I’ve been a mentor at The Trust now for nearly 2 years and I love it. I enjoy the spirit of the people who work there (it’s very much a ‘can-do’ environment) and I equally love the variety of people I meet and the business ideas they bring to The Trust. It’s random. It’s positively charged.  It’s my kinda […]

We think of -ish as a small thing. I’m hungry-ish I’ll be there about 5-ish I’m OK-ish The -ish part making the other part less of what it is. So it got me thinking… when someone is called self-ish, is it good or bad? It could be perceived that a little ‘me time’ is seen by […]

I’m really enjoying the reaction around the 3 Minute Fitness programme on BBC a couple of nights ago. What I particularly enjoyed about the programme, was the programme itself!  I have found myself increasingly irritated by TV journalism over recent years and a lot of subject matters are glossed over, lack substance and somehow sensationalise topics to increase viewing figures. I […]

Here I was in a situation where I knew what to do. I also knew what I wasn’t doing. I had associated for too long with the problem, but I wasn’t improving upon  it. Along came an opportunity to act as coachee for a supervised trainee coach. Here’s what happened… The Coaching Process Session 1 got the […]

This article today has absolutely blown me away! To find such a direct correlation between thought & speech is incredibly exciting. Needless to say, opportunity abounds.

Nice article on the BBC today about depression or, rather, coping strategies such as resilience. Very pleased to see a reference to cognitive adaptability which is a subject I also touched on recently in a paper I wrote about coaching the elderly.  So could there be a longtail in this? 🙂

I’m posting this as it was a pleasant surprise when I put the radio on in the car the other day. Taken from the BBC Radio3 Free Thinking Festival, it’s a good listen (overall) and an interesting reflection on what we call Freedom – personal, cultural & societal. Strangely enough, I found Germaine’s voice rather soothing; possibly […]

This article on the BBC today looks at the Government’s approach to measuring the nation’s level of happiness. Do you agree or disagree?

This will be a short sharp post. Nothing more than a personal reflection. I’m not one for too many rules as I find them constraining, but I do have a few guiding principles. One of them is to avoid saying “if only”.  Fate has its place but not when it comes to being the master of one’s own […]

 “Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also” – Carl Jung Believe it or not, I’m not always Mr Life is Bloomingly Wonderfully Positive. Dreaming the dream, finding the goal and planning the path all have their place. Yes, we have those times. We need them and they inspire us. They are a key part […]