30/01/2026
Learning To Ski… (pt 1)
Not humble brag about a skiing holiday or romping about the 🏔️ ..but a reflection on what my venture brought me with the marginal ability to go forward, turn, stop and use the magic carpet …with the kids 🤭
I was very nervous, so I decided to manage it like a race 🤔 arrive early, soak in atmosphere, observe and breath.
‘I’m really scared’ 😱 I blurted out to my instructor Ali as soon as she arrived.
‘If I can just learn to clip into my 🎿 that would be OK with me’ I offered, managing my expectations of what success could look like.
What Ali did next was superb…
‘Super’ replied Ali, ‘let’s do that and then have a ☕️ ’ knowing full well I didn’t mean it 🤭 but allowing me the comfort that it was an option.
Ali then gave me bitesize things to 💭 about:
☑️ Explain the ski, boot etc
☑️Clip in and scoot on one ski
☑️ Clip in and scoot on the other ski
☑️ Clip in and scoot on both skis and shuffle…
…until there’s a tiny gradient that moves you forward. Away we went ⛷️ success 🙂
It reminded me of how important it is to notice, when anything is new, unknown, slightly scary and all these things 🙃 at once.
➡️ Much like running a business, moving into a new role, becoming a leader or just the changes in life.
We can do a lot of things in isolation, but when we add them together, quickly and under stress, they often go less well.
The basics that support us and those we need to come with us:
✅Breaking tasks down, celebrate the small steps.
✅ Being clear on expectations and giving ourselves and others some grace – it’s not all going to go right first time.
✅ Recognising fear, not removing it, is key - we can use it to inform us and learn to manage it when the pressure increases, rather it is overwhelming us.
✅ Review - what needs to come next and that might not be something else. It might be the same thing, again and again, because that’s the solid foundation to build from.
What are you not starting because it feels too overwhelming and all at once?
If you broke it down and did one small thing today, how might that feel?
See you out there 🍂