My Library
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.
Your people will walk different paths
You don’t have all the answers. People will walk different paths, including those you haven’t “paved” for them. The picture above comically illustrated what is called a "Desire Path", where people often choose their own path rather than the one laid out for them. I'm...
Your people will walk different paths
You don’t have all the answers. People will walk different paths, including those you haven’t “paved” for them.
Move your “NO” to “HELL YEAH!”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Will Durant An absorbing, energising and inspiring conversation recently has me musing on the process and the act of writing and what it can bring to us. In that conversation, I was nudged...
Choice and the Power of the Pause
"Between Stimulus and Response There Is a Space. In That Space Is Our Power To Choose Our Response" That quote is attributed to Viktor Frankl, author of "Man's Search for Meaning", the most personally impactful book I've ever read. Two recent meetings have had me...
Wisdom and Kindness
Some of us always like to take time to make reasoned, rational, analytical assessments before reaching a decision. Other typically make decisions very quickly and are thought to be highly intuitive. For those who make quick decisions, how do we know if those decisions...
The unexamined life is not worth living
Or is it? I believe in balance and rarely in set answers, in yes or no, either/or, binary choice etc. Being human is complex. We are rational and yet also driven by emotion, by what we sense, what we feel. So, absolutely let us look at what Socrates meant and then...
Are you a Serendipity or a Zemblanity person?
“Zemblanity, the opposite of serendipity, the faculty of making unhappy, unlucky and expected discoveries by design.” ~ William Safire, The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time One could call this an Unpleasant Non-Surprise. Thanks to my friend Bruce...
Risk taking, trust, serendipity
"Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises." ~ Rita Golden Gelman A friend shared this with me the other day. I love it ! Allow me...
There are no limits, there are only plateaus
“If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” ~Bruce Lee I've written again and again...
When you change the way you see things….
"When you change the way you see things....the things you see change" ~Dr. Wayne Dyer Each week I typically have at least ten 1:1 meetings, some with clients, some with mentees, some with new people, some with longtime friends, colleagues, past clients. This past...
Innovation – doing things differently and doing different things
"Innovation is simply doing things differently and doing different things" ~ {yours truly} I distilled my thoughts on innovation to this definition many years ago. It came to me in the picturesque Scottish village of Tobermory one late summer evening when daylight...
We are the sum total of our experiences
We are the sum total of our experiences. Yesterday's post talked about the power of belief, starting with self-belief. A core to #OpenLeadership is, then, self-knowledge, and recent conversations remind me of this quote : "We are the sum total of our experiences....
Leadership Superpower – Belief
A while ago I wrote about one Leadership Superpower, Encouragement. Today I focus on another, Belief, inspired by the brilliant Georgie Loxton (if you want to truly look at what wealth means at all levels for yourself, she is who I refer people to, always). Georgie...
Yes. You. Can.
Yes. You. Can. Sharing inspiration from a Para Swimming event.