I got interviewed recently as a speaker for the Association for Coaching 2013 national conference Time to Develop which was a great deal of fun. One of the interview questions concerned the need for everyone to take time out to develop. In my experience building career and leadership programmes for many different professionals as well as…
“Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you’ve found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.” – Lawrence Block Needs are things that are either essential or very important for healthy life. For example as an organism, humans need oxygen to breathe, live and…
It’s been a busy month writing invited blogs which is such a joy. This blog written for Clinfield – an organisation that is championing and actively supporting career development for research practitioners and especially nurses in UK – came as a result of putting together an exciting new programme that I will be offering around…
This is the TEDx talk I gave in February 2013 for TedX organised by Lisa Jacob. First, a big thanks to all those helping her our on the day to make us feel so welcomed and to the technical specialists behind this video which looks fab. Thank you! If you like the talk please share…
As we enter January many of us will undoubtedly bump up against folks setting new year resolutions and those refusing to do so on various principles. So here are three insights that I have recently shared with a group of professional executive assistants. If you implement these practices, you will no doubt notice that your…
1. Life is actually pretty easy Yep. I know you may not agree. You may look around and think you’re struggling, working yourself out and hardly have any time left to enjoy this so called easy life. Maybe the person you love let you down and told you you’re not their number one priority and…
For centries many cultures believed in signs. For example native American Indians viewed all things (living and dead) as having a spirit and a meaning. Listening to the signs was an integral part of Indian life. I have never tried this out for myself, though on many occasions I experienced a deep feeling, call it…
Few months ago I was approached by a professional artist called Suki Chan to take part in her new installation entitled A hundred Seas Rising – currently at Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth. I loved the idea she had for the project. She was going to record the voices of 100 people and their ideas for a…
I am absolutely amazed how many people give up their dreams. Whether it’s that awesome partner they can envisage or a business they are wanting to create. Or a career. I have heard too many individuals I met talk themselves out of the things they really desire and want. You know what I’m talking about.…
Over the last few weeks I had the pleasure of meeting a number of amazingly talented individuals that are not living their true dream. You know what I mean. That ideal vision of how life would look like for them. And neither am I, though I’m getting closer. All this stuckness got me thinking about…