We are very pleased to be giving away one of two copies of Doris Sew Hoy’s book ‘Trust Yourself First’, to our GrownUps members.
All you need to do to enter the draw is be a GrownUps member, make sure you’re signed up to our newsletter and fill in your details near the bottom of the page!
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About Trust Yourself First
A New Zealand-born Chinese accredited career, leadership, and executive coach shares her invaluable tools to help you unlock your personal and professional potential.
“Trusting yourself is about learning to lead yourself… about caring for yourself… then you can quietly exude the kind of leadership, confidence and persona that others want to follow.”
In Trust Yourself First: Cultivating Self-Awareness, Confidence & Resilience, seasoned executive coach Doris Sew Hoy shares her expertise, research, and original tools of the trade curated to help you unlock your personal and professional potential. This guidebook poses thought-provoking and incisive questions to ask yourself, interspersed with Doris’ own candid musings. The answers will not only build self-confidence and resilience, but will motivate you to:
- Explore your roots
- Embrace your vulnerabilities
- Enhance your emotional vocabulary
- Discover the magic of Clean Language
- Develop healthy habits, and more
Trust Yourself First implores you to reflect on who you are, where you’ve been, and where you want to go so that you will realize that a well-balanced, meaningful life is well within reach.
“An engaging book about trust and honoring the best in yourself and others. This book will give you the courage and tools to embrace change and make it your own.” – Carol Wilson, CEO of Culture at Work and author of The Work and Life of David Grove: Clean Language and Emergent Knowledge.
“Love the style of writing – clear, easy to follow – and full of insightful perspectives and rich references, weaving her own story into more general information and learning points.” – Angela Dunbar, author of Clean Coaching: The Insider Guide to Making Change Happen.
“Fascinating…this book is a tribute to the value of being a citizen of the World. It blends memoir as daughter of a Chinese immigrant family in New Zealand with work and lived experience in the US and UK, with bringing up adopted daughters with Chinese heritage, with deep and wise advice from an experienced coach on how to become your own true self. I loved it.” – Jenny Rogers, award-winning international executive coach and author of Coaching Skills: The Definitive Guide to Being a Coach.
About the author:
A proud New Zealand-born Chinese accredited career, leadership and executive coach, Doris is based in Surrey, UK and works globally either in person or online. She facilitates a deeper appreciation of your authentic self, with the mindset and behaviours to get what you want to have happen. She embraces diversity and inclusion, culturally and cognitively, with fairness and equality being her two core values.
Doris began her career as an economist with the London Stock Exchange before transitioning to become a coach and group facilitator. She believes that learning to lead and caring for oneself is at the heart of becoming the kind of leader you want to be and others want to follow.
A keen public speaker, she is the author of Trust Yourself First: Cultivating Self-Awareness, Confidence & Resilience. Her book draws on her professional training in Clean Language, inspiring you to reflect on your own life and where you want to go, guiding you to identify and truly work to your strengths to harness your potential and become your best self.
Doris has an MBA and MSc. in Organisational Behaviour and is qualified in a range of psychometric instruments including Myers Briggs, Firo-B, and a range of 360 feedback instruments. A long-term member of Toastmasters International, she also trains and mentors individuals in public speaking, developing their personal confidence and stage presence.
Terms and conditions
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- You must be a GrownUps member and receive our newsletter to be eligible to win.
- Competition closes on the 4th July 2023, winners will be notified via email by 6th July 2023.
- It is your responsibility to ensure you correctly enter a New Zealand postal address where the prize can be couriered. GrownUps will not take responsibility for prizes sent to incorrect addresses.
- Winners are drawn at random by the GrownUps administration team.
- GrownUps employees and family are not eligible to enter.
- By entering the giveaway, you approve for GrownUps to use your name on social media as winner of the competition.
- One entry per household.
- Prize is non transferrable.
- You must reside in New Zealand – the prize will only be posted within New Zealand.
- You must be over 50 years of age to enter, check your details are correct in your membership dashboard.