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.
How do you keep your mental muscles moving?
Am writing this having just come back from a fortnightly Pilates training session with my trainer in London, Rob Filmer. The photo above is of Sue Merren, who is a top trainer in Cayman and who I am eternally grateful to for her guiding and teaching me on my Pilates...
How do you keep your mental muscles moving?
What do you do to keep your own mental muscles moving? Stay curious, learn widely, and keep practices of learning in different and eclectic ways.
Feel what you feel
One thing I have learned in years of coaching is that the first thing to do when we feel something is allow ourselves to feel…
Reverse logic – get a Gas Guzzler
I love reverse logic and I love getting a deal. I think, then, that I will keep driving low mileages in my economical petrol car.
Christmas, tradition, making changes
Christmas is a time of traditions for every family, things are done a certain way year after year after year and there is much to…
Do one thing differently or one different thing today
Innovation is simply doing different things and doing things differently.
Will you have a regenerative holiday break?
For Christmas Day, I ask you to consider if you can have a regenerative holiday break rather than simply a sustainable one?
JOMO and end of year reading
Whilst some people suffer FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), I am the opposite, I embrace JOMO (Joy of Missing Out).
Elite Mindset – #OpenLeadership – learn from the Stoics
The more I learn, the further back into history I often go to learn from the ancients, including Buddhism, the Tao, Sufism and the Stoics.
The more I am absent the more I am present
One thought that flowed from me as we spoke was about the art of listening and being present: The more I am absent the more…
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasures you seek
(c) Sketchplanations This is the time of year when many of us take time to relax, and with that, watch movies classic and new. Many of the greatest movies of the last few decades owe much to Joseph Campbell and the hero's journey, as I wrote about in: "The Hero’s...
Thank your teachers
I am grateful for my teachers, for those who have taught of my sons, and for all teachers who seek to see the spark in…
When you are interested everyone is interesting
I think it’s interest and care. I’m interested in whoever I’m speaking to. I care.
Ladies and gentlemen…the weekend
I simply give you one of the gifts of Twitter, an account that exists simply to tweet this reminder: Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend.