When we give to others, when we share our riches with those less well-off, what are we really giving? Is it about the money? Yes, to a degree, but perhaps there’s also another way to look at this so that we can all make a larger difference in everyday ways…
Read MoreA busy CEO with a billion things on his plate and a demanding schedule… he came looking for the thing that we all look for. Here’s the question I asked him…
Read MoreVera came to me with a big problem about her colleague and a project they were both working on. Here’s how it looked to her, and here’s where I found a solution in a different place…
Read MoreIt looks as if a better productivity system will help us get more done. And, sometimes, they do. But what if there’s something else at play here? Something that has to ignite first? Let’s take a look and see…
Read MoreThe most common question we ask when we’ve made a mistake (once we’ve moved on from blaming ourselves or others!) is ‘what can we learn?’ It’s a great question, but often we look in the wrong place for learning. What if there’s a deeper…
Read MoreWhat is fear? Fear of success, fear of failure? and how can we dissipate it in a way that allows us to move freely into our future?
Read MoreMarking 100 years of the first UK votes for women, this piece explores freedom, the kind of freedom most of my clients are looking for, freedom to do the things they want and feel the way they want to feel. What’s stopping them? And what could be stopping you?
Read More‘Values’ are often an integral part of finding yourself, or team-building, or some other foundation of self-development. But what comes before values? And what if that’s where the real ‘value’ is?
Read MoreIt’s been a sad week in my life, but I saw something about the nature of life itself, and the nature of grief and love. It’s OK to be sad, and here’s why…
Read MoreSo much of our lives are transactional—we turn up at work for a wage, we pay for retail goods and services. We know what we’re getting. But what if we could turn these everyday interactions into something a little bit more magical? What could happen then?
Read MoreThere are two parts to finding more focus—the feeling of being focused, and the completion of stuff. We often think the first leads to the second, or the second leads to the first! But what if they’re actually de-coupled from each other?
Read MoreAt the beginning of the year I ran a seminar called ‘Plan Your Year’. It was hugely popular and here’s a summary of what we did so that you can join in too—no matter the time of year!
Read MoreThree days discussing solving world poverty and the UN Sustainable Development Goals with the great and good. Here’s what I took away…
Read More‘How to maximise the contribution of philanthropy to achieving global sustainable development’ Wow, big title, important discussions. Here’s how we can bring it into everyday actions…
Read MoreThis example of art for art’s sake struck me so deeply that I started to look for it in everyday life. What do you see here?
Read MoreAt an event on ‘coaching skills for social impact’ I asked myself what meaning we were making out of money—good or bad—and whether that was holding us back from doing our best work in the world…
Read MoreWe set ourselves impossible targets and then we beat ourselves up for not meeting them. Huh. No wonder we’re exhausted! But how to apply a new way of thinking in your life…
Read MoreSo often we do X because we think we’re more likely to get what we want (let’s call that Y). But why do we do that? And what happens when we strip away some of those stories?
Read MoreBurnout is a common challenge, whether we call it that or not. And the solution looks like taking time off, rejuvenating and refreshing. Sometimes that helps, but if we don’t get down to a root solution, then we’ll experience the same burnout again and again. In this interview…
Read MoreEllen told me all the reasons she didn’t want to live in London. And all of them sounded plausible! But what if we can lift our restrictions so that it doesn’t matter where we live, but we don’t have to be limited by things that don’t exist.
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