Advice from Dave Pollard’s weblog (How to save the world): – Do one or two things really well!! That focuses right in on one of the things I have real challenge with. Even at the best of times, it is a real effort to sustain focus on one thing for very long. I always have … Read more
Over the last ten days I have had the chance to deliver a workshop testing out some of the ideas from my PhD thesis. The workshop, called “Working with Archetypes: understanding individual and group behaviour” takes a group through a series of exercises and techniques which introduces the concepts and ways to make use of … Read more
I have had a pack of playing cards for a few years now that was created by Roger von Oech (www.creativethink.com). It is called a ‘Creative Whack Pack’ and I use it when I am a bit stuck in moving things forwards. For the last two days I have started the day by choosing a … Read more
“many introverts produce work so controlled and organised that all life has gone from it” – William Empson The introvert needs to take extra effort to get out there and interact, otherwise the tendency to define life in terms of achievements can become all-consuming at the expense of sanity. Ideas of introvert and extravert personality … Read more
So we all find it difficult at times to apply ourselves to the things that need doing, when there are lots of things that don’t need doing, but we want to do because they are fun! This morning I was supposed to be settling to the redrafting of the PhD thesis which I feel like … Read more