Do you ever hear something and feel it’s like a lightening bolt of information and wonder why you hadn’t taken note of the relevance before? This was how I felt when I was listening to Jay Shetty on the Mel Robbins podcast last week. It was one of those moments where I had to keep…
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I love this quote as it alludes to what I see as the true measure of life, being the giving of ourselves to others. I don’t see it as about material generosity – it’s about the giving of our time, energy, knowledge, and kindness. When we give of ourselves in this way, I think…
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It became very apparent how much athletes use this way of thinking when I was watching Wimbledon earlier in the year. Many a time a player was interviewed who had come back from the jaws of defeat to win the game. When asked how they’d done it, they said it was about focusing in the…
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Having experienced a number of metaphorical ‘elephants in the room’ in my lifetime, I thought this was a well-known expression. But when discussing the subject with a friend over the weekend, I could see from the look on her face that she didn’t know what I was talking about! If this is the first time…
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In recent weeks, I’ve been interested in the debate about Kamala Harris’s laughter portraying her as a less serious leader. It made me think about Laughter in Leadership in general and here are my thoughts… In many cultures, there’s still an association to leadership with stoicism and seriousness, particularly in politics. Laughter, which…
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