Ever had one of those days when you don’t know where to begin Sometimes an Urgent/Important Grid will work. On some days it feels like all the items on your to-do list fall into the B category of ‘immediate or crisis’ priority and then where do you start? Whatever your professional role, the list of […]
It’s easy to notice the irritations of our lives. The small problems that seemingly will not be solved. Theres the colleague who is leaving that piece of work undone, again! there’s child who stubbornly refuses to meet expectations. There is the husband who appears to maliciously (like he has the time to plot against me!), […]
Nope, ‘making hay’ is not my job title either, but, when the sun shines in this manner, perhaps it really is time to step off the conveyor belt and appreciate ‘what is’ If you are anything like me, you’ll know it’s all too easy to spend way too much time thinking ahead. When we are […]
Thought for today: “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t […]
The bigger your decision, the more difficult it is to make: I don’t know if this applies to you, but, I identified a long time ago, that whilst my gut was telling me one thing, my head was usually telling me the opposite. Being fairly intelligent and well educated is rarely any asset in this […]
That’s all we can ever do actually. No point in engaging with the self-flagellation that comes from comparing or berating, and believe me when I say that even (or especially?), the most senior of professionals indulge in this precisely because they have such high expectations of themselves …. It might be a huge presentation you […]