Do you pay enough attention to your passions?
I love art and art history. I studied it as part of my first degree, and many holidays and days outs have included visits to art galleries. In particular to see 17th century art, which tied in with a previous passion of historical reenactment for the English Civil War period. Plus 19th century art, from […]
How to nap (tell your boss it will help your productivity!)
Even naps as short as ten minutes have been shown to provide psychological benefits in terms of reduced fatigue and improved concentration. But would-be nappers face some strategic decisions, most obviously – does it matter whether I nap in my chair or ought I try to find somewhere to lie down? And then … if […]
Being authentic
Have you ever considered the extent to which you are authentic in your life? Are you true to you, or living up to an image, and is this really the image you want? ’ve recently been interviewed for a voluntary position and through our discussion I was clearly me. I didn’t try to show my good […]
Career coaching – inspiration from a one hour coaching session
I’m never sure how a client session will go, or indeed what a client will want to talk about. The other day I met Cindy. She’s a teacher and not very happy, sort of fell into her job, but she does love sport and being healthy. She booked for a one hour […]
Bill Gates – high school talk on 11 things they will learn, and not learn at school
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about eleven things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings create a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world. Rule 1: […]
Work/life balance
In The Times on Monday there was a feature on work/life balance by a US life coach- ginger Cockerham. You can read the article here it refers to a test to see if you work/life balance is ok which is a shortened version of the clean sweep. If you would like to take the full clean sweep […]
