For less than £30 I’ve got access to all the Ordnance Survey maps on my phone (and other devices). I also invested in some good trainers to comfortably make good use of the maps. Neither bring me any particular status or are obvious waypoints as I think about life’s journey. Together they make that journey more magical. Food for thought when I next hanker after … Continue reading My two favourite purchases of 2021 (so far)
I love the Myers Briggs types. They’re not always accurate and you can pick holes in the theory, of course. They’re indicators, in my view. Reading how people think about them left me thinking there are actually two types of folks. Those who must see things reductively, and the generous folks. Continue reading Sixteen personalities, or just a couple
The right perspective can make all the difference. How you view a situation. What you hear in a discussion. How you look at your job. What the right thing to do is. If stuck, can you broaden your thinking to find a greater sense of purpose? Might you narrow your thinking only to those decision points within your control? Work to understand context. Work out … Continue reading Perspective and progress
I used to think I learned in order to be more certain. I’m increasingly sure of only one thing, that I’m learning to ask better questions. Continue reading Learning and certainty
Socrates said “be as you wish to seem”. If you’re getting ready to interview, and you wish to seem knowledgeable and accomplished, then it pays to be knowledgeable and accomplished. What you’re doing today paves the way for how you’re perceived tomorrow. You can’t know everything, so you need to focus your limited time and attention. You’ll find accomplishment in the areas where you apply … Continue reading Interview preparation
I’m deeply wary of marketers. Their job, as I see it, is to manipulate emotions to get you to spend or act how they want – often to your detriment. I’m looking at you McDonald’s, tempting me with that Bacon Double Cheeseburger that I really want/don’t want. But there’s much more to marketing than that. There are marketers working to get you to do something … Continue reading Good marketing
You can’t predict when good luck will drop by, so you better leave the door open just in case. You can’t be sure when you’ll spot some good luck, so you better be on the look out for it, day by day. You don’t always know what good luck looks like, so you better not expect it to be obvious. Good luck isn’t merely waiting … Continue reading Ready for some good luck
More often than I’d like, I find myself not wanting to get out and get rolling. Especially since the third UK Covid lockdown and what felt like an interminable winter. When I can, I nudge myself out of the door with a number of tricks, and afterwards almost invariably feel much better for it. This morning, when the alarm went off early, I really wanted … Continue reading 8 out of 10 jogs / jobs
If you don’t get where they’re coming from, or their point doesn’t make sense, perhaps you haven’t listened carefully enough. Perhaps you weren’t really listening at all – maybe you were just about hearing, but filling with your own expectations and understanding. It pays to make sure you’re aligned and calibrated around shared vocabulary and understanding, and listening pays dividends with that. Even it it’s … Continue reading Have you heard enough
Tomorrow robs today of its power, if you let it. There’s needing a break, and there’s procrastinating. Continue reading Today, not tomorrow
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