This message appeared in a group chat I’m part of this weekend. I wasn’t in the hospital this weekend. Were you? I hope not. I had a lovely weekend with Catherine. I ran this morning, our fridge is full and bills are paid. Elsewhere – people you know are struggling. Illness, heartbreak, sick children, money …
We’ve just come home from a few days away with friends. We did a lot of sitting in the spring sunshine in their lovely garden and walking on a different beach. And on the third day there we both had brilliant ideas about our businesses and our lives. Coincidence? Nope. Your brain is an amazing …
Why Leaders Need Safe Spaces to Grow There are times when we can’t cope. Times when – despite our best efforts – all has gone to sh*t and we’re done. Where do you go when you need to fall apart? You are fortunate if you have people who will accept you then, who will listen …
Tragically, 67 people died in a collision in the skies over Washington D.C. last week. It seems to have been a routine journey for everyone involved. They had plans which included a flight, they turned up, took off and never arrived at their destination. I know you too have given a moment to think of …
But when you examine how profit is actually calculated, you discover that there is no mention of environmental cost, human cost or community cost. Should there be? Is business responsible for the impact of what it produces beyond its profit/loss statement and balance sheet? Focus in on just the human cost for a moment. Cost …
It turns out National Quitters’ Day was January 17th and represents the day people typically give up on their New Year’s resolutions. I didn’t know it was a thing until I started seeing posts about it, then I had to look it up. I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. I did make a decision though …
Try this: don’t think of a blue elephant. What did you see in your mind’s eye? An elephant perhaps? Maybe a blue one? Most people do and the reason is simple: So if you think “I don’t want to feel so tired”, your mind thinks tired. If you think “I want fewer hassle clients”, your …
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 …
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 …
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 …