Is it another task-oriented meeting that’s necessary, or does the community need time just to bond? To bond a community what relationships need to be built first? To get things done, what’s the best balance of bridge building and agenda items? Continue reading What meetings do you need
If we’re operating anywhere near our full potential then at some point a mistake or failure is inevitable. How will you approach that? Hesitantly, limiting personal growth? Idealistically, risking a brittle facade? Flexibly, building resilience? Wanting to grow and acknowledging the inevitable, what’s the best way to prepare yourself? Continue reading Fear of failure
I didn’t feel I had the energy or the time to do some rearranging of things after work, and before going home. Recognising how strongly I wanted to make progress though, I told myself I’d do just one pomodoro. So I made a commitment of only 25 minutes and got started, actually wrapping up nearly an hour and half later. Taking a small step is … Continue reading One tomato, two tomato
Simply put, there isn’t enough time. I could spend forever planning the things I’d like to do – much better to just get on and do at least some of them. Eight hours in familiar hills beats two weeks of prevaricating about which new hills to walk. Breakfast in almost any cafe satisfies more than reading all the reviews within a half hour’s drive of … Continue reading All the things I’d like to do
When I picture myself at eighty, reflecting on life, I know I want to have helped people. Right now it doesn’t feel like I get to do that enough – a source of some frustration for me. This afternoon, I spent an hour composing an email to someone I might never meet again. They’ve been through a tough experience and I hope I’ve shared some … Continue reading Time to make a difference
Sometimes they certainly seem to last though, and even tough people can be ground down. Resilience isn’t a trite acknowledgement of difficulty amid an ever onward march. It can be picking oneself up, looking squarely at the discomfort, then getting going again. Kindly, keep going. Continue reading Tough times don’t last, they say
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