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A motto to live by taught to me by my late mentor Ed Percival is “Be More You”. I continue to aspire to live that,…

A tiny language tip for you when leading a conversation. Instead of asking “are you sure?”, instead ask “how sure are you?”.

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…

Innovation is simply doing different things and doing things differently.

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.

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…

(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...

I think it’s interest and care. I’m interested in whoever I’m speaking to. I care.

You know the phrase: "Going with the Flow"? Yesterday I felt like I was "flowing with the flow", allowing myself to be relaxed while various setbacks happened on a travel day, then seeking to "guide" the flow only subtly. My day was a regular monthly trip by train for...

Aside from my core client work (see my home page at tommccallum.com which shows the type of people I love to work with), I also mentor a number of individuals and businesses. Last week, in a mentoring session for two young people with a small local business, we agreed...

Yesterday I had a wonderful LunchClub conversation that ranged widely. As I listened, I realised that I could connect that person with numerous individuals from outside their existing networks with whom they could explore further on various topics. Earlier this week I...

You can practice, you can learn to think outside the box, to connect the dots in ways others would not have thought possible.

In our increasingly “VUCA” Covid world, we can feel a little powerless about the unpredictability of major events, or Black Swans, but we can “Do…

Having lived the majority of my adult life in Cayman, without a noticeable Autumn, I sometimes forget that there are many nuances in Autumn.

Yesterday I finished a client meeting early, but my first train on the journey back only runs once an hour, so I got in a cab at the local train station for the ride to the mainline station to catch the next train back to London. The driver immediately asked if I'd...

If you take time to look into the future, what then will you choose to do now in order to make that a reality, an…