I’m having a bit of a thing with Barry Gibb. It started a few weeks ago when I spent the afternoon on my sofa watching him take the Sunday afternoon crowd at Glastonbury by storm with a back catalogue that many will never be able to rival. And then I had a bit of a… Read More Stayin’ alive . . .
Bishop John James (R4, 12 July 2017) pondered recently on what might happen if essentials in our lives went pear-shaped at the same time – computer crashes, energy failures, supermarket shortages. He mooted the idea that, in the future, having a strip of land, a garden, an allotment, might be our key to survival –… Read More Onwards and upwards . . .
Last November an online survey called The Rest Test was launched to investigate what rest means to different people, how they like to rest and whether there is a link between rest and well-being. It was notable that when asked which words they associated with rest, just under 10% of people chose “guilty” or even… Read More Busy doing nothing . . .
There’s a bit of an in-joke that my husband and I share. When he’s done something that I feel he needs feedback on, or that surprises me (OK, I mean when he gets it wrong), and when I’ve got over his minor indiscretion or slip up, and he thanks me for my wonderful patience, I… Read More To forgive is . . .
Working with a group of first line managers last week reminded me that good leadership development is as much about learning something new as it is about reaffirming that what you’re already doing is fine. This is especially true of many people I work with who are all so genuinely modest that they sometimes forget to… Read More 10 minutes of me time . . .
No. 9 in my Note to self series. Print if off, cut it out, keep it close.
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