I’ve been reading a fascinating book lately by Lisa Messenger, in it she talks about how she consciously built an empowering culture for her employees. Now I’ve worked in some very dubious work cultures, I’ve worked in places where it was accepted that staff members worked way more hours than they were …
I’d heard for many years that unhappiness about a situation is resolved by either changing the situation, or changing your perspective. I intellectually understood this idea, and in some scenarios was able to apply it. For example, about five years ago I was in a (sort of) relationship that was using up …
It’s easy to get your head so into a project or a piece of work that you don’t come up for air for days. When you’re ambitious, and you want to make stuff happen it’s seductive to throw your whole being into what you’re creating. For most entrepreneurs you become your project …
When I lived in London I used to walk an hour to get to work. I’d walk past I don’t know how many thousands of people on my way, and rarely connected with any of them. There was one man however, who stood opposite Liverpool Street Station in London who sold the …
I believe we are here to feel. Feeling is what we are born to do. I imagine each feeling as a doorway on a long corridor. With every feeling I experience I get to step through a new door and experience a new landscape (unless I fight the feeling of course, which …
Thoughts on turning an idea into reality. If you have ideas about starting a business, expanding your current business, or taking on a different kind of project, it can be difficult to turn the ideas into action. Coaching is one method for making that happen.
Brené Brown suggests that there are many people in leading positions who don’t actually know the first thing about good leadership. I know this, I have come across several such people in various places of past employment. Traditionally management has been mistaken for leadership. The idea that people can and should be …
So a few posts back I talked about trying various self-development practices and feeding my thoughts back to my wonderful followers. On that note, this week I offer a reflection on meditation… I have been lucky enough to travel to many places in the world. I spent much of my late teens/early …
Have you ever let yourself really dream about what’s possible? Have you ever spent conscious time focussing on your intentions for the future? Thoughts and dreams are powerful things, if given enough focus and energy they really can come true. In my latest video blog (in collaboration with Federated Films) you …
So just to clarify I am not due to be wed anytime soon, sorry if I lured you into this post on false pretences. I’m not even sure that getting married is for me, I’ve been asking my married friends for years what made them take the step, with answers including ‘because …
