Catching Fireworks

In the confusion of what we can/can't, should/shouldn't be doing, this is a tool I have been using with some of my coaching clients during these times when it can feel that everything is out of your control. It might be of use to some of you.

Get a piece of paper and draw a circle in the ce...

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I had a conversation with a freelance colleague recently about Christmas and the lessons we can learn from it.

As a freelancer, with a freelancer husband, she was talking about the dilemma of having to work for some of the time during the ho...

Are you one of those people who feel you are brilliant at solving other peoples’ problems, but useless at solving your own?

It is often the case that we can see other peoples’ situations in a much clearer light than our own, clouded as they can be by our imposter syndrome, ...

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Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Albert Schweitzer

I was sta...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection.

From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Peter Drucker

"One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors."

Cyril Cusack

How many times have you found that your work or career has been taken to another level, or just mad...

Last week, I got stuck in a lift.  

It wasn’t quite as dramatic as it sounds: the outside wall of the lift was glass, overlooking a wide open expanse; the lift never moved so I was just stuck on the ground floor, not between floors; I was only in there for 5 minutes; and the alarm button was extr...

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

Lucille Ball

Wherever you look today, there are Valentine’s Day cards, chocolates,...