Category: Blog
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How to accept and maybe even forgive (in 20 years)
It’s twenty years and a day or two since I boarded an early morning flight from Heathrow to Latvia to attend the Eurovision for the first time. I’d blagged my press accreditation for behind-the-scenes access by ringing the BBC switchboard and asking to be put through the producer responsible for the UK’s entry that year. […]
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Video Calls: Observations and assumed best practice
As we approach a year of remote working here in the UK, it seems a little late to be drawing up a list of advice for video call communications. But, a blog wouldn’t be a blog if it wasn’t inspired by real-life experiences. So, here’s a round-up of some thoughts and feelings about video call […]
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Managing stressful situations in lockdown
This experience we’re living through is tough Over the past few weeks I’ve hit upon a way of handling some of the day to day challenges brought about by the toxic combination sustained remote working and restricted isolated living. Nobody should allow themselves to be misled by this weird time. We are led to believe […]
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Giving Positive Feedback
Look for the good in others and over time you’ll either receive it back or, even better, you’ll learn to see it in yourself I’m always very excited when friends embark on epic journeys. When a friend embarks on an epic journey it is, for those old enough to remember, a present-day real-life re-run of […]
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Journalling
Suggestions for reflective journalling based on Ryder Carroll’s Bullet Journalling system I’ve been bullet journalling for nearly a couple of years now. It’s helped me organise my self-employed life and help keep track of my thinking on a variety of different topics. A few people have asked about the hows, the whats and the whys. […]
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Manage middle of the night worries
Strategies to distract you from rumination when you wake up unexpectedly during the night Don’t think you’re alone. We all do it. We wake up at 4am worrying about something or other, willing ourselves to stop thinking about it in the hope we’ll drop back off to sleep, before relenting, clambering out of bed and starting […]
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Managing difficult conversations
A step-by-step process to make difficult conversations easier No one likes having difficult conversations. They’re not easy. If they were they wouldn’t be difficult. Follow this recipe to help make the conversation fruitful. Guidelines These suggestions are for any conversations you need to have but don’t want to have. No one likes having these kind […]
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Receiving Feedback
There’s as much effort in receiving it as there is in giving it. But, with a bit of practise it needn’t be heavy weather. It might even help develop thinking. I used to work for a big organisation where feedback was an integral part of the creative process. This often used to bleed joy from […]
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Be more like Paul
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
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 […]