What’s the power of words? Do they matter? It looks like we need them for communication, to develop a shared understanding, otherwise we’ll have disagreement—and we see the consequences of that all around us, in our relationships and in politics. But is the power in the words? Or our intention when we use them?
Read MoreWhen we’re playing with something ‘real’, something important, then it can be much harder to see solutions when things don’t go to plan. What’s the way through this? And is there a perspective other than seeing something as ‘high stakes’ or ‘low stakes’?
Read MoreIt can feel as if we have to solve all our present and future problems and carry around those solutions ‘just in case’, which can be a stressful way to live and work. But what if life was much more like the little gadget that I carry around that let’s me log into my bank account? What if I always had access to answers whenever I needed them…
Read MoreWhen do we tell someone versus when do we coach them? When do we use directive leadership versus a coaching approach to leadership? How can we be more flexible? These are real questions I was asked by a client recently—here’s how I answered them…
Read MoreWhat to do when we’re wanting to solve seemingly intractable global challenges? This social entrepreneur showed me which domino to move first…
Read MoreIt sometimes looks as if life would be better if we could find the perfect solution, the perfect system at work, the perfect system of governance, the perfect place to live.... But life is more like an infinite library—there is no one book that has all the answers. Or is there? What if all the books actually do give the same answer? What then?
Read MoreAs we head towards a deadline that no-one seems prepared for, I’ve become curious about the reactions of my friends and family. What if the world isn’t as bleak as it sometimes look? And what if we have more agency than we think?
Read MoreWhat if we didn’t set ourselves up for an imagined future with so many expectations about how it was going to turn out. Big and small, here are some of the questions I’ve asked myself recently…
Read MoreIt’s easy to find ourselves slipping into judgement, to find someone’s behaviour strange because it doesn’t match our own. But what exists beyond the judgment? Can we see something more loveable?
Read MoreWe don’t see it, until we see it, but taking ourselves too seriously can be heavy work! Click to read more to explore the nature of seriousness and the much preferable joy of lightness…
Read MoreWhen something comes along to knock us off our stride, we try our hardest to right ourselves. It can look as if we’re battling a hurricane and, sometimes, we get a glimpse that it’s a storm in a teacup. But what if…
Read MoreWhen something comes along to knock us off our stride, we try our hardest to right ourselves. It can look as if we’re battling a hurricane and, sometimes, we get a glimpse that it’s a storm in a teacup. But what if…
Read MoreIt can look as if someone else is the cause of ALL of our bad feeling—and the world certainly looks like that to me sometimes! But here’s why it isn’t as personal as we think—or maybe it’s because we think that it becomes (paradoxically) personal…
Read MoreWe’re reluctant to turn back once we’ve started out on a path but here’s why it might make sense and why none of it matters as much as we think…
Read MoreI joined a gym last month for the first time in, oh, let’s just say quite a few years! Here’s what’s been interesting about the experience and what it means for creating (and sticking with) good habits.
Read MoreEven when we think we should be happy, we don’t always feel it. Here’s how that happened to me when I thought about how to be happy, and what I saw as a result…
Read MoreIt’s amazing how the things that occur to us to do are the things that need to be done, and those that don’t, well don’t need to be done! Don’t believe me…
Read MoreThere’s an analogy in the coaching world that we’re always course-correcting that sounds very plausible. But is it true? And what if we’re can’t get ‘off-track’ because there’s no track to begin with… Curious?
Read MoreIf trying to manage money is like trying to catch water with a sieve, what they are our best strategies and tactics? Or should we be looking at the money question entirely differently?
Read MoreThere’s a gulf of difference between things that appear ‘hard’ to me, and things that are ‘easy’, mindless almost, that get done without me noticing. What makes it so and how can we make it all ‘easy’?
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