#0589 Evolution
In my twenties I was keen to learn and was a sponge.In my thirties I knew everything and was invincible.In my forties I questioned everything and became skeptical about everyone.In my fifties I realised I…
Category: You
#0583 Your Uniqueness
Everything started as hand crafted by many until industrialisation kicked in when everything became mass produced by a few key players. We then craved the hand made and sites like Etsy took off. You can…
#0581 Energy
Any action requires effort.Effort consumes energy. There are some things that use your energy to keep you alive and you have no control over.Then there is the energy you get to decide how it is…
#0577 Tiny Details Add Up
It’s the little things you should pay attention to. These are the things that make you stand out from the other 98%. The biscotti with your coffee, the thank you note, the attention do detail…
#0576 Not So Grumpy
Listening rather than talking.Asking more, telling less.Being opened and not closed minded.Positivity in preference to negativity.Smiling over scowling. These are the traits I now look for in others, but also a reminder to emanate them…
#0575 Autopilot
A deep insight from a good friend… “On many days, I wake up with largely the same thoughts, thereby triggering largely the same emotions, thereby driving the same behaviours, thereby creating the same experiences day…
#0574 Do as you Say
Communicate what you can do, then do as you say. Telling me what I want to hear and then not delivering on that promise will lead to mistrust. Actions ultimately speak louder than words.
#0572 Clean Up
What you carry slows you down. Letting go is often hard but an essential step for progress. That idea that did not pan out, the toxic relationship, the stuff you bought but never use. It…
#0548 Start With You
Who are you doing this for? Classic response is, for my family, for my customers yada yada. That is honourable and everything but it does not translate unless you do it for yourself first. Good…
#0543 Embrace The New
I feel the emotion of my daughter finishing high school and the unknown ahead. When your entire living memory are the boundaries, people and experiences of a school, not having to turn up Monday is…
#0542 The Company You Keep
They say you are the average of the five people closest to you. I also believe you are the average of many other groupings. Your news sources, social media habits, the shows you watch, communities…
#0540 No or No Thank You
If you say yes to something and really mean no, you now have a dilemma. Do what you said yes to, or let someone down. Neither options is ideal but you are the one who…
#0539 You Choose
Sometimes I do not want to, but I do it anyway. There are times I really want to, but I do not. When I have to, I will. In every instance, I have a choice,…
#0531 Calling It Out
We need to get better at calling it out. Workplace intimidation, racism, misogyny, gaslighting, bullying, any and all inappropriate behaviour, the lot. The more we bring it up, the less tolerated it will become. We…
#0524 Alone
There is a tv series called Alone, shot in extremely isolated regions of the world where contestants are dropped off separately from each other to fend for themselves with nothing but 10 items they carried…
#0517 Stand Out
What happened to common decency? Please, thank you, replying to emails in an acceptable time-frame, turning up on time, turning up at all, doing as you say you are going to, being aware of your…
#0514 Time to Do Better
Just because you disrespect your time, does not give to the right to disrespect others. If you are in the habit of turning up late, canceling last minute, running long, you should take a moment…
#0510 Time Travel
Pondering choices. Imagine for a moment you could go back in time just once in your life to change the course of your destiny, when would that be and what would you do different? If…
#0508 Haste
“Festina Lente” is a fabulous Italian saying meaning to “Make haste, slowly”. Meaning to set tiny, short-term goals. Don’t try and accomplish everything all at once. An ethos I seem to naturally adhere to. Completing…
#0505 Get Curious
What don’t you understand? If you find yourself frustrated with others, it is likely you are not attuned to what is going on with them. In your head it is obvious, but to them them…