Insights
People are my library, my writing inspired by what I learn: ideas, inspiration, wisdom, and sometimes some eclectic whimsy for good measure, all centred around #OpenLeadership. At the heart of all of this is that I write to share learnings and to discover my thoughts. Over the years i have written (mostly) daily, over 2000 posts and 1,000,000 words (that last part blows my mind, tbh!). Enjoy browsing.
Listen with your heart
If someone wants to talk, listen with your heart. Recently I was listening to a friend tell me something their family is facing right now, and they said "As a parent you are only as happy as your unhappiest child". That hit home. At the moment I am blessed that all of...
Listen with your heart
Proactively reach out to people and they will likely be happy to hear from you. If they are, and if they want to talk, listen…
Get rich slowly
The desire to get rich fast is pretty dangerous. Get rich slowly, instead.
Introversion and making myself go to events
I’m pretty introverted, so going to busy events (including the trip out, busy stations, trains, tubes etc) is something I have to push myself to…
Writing helps you to understand what you think
If we see the benefit in writing, then we encourage those who do want to understand what they think to be careful in their use…
Who would you choose to break you out of prison?
If unsure who to work with, pick the person that has the best chances of breaking you out of a 3rd world prison.
What if universities stopped giving exams?
What if universities stopped giving exams? “Loony”, huh? How will we know how hard students have worked?
It’s not who we are
Be clear on who you are, behave that way, call yourself or anyone on your team out when you go outside of that culture, values,…
I couldn’t not do it
You must also be driven to do it to a level where, in hindsight, you “couldn’t not do it.”
Time is Wealth
Money is not wealth, “stuff” is not wealth, and having the choice as to how we spend our time is true wealth.
Giving and receiving
Giving and receiving. No, this is not about “the season”, it is way too early (in my mind) to think about that, maybe from December 1st…
When people believe in you
My thanks also go out to Suki and all the others who saw my potential and believed in me, holding that belief until I was…
Being Still
Today is a “less so” day, perhaps as I was out on my bike for 4.5 hours this morning with my riding buddy the “Flying…
Technology ten times more valuable than gold
What technology do you have that is worth more than gold? A relaxing conversation was truly a relaxed conversation. Priceless.