It has been a while. First rule of blogging broken – don’t ever write about how long it has been since the last post. The bar has been raised as each week goes by. It gets harder to write as the expectation in my head is that this next post had better be worth the … Read more
Another photo from the 365 day photo challenge to provoke ideas: It’s a photo of a beautiful building in Vancouver. We saw it on the edge of the Gastown District when we visited last year. Distinctive and visual, in a district where many of the high-rise buildings have gardens and trees on the roof. Some … Read more
We did a team project in work where we each had to come up with a photo a day for 365 days and share it through a Google Plus page. I finished the project recently and was thinking what to do next with the photos. And then the idea developed (no pun intended!) that I … Read more
Every time I think I have cracked this productivity thing, it comes back to bite me. I wax and wane with the business of habits. But in the last few weeks I have read some articles online that make it really clear to me that the route to success is paved with good habits rather … Read more
In the last blog post I spoke about the need to build a habit of writing 500 words a day. The plan was to see if this would help with regular writing and move forward the manuscripts I am working on. The process has been thought-provoking so I thought I should share some of it … Read more
So, I’ve been quiet on this blog. And that isn’t a reflection of a really busy frenzy of activity behind the scenes. It reflects a fallow period, with the fields left bare, no seeds, no crops, nothing to report! I wrote a couple of posts ago about chasing at least three rabbits across the field … Read more
A couple of paragraphs from the book I am working on about coaching: There are two big issues in many descriptions of coaching which are worth emphasising. Much of the literature about coaching emphasises that the coach doesn’t need to be highly skilled in the work of the client. Coaching practise in leadership and the … Read more
I’m a clear example of the evidence to show why we need to focus. In recent months I have mentioned several books that I am working on. The three that edge to the top of the list (there are 20 ideas in total!) are: alice reimagined – a book of poems, prose pieces, biographical sketches … Read more
I have a few different manuscripts on the go at the same time. I’ve written here about the book “The Journey to Wonder” which is half finished. This book is all about the people who have inspired my thinking and how they came to influence me. It’s a fun book to write as I write … Read more
I used to love getting phone calls. It was a regular occurrence and one filled with expectation. Whoever was calling me would have something interesting to discuss with me, after all. Then the world changed. Like many people around me, I haven’t had a landline for nearly a decade now. There’s just the mobile phone … Read more