My first mentor told me the story about ‘the busy fool’ and some collaborative work I did today brought it to mind. Years ago I was sitting with my seasoned mentor, and I remember saying ‘how can I market myself! I feel so vulnerable selling myself. I can do it for others, but not for […]
Transition is a really hard task mistress and is the difference between ‘change’ and ‘transition’. Dspite our fears, the practicality of change is far more immediately and outwardly rewarding, than the internal root-deep excavation of transition. Transition can be an isolating and lonely path. It is the time when we choose a different way, set […]
How do you find what you want to do? In my experience as a practitioner, it is usually a process of elimination. Whilst of course there are people who, when they first touch the keys of a piano during childhood, know this is what they will do for the rest of their lives. For the […]
If you do not celebrate your learning and reward you achievements, you will become undernourished. Beginning the next project, job or qualification, when you are already undernourished, makes it more difficult to do. Keep repeating this cycle and you will burn out. Fact. Stop, think of something you did well in the last day […]
How often do you pause to listen? We do not hear ourselves, or our own needs and desires, for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons is practical. Most of us are very busy, juggling work and home and family and friends and community and it seems there is little time to set aside […]
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 […]