Catching Fireworks

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I had a conversation with a freelance colleague recently about Christmas and the lessons we can learn from it.

As a freelancer, with a freelancer husband, she was talking about the dilemma of having to work for some of the time during the ho...

Are you one of those people who feel you are brilliant at solving other peoples’ problems, but useless at solving your own?

It is often the case that we can see other peoples’ situations in a much clearer light than our own, clouded as they can be by our imposter syndrome, ...

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t – either way you will be right”

Martin...

Can you remember all the things you have done in your professional career? 

I ask because in recent weeks, it is a common thread which has woven its way through client conversations. In the busyness of day to day professional life, we can forget some of the great work we...

With Easter a few weeks away and the sun streaming through my office window, it looks like Spring has sprung!  

It's time to open the windows, get some fresh air through the place and spring clean your home. Why not harness the energy of the season and spring clean your professional ...

I keep a wishlist.

It is made up of two types of items.  Some are those things which I am actually going to do and they live on the list as reminders until I am ready to put them into action.  For example, when I lived in Chester, I had ‘move back to London’ on the list....

I have written before about creating a vision for your future and how it can motivate you.

Visualisation is also a terrific tool to use in other circumstances. When I had panic attacks in the past, a tool I used to manage them has been a visualisation process learnt from Cognitive Behaviour T...

"But I don’t feel afraid

As long as I gaze on Waterloo Sunset

I am in Paradise"

Ray Davies

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