But what are the good parts of being a Deep Diver? I think there are three primary reasons why this leadership principle is valuable: For the uninitiated (sorry, do you not live on TikTok?) manifesting is a practice that encourages people to harness positive thinking to achieve their wildest dreams. Essentially, manifesting says that if you think positively, you will operate on a high vibrational plane, which will encourage positive things to come your way. Yes, it sounds totally woo-woo, but boiled down, using mantras, channelling positive thinking, and developing gratitude are also methods that form part of some more traditional therapies. Whether you’re developing a new strategy or trying to achieve a specific objective, everyone in the organization should be included in discussions and decisions that could have a big impact on their work and the business. This is a key tenet of the Dive Deep leadership. Note that this leadership pricinple can be exchanged with Deep Dive depending on the usage. It all means the same however! What does the Dive Deep leadership principle mean?

Despite all that, I love her ways of talking about emotion and comparison in step six. As we always live in a culture of comparison, envy/jealousy must be something that takes a toll on us. Dealing with hostile emotions is a process for us to learn to validate those feelings so that they won't negatively impact our manifesting process. Although step six just sounds verbal with no practical practice, it does pique my attention with her inspiring words. For those who are open to the power of manifesting, Roxie's new book Manifest: Dive Deeper will support you in taking your self-development practice further.

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If you're one who needs practical exercise to power up your manifesting approach, you might love to go bottomless with this. As you know, manifest is about attracting things and visualizing something in your life. However, the author emphasizes the things that you 'attract' should make your life feel content and fulfilled. I think manifesting has a bad rep because of Tik Tok. It’s become such a trend and people really don’t understand it. I sometimes feel I’m the PR for manifesting trying to do damage control! People on Tik Tok say they manifested their Chanel bag. Well, that’s not really manifesting is about. Manifesting is a practice of self-belief that everybody can benefit from. It’s about bringing things into your life that will give you fulfilment and contentment and joy and peace. It’s also a misconception that it’s just about visualising. It’s about hard work”. There are some people online that are claiming you can put something on a vision board and then it happens. I'm never going to suggest putting a specific body image or a beautiful sofa on a vision board is going to make it magically appear. But, I think when you understand my practice and steps, it makes so much sense that it's hard to be skeptical about it."

This is the time we should be clear with our visualization. More details, the better! That should consider your first step. The author presents seven unique stages with some critical questions in each stage for you to answer. I love the approach as it contains simplicity and is broken down for you but I've trouble fully resonating with the steps given because it feels repetitive and too surface. And sometimes, it's like a workbook with too many pressing questions and less action. Do you get what I mean? I did love parts of this book, don’t get me wrong and I love love love the author and she was someone I wrote down in my “5 people who inspire you” list, I just wish this book dove deeper into the science behind manifestation whilst weaving in the 7 steps. An empowering and clear read, filled with helpful exercises, the book explores everything from your inner child to daily rituals, stepping outside your comfort zone and how to stop caring about what people think' VOGUE

Rather than wishing material items into our lives, manifesting, Nafousi says, is about re-training our brains, reflecting and refocussing. For her, this looks like regular journaling, and visualisations, but also “the way I show up, how I overcome tests, the boundaries I set in my life with other people.”

In the last couple of years, amid a renaissance of astrology, tarot, self-improvement, and journaling, manifesting has returned to the fore. On Tik Tok, #Manifestation has a staggering 24.8 billion views, with people claiming to have visualised all manner of things from life partners to jobs to holidays, houses, pets and even bank balances into existence. But, says Nafousi, this isn’t the intention of the practice. She makes no secret of her irritation at how the practice has been warped by social media messaging that prioritises an ever-materialistic capitalist view. I really loved the first book as it changed my entire perception about a word and concept I thought was “woo woo” for years. I feel like I am having to do damage control for manifesting. There are loads of misconceptions and I think it does give it a bad name," Roxie explains. But, the coach says you'd be forgiven for being skeptical about manifesting: "I understand though. If I hadn't delved into it, if I was on the outside and watching some of the videos on TikTok then I would probably be a sceptic, too. We can have this same experience with a great book. Instead of diving into the ocean, we can dive into a book. Yes, we can take a book dive. We go deep into the story. Look around and study the gorgeous art within the book. We savor the words over and over. Play and discover alongside the content from the book. And, most importantly we gather inspiration and dream of possibilities. Walk me through a big problem in your organization that you helped to solve. How did you become aware of it? What info did you gather, what was missing, and how did you fill the gaps? Did you do a post mortem analysis and what did you learn?