Now I get it . . .
“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.” David Foster Wallace (Infinite Jest)
I’m very well thanks . . .
Carl Cederström and André Spicer each dedicated a year to self-improvement – see The Guardian (02 January 2017) where you can decide for yourself where you stand on the notion of the wellness syndrome. Is there anything wrong with being well, or wanting to be well? Is being told to be well different to wanting to… Read More I’m very well thanks . . .
On your bike . . .
I’ve been reading about the concept of marginal gains that Sir Dave Brailsford applied to the Team GB cycling team. While I’m aware that professional cycling has been beset with more than a scandal or two recently, I did nevertheless wonder how a marginal gains approach might apply to people working in other teams. In… Read More On your bike . . .
It’s your life . . .
“Don’t take my advice. Or anyone’s advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it’s your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.” Nicholas Sparks (The Best of Me)
Have faith in yourself . . .
“Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Finding perspective . . .
Yes, we’re each different, and how wonderful it is to know that there’s no one quite like me. I learn from others every day; I question my own way of doing/thinking something based on observations of others; and I have changed my tack more often than not because I prefer someone else’s ideas to my… Read More Finding perspective . . .
Coming of age . . .
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” Albert Einstein
Be yourself . . .
“You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!” John Lennon
The Boss may be right . . .
Listening to Bruce Springsteen speak on Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4, 18 December 2016) I was really taken by his commentary on taking responsibility for what you do and how you feel. He highlighted the tendency we can all have to think or say, “I feel bad because …” with the because bit being where you’re… Read More The Boss may be right . . .
Please can you tell me . . .
Alison Green’s “Ask a manager” blog receives 50+ questions a day, and 2 million visitors a month. Ms Green says she drew her inspiration for writing the column from Carolyn Hax, a Washington Post advice columnist: “What she had done for me is really drill in my head that you have to confront the reality of… Read More Please can you tell me . . .
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