Follow your passion…

Posted by on 27 Sep 2011 in Blog, Coaching, Mentoring, motivation, Personal | 3 comments

Has anyone ever asked you this question? I have heard this question many times over the years and admit to being a little overwhelmed by it. My thoughts run into overdrive as I analyse all the permutations of the things I am passionate about. Of course, it depends on the context. For me it would be my partner and my children, for sport it would be football and for recreation it would be hill walking. For work it would be to serve people. I didn’t always know that. From an early age it was all about making a living, getting on in life and...

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30 Days…

Posted by on 6 Jul 2011 in Blog, motivation | 0 comments

It seems that the self help fraternity have been saying for many years that you can change a habit in 30 days. A simple Google search on changing habits returns 150 million references, so there is a lot of useful stuff out there, with varying levels of detail, from the simple to the very complex ideas. I like to keep things simple. It helps my clients stay focused on what needs to be done, rather than trying to remember a load of detail. I also like to keep things positive as for some reason it seems to work. However, I know people who prefer...

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Being someone…

Posted by on 5 May 2011 in Blog, Coaching, motivation, Personal | 0 comments

Do you take your personal development seriously? A serious question. Really! There is a spectrum of people regarding personal development. There are some who read every personal development book there is, watch every inspirational TED video and listen to all the mantras on the many podcasts out there. There are others who just get on with their life, grinding through each day, taking the opportunities and the challenges as they come. There are all those in between. So what is the right way? Well, in all honesty, whatever is right for you. If...

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A surprising truth about motivation…

Posted by on 26 Apr 2011 in Blog, Business, Leadership, Personal | 0 comments

I first saw Dan Pink at TED, when he spoke about motivation. He found an interesting study that, surprisingly,  suggested money is not the best motivator… The TED video can be found here http://bit.ly/geRowE I recently came across an RSA talk by Dan on the same theme, which I like better as it is a great visual representation of the same talk:     Enjoy! PS And by the way, Dan also produced a pretty cool career guidance book . It has been written in Japanese Manga style i.e. a cartoon character, giving the basics of career...

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Operating Systems

Posted by on 28 Dec 2010 in Blog, Personal | 0 comments

I have just updated the operating system on my computer. I confess that for me it was a decision forced upon me. I had tried to speed up the old system using ideas and techniques from books and magazines, and though I feel I am a competent computer user, I admit that all I managed to do was slow things down further. So, my next action was to reinstall the old operating system from scratch, after backing up my documents of course. A further step backwards as I ended up with no sound – no driver installed, the screen kept telling me. After...

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