Turning the sad news of the death of an impressive man into a commitment to live more like him. Paul died on Thursday. I don’t know that for sure. I know he’s died. I’m just not sure exactly when. What I do know is that the news of his death, shared with me by a […]
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Networking. It’s like sucking on a lemon. It needn’t be. A nine-point plan and some golden rules. I’m going to a conference next week. It’s an important one for me. An experience I really value for a number of different reasons. I’m really looking forward to it, specifically the opportunity to meet new people in […]
I’ve been thinking a lot over the past few days about the different ways I lose motivation. This thinking arose from a moment in the bath when I noted a sense of frustration about the rate my business was (or wasn’t) growing. Nestling alongside that was a mild sense of anxiety experienced thinking about a […]
The New York Times story by Jolie Kerr – ‘How to Hold Healthy Grudges‘ (2 January 2019) – grabbed my attention last week. Initially because the story came to my attention because of one person I follow retweeted it with a comment saying he considered the advice was duff because holding a grudge is never […]
I wrote recently about how to maximise the holiday downtime. Now with the return to work upon (though I acknowledge that a great many have already returned to work), an opportunity presents itself to maximise the first few days at work. Why the first few days back are the most important Returning to the everyday […]
I wrote this blog post yesterday, on the last day of 2018. It’s a tradition of mine. Capturing what’s happened in the past twelve months, looking for opportunities to celebrate discoveries, people, and learning. The post finishes off with a check against last year’s objectives (note, they’re objectives not resolutions), plus a list of ten […]
Here’s something new for 2018’s end of year metaphorical sorting and packing away. I’ve picked out three images from my iPhone camera roll from this year that represent something I want to a) discard, b) celebrate, and c) carry forward into 2019. Picture [a] is a shot of a sign taken on a coaching training […]
I’m signing out for Christmas today. At least, that’s what I’ve told myself. Now that I’m my own boss I can do that sort of thing – make arbitrary decisions about ‘leave’. In actual fact, I’ve opted for today because that’s the day my next door neighbour is going on leave. She doesn’t realise it, […]