Prestige Nursing & Care - Manchester

07/01/2025

You may not think this (because, ya know, I'm super confident), but I worry quite a lot.

I worry about
- Losing what I have built
- Getting a serious illness
- Not being good enough (whatever that means)
- Getting anxiety again like I had in my 20's

And a lot of the time when I write these self help kind of posts, I'm aiming them at myself.

It's stuff I need to hear as much as anyone else.

And a lot of the time I wish I'd worry less and be just be more relaxed about everything.

But is that even realistic? And if I was like that would I have become the person I am now?

I'm not quite sure what I'm trying to get at here but I suppose my point is this:

Despite what the world tells you, I don't think it's normal to feel good all the time.

I think it's actually normal to worry and feel out of your depth and have imposter syndrome and feel anxious.

But what's super important is that you act in spite of these feelings and don't be frozen in place by them.

Because they're only feelings after all, and we all have them.

So don't compare your inside to other people's outside and don't be fooled into thinking everyone else is different and they've all got it together becasue they haven't.

06/01/2025

There are consequences to taking action.

But there are also consequences to taking no action.

- Moving jobs
- Going into a gym for the first time
- Leaving a relationship

All of these things are daunting prospects and you will be forgiven for staying where you are. We all do it, change is scary and here is comfortable and familiar. Isn't it?

Maybe. Maybe not.

Because you also have to consider what the consequences are of staying put. Because making no decision is still making a decision.

It's the same if you have a care package you are thinking of leaving.

Are you sticking with it just because it's comfortable and it's what you know and your daunted by the prospect of moving.

The consequences of that are you may not be getting the best care for your client.

So maybe use this post as a sign that you need to change something and give me a call.

It might just be the best thing you do for them.

03/01/2025

As we move into another year my message is this.

You don't have make big changes to get get big results.

It's tempting to want to commit to making huge overhauls to your life in a bid to find some mythical happiness at the end of he rainbow.

I'm sorry to burst your bubble but that's just not very likely to happen.

So for me, this year, it's more of the same, with a few small tweaks.

- Continue to get up early and try my best each day
- Be a good dad, husband, friend, manager and colleague
- Be consistent and reliable

With a sprinkling of

- Less self criticism
- A little less worry
- A little more rest

So Happy New Year you everyone.

Try not to overthink it this year.

Just be small in your actions but be consistent and you'll be surprised at the changes that will bring.

23/12/2024

As is another of our Christmas traditions (alongside Grasmere Gingerbread), we signed off the year with a day at Haydock Races for our Christmas Party.

As well as the office team we also take our highest performing support workers from across the year for an all expenses paid day out, and it's always a great day.

We were lucky this year to have a friend of mine come along who is a good photographer so credit goes to Simon Jones for these super pictures that really capture the day we had.

I'm now signing off until 2025.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone. 🎅

20/12/2024

Being on your mobile phone all the time is bad.

I'm no expert but I have noticed in myself how it affects me and I'd like to change that.

So, over this holiday season (and hopefully beyond), I am going to be trying to use my phone as little as possible and engage with my friends and family more.

I have a feeling it will help with things like

- Relationships
- Concentration
- Enagement with life
- Improved Mental Health

But if you have read my posts before, you'll know I like to be more prescriptive when it comes to habit changes, so how am I going to do it?

I'm going to start small

Which is how I think all the best habits are started.

I want to:

- Start seeing myself as someone who doesn't need to check his phone every 2 minutes.
- Be a Dad (and friend) who isn't always on his phone when he's with people

So it'll just be two things for now and then the hope is it will snowball.

1. Put it in another room in the evenings, or anytime I am engaging with family at home.
2. Do not check it until I am out of bed and have brushed my teeth in a morning.

Should be easy right? 😵

19/12/2024

19/12/2024

Thanks for all the support everyone. What a ride!

11/12/2024

No person has a perfect track record.

Certainly no business does.

We all fall short and make mistakes. We lose our temper. We handle situations poorly.

And is there any worse feeling? Knowing that you screwed up?

It fills me with dread and makes me want to bury my head in the sand at times.

But you can't go back and undo what you've done. You can't erase it.

What you can do is learn from it and try to make what you do well far outweigh the screw ups.

Show your customers that generally this is not who you are and that the positives far outweigh any negatives.

Keep your head up. Step up. Try again tomorrow.

09/12/2024

Choose a better care agency today.

One that will do it's absolute best to provide you with a great service.

Here are 5 things you will get if you choose us:
1. Staff profiling and matching to the clients
2. Consistency of staff so it feels like your own team
3. A dedicated Account Manager that knows your care package inside out
4. Access to a pool of over 200 staff
5. Speed of response whatever the circumstance

Sound appealing?

06/12/2024

The secret weapon of successful a Care Manager is Emotional Intelligence.

It can be very easy to:

- Overreact
- Apportion Blame
- Get down on yourself

So it's important to learn how to be:

- Balanced
- Responsive (not reactive)
- Love yourself

Here's the truth:

If you can master your emotional intelligence

And invest time in yourself.

You will be a better manager and build better relationships.

So don't neglect how important working on yourself can be to your professional life.