Category: Personal Change
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This too will pass!
This too will pass! Richard Ferguson February 25, 2022 Whilst walking the dogs along the river this morning it was hard not to notice how high the water was after all the rain and storms of the last week or so. I took a picture and remembered the same picture I took last year when…
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Are you driving, steering or drifting?
Whilst on the beach last week at home in Devon I came across a load of these small jelly fish washed up on the tide, I later found out that they were called, ‘By The Wind Sailor’ jellyfish and they originate in warmer seas but can end up being blown onto the South West coast…
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Do you take one day at a time?
I have talked many times before about the strive for mindfulness or being present and focussed on the job in hand, the here and now, rather than allowing oneself to get carried away ruminating about what might be or what has been. We cannot control what happens but we can control how we choose to…
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Is great leadership defined by what we stop?
I was reflecting earlier today, on my trundle round the snowy countryside with the dogs, about the nature of leadership – both personal leadership (of self) and the leadership of others (teams, functions, organisations). It was sparked by a number of conversations I had recently with different people – all with a similar refrain, the…
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Self-compassion – the gift that keeps giving
Despite attempting to practice what I preach and having a lot of tools at my disposal for maintaining a positive outlook and building my mental health, there are still always situations that floor me and create great opportunities to learn and grow. Last week I had a bit of a mini meltdown and slipped into…
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The journey towards a ‘new normal’ starts right here
Leading Others It is evident that we are living in unprecedented times and normality in almost every facet of our lives has been disrupted to a greater or lesser degree. For the UK – where I write this, it feels like we are just at the start of a long and difficult ‘black run’ (in…
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Outside In – the Magic Mirror
One of the things that holds organisations, teams and individuals back is the inability to see ourselves as others see us, we get locked into a view of the world that is framed by our perceptions and assumptions, which by definition are self-limiting. A case in point was a recent training experience with Tiggy, the…
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Are your priorities clear?
In my morning meditation earlier today Andi Puddicombe (Headspace.com) shared an interesting provocation. “Imagine if you only had today – how would you spend it?” That focusses the mind on what your priorities are doesn’t it? Mahatma Gandhi said that “action expresses priorities” – what you do, what you pay attention to, is ultimately what…
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4 ways of maximising shareholder value – for YOUR life!
I have just watched my daughters drive off up the road to school – Alice, the eldest, passed her test in early December and Maisy has already assumed the role of ‘Lady Muck,’ with the god given right to be chauffeured everywhere! I was just sat in my office and looking out the window as…
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Are you one of the 50%?
As professionals, we spend on average 50% of our waking lives working – doing it, commuting to it, thinking about it, talking about it – and research also shows that around 50% of us are not engaged in what we do. It makes sense that we should feel motivated, inspired, excited and energised about spending…