CPD or continuing professional development is just that: CPD is continuous! Sometimes I feel like I do not want to develop any more. In my experience however, the darkest hour really is just before dawn. When I am in my own pre-dawn panic, I can forget that the darkness bodes well. The thing I do […]
The Invitation “The Invitation” by Oriah Mountain Dreamer: For inspiration. Why? Because I can: Enjoy! “It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will […]
I’m Blogging Off Until Next Week. Holiday! Here’s a little reminder of your brilliance in the mealtimes. See you next week. R xox “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask […]
Where does entrepreneurial spark originate? Well isn’t that just the question! And, I suspect this might just be the point. The fact that it is called a ‘spark’ is reflective of the immediacy of the entrepreneurial urge. For we are dynamic individuals who join the dots and problem solve in the blink of an eye. When asked […]
I love this post exploring the nature of entrepreneurial spirit. What it does for me is to really embed the notion that we entrepreneurs are a bunch of ‘Doers”. If you have plenty of innovative ideas but you merely expound their possibilities verbally you are not an entrepreneur. Talking about great ideas makes you a ‘dreamer’. Dreaming […]
Entrepreneur Idea: Here’s a list of business ideas for the entrepreneur. However, If you are seeking your ideas from a list generated by someone else, then perhaps you are not really an entrepreneur at all. Why? Because the very notion of entrepreneurial spirit is that you are constantly generating ideas for yourself. Now you may not have […]
Entrepreneur Meaning: Here is a rather acerbic definition of entrepreneur for you and I think the guy has a point. “Entrepreneur + Capital = Products + Customers = Business.” I would take the liberty of adding ‘Service’ alongside his ‘products’. I do think he is correct in saying that if there is no work, you […]
With increasing job uncertainty in the uk, more and more individuals with multidisciplinary skills, are taking to entrepreneur route. Here is a link to some excellent national business start-up support if entrepreneurship appeals to you too. I had a misconception of the personality type of an entrepreneur. Raised by socialist parents who worked in the […]
Here’s a link to a Bristol based ILM accredited mentoring course. What you will notice is that it is a coaching AND mentoring course. Raising the question of what is the difference between the two. I looked a whole range of definitions provide by various professional organisations and discovered, that as an experienced coaching practitioner, I disagreed with […]
If you are considering starting a mentoring program Here’s some guidance. Whatever your structure, and structure is important, the fundamental purpose of mentoring is to ‘show yourself’. “Come as you are……… “. This is not a cultural norm in the Uk. We have, unbeknownst to us, become all wrapped up in the ‘oughts and shoulds’ of our actions, […]