It was a business dinner. Senior leaders from across the region had been invited. One of them was standing next to me at the pre-dinner drinks, chatting intently. Then he lowered his voice, “I’m not good at this whole schmoozing thing, Stuart. It makes me feel very out of my depth and uncomfortable.” This was … Read more
This is a guest post by Su Fowler-Johnson – her second post on this site. You can see her first post here. I’ve always been interested in what makes people tick. Why we behave the way we do. What is it that drives us to want to be around some people more than others? What … Read more
In the last few months we have been travelling. Back in March we visited Hungary and spent 5 days in Budapest. It was an impressive experience. The day after we arrived a late dose of snow fell on the city. It created a magical feel for a city that was already filled with stunning Gothic … Read more
It’s been a while since I posted a quick summary of the music I am listening to. If you have been reading my blog for a few years (yes, you at the back with your eyes closed!) you will know that I am mad about music and have pretty diverse tastes. So, for what it’s … Read more
I have been away for the last couple of weeks for a holiday in Italy. Now as September gets into full stride, schools are starting up again, universities will be underway soon too. The roads will fill with traffic again and from space we will all look like we are rushing around again. How much … Read more
This is a guest post by Su Fowler-Johnson. I’ve been talking to Su about blogging and kept asking why she didn’t blog. This is the result of my gently nagging for a guest post. Perhaps there will be more, and just perhaps Su will start her own blog soon. You can find out more about … Read more
After two days of posts about beauty, that made me curious to see if I could find a poem which would keep the theme going. The poem I chose is from “the alice conversations” which I wrote back in 2004. It is a collection of poems about the archetype of the anima (the inner feminine … Read more
We need to look closely in the present moment. It’s so easy to just walk past, head full of cloudy thoughts of past and future. But… stop for a moment and really look. Then we can see the beauty in front of us. Walking with a camera helps with this. If we have a hammer … Read more
Sometimes beauty is all about light and the fleeting moment. Photo taken across the River Mersey towards Cammell Laird Ship Yard.
One of the key principles of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is that we can learn a lot by looking at how other people who are highly effective function and extracting from that study ideas which we can implement ourselves. This is a really helpful practise. But it can be difficult to do when we are … Read more