This is what changed for me ...

I've been sharing my thoughts and experiences in blogs over the past couple of months and as a result, have had the opportunity to connect with so many of you over difficult situations at work ...

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Your support means the world ... and I know that together we can change things.

I thought at this point it would be a good thing to put things in perspective and share more of the backstory about my journey to high performance.

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A few years ago, I was broken.

No one knew what was really happening to me.

I was a cybersecurity professional struggling to come to terms with the very hostile and toxic work culture I found myself facing.

I was working hard to manage my team and deliver to the business in a very challenging work environment and becoming more and more conscious that I was doing all this in order to provide the best for my family and live my dreams.

But I wasn't feeling the fulfilment that I needed to stay motivated.

Too many days were lost to fear or worry.

Then something CHANGED.

Today things are VERY different for me.

In the last few years, I have seen my personal development skyrocket.

I decided to leave full-time employment and start my own consultancy, this step alone took huge amounts of courage, I was worried I wouldn't be successful, I was fearful of the unknown and I couldn't see what my life would look like once I'd taken the leap ... looking back I am so pleased I trusted my instincts and did it. I now work the hours I want to work and am in control of what I let into my life. 

At the same time I decided to get into the best shape of my life and found a Body Transformation Coach who helped me take more brave steps to get my health and fitness back, I am now in control of my eating and have maintained my results for over 12 months. Working with Colette, taught me about long term habits that needed to be implemented into my day so I could show up and be ready to cope with anything life threw at me. She showed me how important looking after myself every day is ... and I realised this is the key to success ... a healthy mind, a healthy body, equals a healthy life!

I went on to qualify as a high-performance coach and now put my work into practice every day, the daily habits that I apply to my life are the habits that I teach my clients. This qualification has renewed my confidence in my ability to help people perform at a high level in their organisations. 

I decided to write a book called ROAR! which is underway and I am planning a launch towards the end of the year. I never anticipated how much work would go into doing something like this and how much research and soul searching I would have to do to articulate my thoughts and get my message out of my heart and my head onto paper.

I shared the stage with leaders and luminaries when I delivered my TED-style talk at PwC’s inaugural Alumni Live event in June 2018, “Completing the human firewall”. 

I was invited to be the employment mentor for a one-day hackathon organised by WE HACK London, that brought together people with skills, organisations with expertise and leaders from across the city to tackle youth unemployment.

I delivered various keynote speeches: a Nimbus Ninety event in 2018,  the Cyber Security & Cloud Expo 2019, the Cyber Security & Resilience Conference 2019 and at Forcepoint Security Strategy Forum 2019. I am speaking at PeepSec in a couple of weeks.  

I contributed to articles, including a foreword for a White Paper by Layer8 - Developing Secure Behaviours, and another for Infosec People, on why Security Awareness & Culture professionals are now in such high demand. 

SO WHAT CHANGED EXACTLY?

I’m not sharing any of this to blow my own trumpet, in fact, I’m so incredibly grateful that I even get to do any of this.

I have to pinch myself every so often just to check I'm not dreaming.

Still, there is no question that SOMETHING shifted in me and that shift brought about these opportunities.

That shift began a transformation. 

It was a massive upgrade of my mindset.

I realised that the rest of me ... had to follow suit ... my body, my focus, my approach to working with people, even my purpose.

So I have strategically developed my psychology, physiology, productivity, and people skills so that I could advance my dreams and help people like you step into the realms of high performance. 

I have found a formula for getting ahead, and I started leveraging PROVEN high-performance habits, strategies and tools to find that total upgrade of my life.

Today, I’m challenging you to find THE THING that will change your current situation and take you to the next level. To figure out where you want your life to go, and how you want to live it. 

It’s your time now my friend.

- Marilise

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