If only I’d been any good at maths, I might have been a scientist. But I wasn’t, and I’m not. So when the world of popular science opened up a few years ago, I devoured what was being written by a range of very patient authors who gave more than a nod to people like… Read More Back to basics . . .
You may recall my recent epiphany around listening (Give in to it 05 September 2015). It was a story shared from my coaching perspective: well, you’d expect a good coach to be able to hear what you’re saying, and to listen well, wouldn’t you? Listening as a stand-alone skill, is way up there on my list… Read More Bringing them into focus . . .
Yesterday was busy. The Gas Man called to service my central heating, but decided to condemn my fire instead – please don’t tell my dog – she worships it; I packed my carry-on luggage for an impending trip abroad, and am wondering how I’m ever going to zip it up (hmm . . . where is… Read More I just know it . . .
This is real victim territory. Not victim of course in the sense of someone doing something to you that you don’t deserve or which is so unspeakably cruel it effects a serious, significant impact on your wellbeing. But the victim mentality that encourages you to believe it’s always someone else’s fault, or that the change… Read More We each have a choice . . .
The Daily Telegraph this year announced the results of a Glassdoor survey revealing the top 20 employers for work-life balance. My company wasn’t in it. Apparently in the UK, companies don’t have a great reputation; we work some of the longest hours in Europe and 25% of professionals are dissatisfied with how much… Read More Spending time . . .
The first in my Note to self series. Print if off, cut it out, keep it close. Look out for others coming your way over the next few weeks.
A family member tells us the lengthiest of stories. Their best involved a vivid description of the furniture in their bedroom, to explain where they kept their Will. We learnt the colour of the carpet, the age of the bed (why?), the difference between the wardrobes in their room – subsequently identified as Wardrobe No.… Read More Wardrobe No. 2 . . .
John L. Brekke, Mirror In My Pocket.
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