I am used to this question and the, ‘What is wrong with these people? – I would be so embarrassed to admit I was failing’ tone that often accompanies it. The thing is, it’s the successful people, those at the top of their game, that come to coaching. Is that because there’s more wrong with […]
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou I recently lost another person I love to cancer and, once again, the time between diagnosis and death was very short and mostly unconscious. No chance of […]
I had the most bizarre conversation with someone on the telephone this morning. I miss understood one word at the beginning of a call and it threw the conversation into two very different directions. The result? Embarrassment, apologies and laughter on both sides helped by that fact that we won’t actually meet each other. It […]
Is the change of weather making you feel like hibernating? Take the 100 Day Energy Boost Challenge and Recharge your Batteries As my alarm went off this morning, I knew there must have been a mistake; it was still dark and, as I quickly noticed, cold. Brrr! After the balmy 30 degrees C summer average, […]
As the sales director for a family owned company in the laboratory equipment industry I am responsible for all the global sales and service activities of the company. There are 15 country organisations with a total of 350 sales, service and applications support people. Each organisation is led by a country manager who is responsible […]
When most of us think of a seesaw, we think of the long plank with a seat on each end and the feeling of leaving our stomachs up in the air and then plunging down to bounce off the ground while playing as kids. The ups and downs were great fun and could easily leave […]
My yoga teacher and good friend, Faye, bought me a great T-shirt and on the front it says, “You can’t stop the waves but you can learn to surf.” A very cool T-Shirt motto, but what does it mean and just what do we need to do in order to learn to surf? How can […]
I found myself recently sitting in a waiting room. I was nervous and a little upset and I grabbed a puzzle from the ‘kids’ corner’ to distract myself. It was a magnetic 3D puzzle; all the pieces were the same shape and the pattern was made up of lots of different coloured ladybirds. I flipped […]
I recently watched a film recommended to me by a friend. ‘About Time’ is a 2013 RomCom about a young man who discovers that the male members of his family can travel back in time. His father shares this family secret with him on his 21st birthday and the film’s story line revolves around the humour, […]
What if I die vs what if I don’t live? After having a series of hip operations, including two double hip replacements, I found myself once again standing at the bottom of the ski piste waiting for my kids and husband to ski down to me and say hi for a quick second before rushing […]