Now there are some days ( not very often) when I am really surprised – in the true sense of the word ‘surprise’. Working for a larger ‘corporate’ cynicism can creep in when it comes to the walking the talk on leadership. The leaders that succeed are not necessarily the ones that follow the ‘good [...]
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Surprising Leadership
Posted in Personal Development, tagged AkzoNobel, business leadership, Christian faith, leadership, learning, Personal Development, Tex Gunning on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Grumpy or Happy?
Posted in Personal Development, tagged Alex Linley, blessings, contentment, grumpy, happiness, happy, nlp, the one show on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I listened to an intriguing item on the ‘one show’ this week. What is the cure for grumpiness, How can we be more content? The former is one thing the latter may be a bigger question. The guy who was grumpy did 2 things (from recollection): Listed 3 things that three good things that have [...]
The Power of choice
Posted in Personal Development, tagged Add new tag, choice, content, happy, making a difference, Mr grumpy, nlp, Personal Development on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was coming to a meeting this morning and was not approaching it with a particularly positive frame of mind (and that was put in a positive way!) . Why? I had had to cancel a previous meeting to make this, I was ‘invited’ to this meeting at short notice, and given pre-work at short [...]
improvisation = real time playing
Posted in Personal Development, tagged gabriella montero, improvisation, in the moment, music, present, real time on September 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I came across Gabriella Montero on the radio and was so impressed I bought her CD. If you want to know who I am talking about you can here her on her website . You can see how she plays live on You Tube. Basically she takes a theme, that maybe she hasn’t heard before [...]
Light and Shadow
Posted in My Faith, Personal Development, tagged Christian faith, development, God, learning, life, religion, Suffering on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was walking recently in the mountains and the sun was shining at an angle on the hillside opposite – casting shadows of the low drystone walls, trees & barns transforming what might have been a fairly uninteresting uniform hillside into a picture full of texture and beauty. A couple of days earlier I was [...]
Trust who..?
Posted in My Faith, Personal Development, tagged Christian, faith, nlp, peronsal development, religion on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Who do you trust? I have been wondering about that recently. What is the relationship between relationship with another and trusting in them? If we do not trust anyone does this lead to disillusionment in the whole human race? I have known people that have been really let down when their trust has been betrayed. [...]
Frosty Mornings
Posted in Personal Development, tagged nlp, Personal Development on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I love frosty mornings. They lift my spirit! The sunlight reflecting on the frosted trees, ice and river. The freshness in the air, the crisp crunch of the brittle grass underfoot. What could be better. Why is it, I ask myself, that I don’t feel like this when it is dull and gloomy? When my [...]
Being in the moment
Posted in Personal Development, tagged faith, life, nlp, Personal Development on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last week a friend had said he would give me some personal feedback and therefore we had arranged to meet. During our discussion there was one thing specific bit of feedback that hit home and that was around ‘connectedness’. Basically my friend said that there were times when I was fully engaged with him. There [...]
The long way home?
Posted in Personal Development, tagged life, nlp, Personal Development on December 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It struck me this week that I have a particular pattern when travelling. I often want to get to the destination as quickly as possible with less concern about the journey – and this may be true for many of us, particularly in the west. This week I was travelling to an event one morning [...]
The Unfettered Self
Posted in Personal Development, tagged Add new tag, life, nlp, Personal Development on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A very interesting word that I had not really come across until recently. A very powerful word…. I looked it up and found that it is really rich. unchained: not bound by shackles and chains wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwnor freed from restrictions or bonds www.fmca.com/motorhomerights/information/glossary.asp When applied to self things get even more interesting. The question for [...]
