Cambridge considers typed exams as handwriting worsens Really? The only thing I’m surprised by here is that they’re not available already. Makes sense to me that we harness good technology and put it to use. I’ll bemoan the decline in handwriting standards another day. For now … I’m happy to celebrate.… Read More About time …
It seems that Billy Vunipola wrote his autobiography at the age of 24, so he could make more money for his Mum and Dad. Ha! That’s nothing. I am the proud owner of a 2-volume tome written when I was only 12. I was always a little precocious. But seriously – I… Read More The truth is …
A most lovely colleague who I have come to admire more and more for her generosity and authenticity, told me she’d made a tray bake for a recent event at work. She sent me the photo. And knowing her – I bet it tasted just as good as its most wonderful sentiment made me… Read More Sweet …
Leonardo to do lists What I got from this story? That Leonardo da Vinci had a to do list. Thinking about it … I guess he could have well invented them? I never cease to be surprised by what I read.
“You may be able to “buy” a person’s back with a paycheck, position, power, or fear, but a human being’s genius, passion, loyalty, and tenacious creativity are volunteered only.” L. David Marquet, Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followings into Leaders
How might you describe someone who has self-actualized? What do you see in others that you admire? I tend to think that people who have self-actualized are comfortable with who they are and how they are. They know their failings and their strengths. They can make themselves understood when they speak. They can listen. They… Read More No time like now …
Someone asked me for an example of people thinking differently in terms of how they approach their outer life–what are the behaviours others might see in them? So, an example … My son has recently set up house and seems grateful for the odd bit of cast-off furniture we can send his way. So, finding ourselves with… Read More How others might see you?
Another quote that suggests it’s the destination that’s the reward … “Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.” Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque, 1881
When do we let ourselves down? When we’ve made a decision for the wrong reason? When we’ve not spoken up in favour of an action that we know is required? When we haven’t found time in a busy day to take just one minute to praise someone we know needs our attention? When we try… Read More Your personal best …
I queued to pay for my coffee at one of my company’s many fabulous in-house coffee shops. Presenting my card for payment prompted my server to share with me that it was her first day at this location, and that she was a little nervous, despite having worked for years at a very similar location… Read More Something old, something new …
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