NeilLawson

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭?

LinkedIn just signposted an article on the news about coming back to work after your summer vacation and the feelings around that. It’s an interesting article and intended to be helpful, but I found one phrase that shocked me. It was this: “If you did take a holiday, the return to work can feel like …

Mindset We Need Change

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐳𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫

I read a lovely post this morning (read it here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jim-matlock-661506239_veterans-vfw-education-activity-7235291383375290368-xkRw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop). The gist is that a US school teacher had 27 veterans bring in the desks for young children just starting school. Her point was that the children only had the freedom to occupy those desks due to the service and sacrifice of people like …

Enjoy the Journey Mindset Mission Reflect & Monitor

WHEN DO YOU PLAY?

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐜k 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡? Play is how we begin our lives as children – we spend untold hours entertaining ourselves in stuff (or at least, I and my generation did). We explored the world, tried things just to see what happened. We used out imaginations to create worlds and games and …

Enjoy the Journey Mindset Mission Reflect & Monitor

I THINK WE ARE BORN SLOW AND CONNECTED TO OURSELVES

We are born having very simple needs – comfort, food, to be clean and safe and warm. Over time, we are “educated” into fast and thinking-is-king and that results are the only thing that matters. We lose that connectedness, slow and awareness of our bodies and feelings. We become wedded to the idea that happiness …

Mindset Mission We Need Change

WHERE DO YOU SEE PROFIT PUT BEFORE OTHER VALUES?

A recent post received a lot of responses. It was a thought experiment where a lower rate of return could be chosen to prioritise looking after people or a higher return that cost 1000 people their jobs. I speculated that the most common decision was the higher return regardless of the adverse impact to a …

Mission

DO YOU LEAD FROM YOUR HEAD OR YOUR HEART IN BUSINESS

Here’s a little thought experiment. Say you are a board member in the boardroom. There’s two proposals being put on the table. One proposal is going to make a return of 7% and it involves sacking 1000 people somewhere, closing down a location perhaps. Another proposal on the table which is going to make a …

Mission

I HAVE A MISSION

I have a mission. It’s huge. I have not spoken openly about this because I have been wanting to get the i’s dotted and the t’s crossed and all the details sorted out. Which of course is code for procrastinate. So I want to start writing about my mission just as it is now. It’s …

Enjoy the Journey Mindset Reflect & Monitor

Qualified but uninspired? I know you can do it, but do you want to?

Is your work zapping your passion these days? Do you feel experienced, but bored? I know I can do this, but do I want to? This is the key question. So many of us do things because that’s the road we are on. If you are going to change things, you need to decide to …

Mindset

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A GREAT CLIENT

Coaching is an immensely powerful means of self-transformation and growth. An expert coach is obviously necessary, but so is a great client. If someone is not willing or able to be coached, the outcome is very difficult to achieve. Here is what I define as being a great client: But here’s what I know for …

Mindset Reflect & Monitor

𝑨 𝑻𝑹𝑶𝑼𝑩𝑳𝑬𝑫 𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑳𝑫

The world’s people are in peril. We no doubt live in a noisy, numb, narcissistic age. The talents and attentions of the majority are not invested in personal mastery and social responsibility but squandered on games, voyeurism, and base sensationalism. We have recklessly abandoned what truly matters – the striving to be great as individuals …

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