We’re so used to being bombarded with the ‘right’ way to do things (eat, sleep, exercise, work, parent, teach…) that we think the solution is always to look for more information. What if there was an easier way? And a more effective way…?
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What does it take to live life happy? It takes seeing where problems are coming from and going upstream—dissolving them before they turn into something toxic. Let’s see how…
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A popular self-help rallying cry “if you believe it you can achieve it!”. But where has that led us other than to hard work and more hard work? Let’s take a look whether it’s true and what else we could believe in instead…
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How can we make life easy? Or at least easier? My friend was excited about the app he’d found to solve his latest problem, “I hate it ,” he said, talking about the complexity of his life, “it’s so hard!” But what if ‘easy’ doesn’t come from the app he chooses or the amount of time he spends doing tasks he loves or hates? What if an easier life comes from somewhere else entirely? Read on and let’s find out…
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“I feel like an imposter!” said my client, and that one phrase took us into a deep dive on comparison-itis, why we do it and what to do instead. (oh yes, we took a side-step with some puppy stories ;-)). Enjoy.
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Ever had that feeling, or seen it in someone else, when it feels like they’re a car, revving too hard but not going anywhere? We can all do that in life, which is exhausting (and unproductive!). Here’s how to…
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It looks like much of development and innovation is to find a great solution and then scale it, roll it out to other areas, other countries, other contexts. But what if we’re missing something in this model? What if we’re missing the very thing that makes that first solution so brilliant?
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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…
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A 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…
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Vera 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…
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It 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…
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The 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…
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What 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?
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Marking 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?
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‘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?
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It’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…
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So 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?
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There 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?
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At 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!
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Three days discussing solving world poverty and the UN Sustainable Development Goals with the great and good. Here’s what I took away…
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