice that in age)

Three things that got me there

Going within: meditation, therapy, deep reflection on who I am, and breaking the patterns that broke me

Community: social and spiritual – finding new spaces to inhabit – we become who we are through others (the Ubuntu spirit)

Purpose: organising my life around the things I do well, giving time to the important and allowing the less important to fall away

Am I complete? Far from it, I’m on the edge of another transformation, taking me into even more uncertain spaces

But I have come this far and I stand on the shoulders of many across generations

Someone out there needed to hear this today

You have what it takes

[Fitz Andrew @FitzAndrew60]

Check out World Premier of "Flock", a play about young care leavers by Jim Pope on @Kickstarter https://t.co/ftXb0XT6V3

[Fitz Andrew @FitzAndrew60]

Ever felt the power in a conversation that goes beyond the casual 'How are you?'

Here's how you release it

🧠 Be mindful in asking - really tune in

👀 Watch for subtle cues - might be a flicker but you'll notice

👂 Listen without taking on - it's making the space that matters

It's more than talk, it's a service to others

Ask, then truly listen

You might just be the difference. 🌟

#BeyondWords #GenuineConnection

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🚀 Unlock the future of success with these three power-packed traits:

1️⃣ Curiosity: ignite your inner explorer, fuel your hunger for discovery, and let your spark light the path to innovation

2️⃣ Humility: crush your ego, embrace unlearning, and stay ahead by bidding farewell to outdated knowledge. Humility is the key to perpetual growth

3️⃣ Adaptability: don't just know, DO! Apply your knowledge fearlessly; success comes to those who fail fast

It's your time to thrive in the ever-evolving economy!

[Fitz Andrew @FitzAndrew60]

@IamProHuman Gratitude for these gifts🙏

[Fitz Andrew @FitzAndrew60]

@jameshansensim Thanks for creating the space! Really felt the sense of community being present yesterday, makes my investment in Kortex Uni real and valuable.

Not everyone will do what you did in inviting me to speak, know that that is meaningful for me🙏

[Fitz Andrew @FitzAndrew60]

You are not mediocre. But do you tell yourself you are?

You will get in your own way until you learn to exercise choice over your inner voice

You can give yourself permission to excel

You gotta work at it every day, starting with your inner voice

It's also about the people around you, though you can't control them

What you can control is what you tell yourself about yourself

Give yourself permission to excel

Be who you can really be. Do yourself justice

(Mega hat-tip to @jameshansensim)

[James @jamessimulation]

You're not an imposter, you're a beginner.

Confusing the two will kill your dreams.

15 lessons on overcoming imposter syndrome from yesterday's space:

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@ndaigs @jameshansensim @MaxxSchult @silaspath @rachelladonna @EsthrLevy Boom!💥🔥 Great recommendation

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@jameshansensim All hail James 'Clear' Hansen🙌🙌

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@milky_selena Not everyone will see this as the piece is paywalled, but the issue is way bigger than 'hitting on', it's a reflection of increasingly polarised beliefs

https://t.co/jcFBoswGsD

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Don't disagree but it's an apples to oranges comparison. Degrees made YouTube possible!

Would still bank on YouTube (or online education more broadly) for an individual in the future

Degrees are heading for irrelevance without major reform, and I'm not sure the system can cope with what's needed, or wants it anyway

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We are more than 'one thing'

We are many, many things at once

In my culture I learned I was a 'black man'

I still am

But some of my most challenging life lessons have been about seeing that as a foundation rather than a limitation

Takes lifelong work from within

But it's one of the keys to self-liberation

Being boundless

You may not be a black man

But there may be one aspect of you that limits how you see you

Instead be you and be boundless

Work on it every day

[Fitz Andrew @FitzAndrew60]

Short answer: yes, and long overdue

Longer answer: the intersection between class and other identifiers cannot be factored out - the same KPMG report says that disparities are even more marked when viewed through an intersectional lens

So its a both/and rather than an either/or perspective that's needed

Also relevant that we are looking at a slice of an organisation which in relative terms attracts the 'elite' (or aims to do so) and thus accentuates the relevance of class as a feature of the culture at senior levels where social capital still counts for a lot in client and peer relationships

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@lukematthws SEND

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I'm a photographer and I approve this message 📸

[ANGEL FUX @angelfux_]

5 lessons photography has taught me that applies to anyone

- A Thread -

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Stumbling and falling is part of life

Been there. Been broke, been fired, been alone

I've used these steps to build character

Not easy, but what's worthwhile never is

So take the first step. You don't have to see the whole staircase

[Brian Maierhofer @brianmaierhofer]

Breaking your unwanted behaviors is easier than you think.

A 3-step system you can use right now:

(a therapist's favorite tool)

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Conflict between people is about dealing with three kinds of s**t

My s**t

Your s**t

And our s**t

Know which is which

That will get you far

[Fitz Andrew @FitzAndrew60]

'Get your butterflies flying in formation'

Great advice I took from a recent @TEDTalks podcast

In essence: don't let your feelings run you, run your feelings

Channel the feeling of anxiety into enhanced focus on the task at hand

Takes work

Transforming yourself requires it

[Fitz Andrew @FitzAndrew60]

Opportunity knocks

But sometimes quietly

So listen for the gold

You'll find it

[Fitz Andrew @FitzAndrew60]

Building your career or your business?

Sell your achievements

It's not conceit

It's doing yourself justice