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After last night’s snow fall we had 9” of snow in our drive.  It slopes uphill to a narrow, ungritted lane, and had to be cleared if we were going to have any chance of getting out any time in the next 5 days.  So my family and I were out shovelling snow  but it […][...] read more » “There must be another way..!”

A colleague found this super clip This goes so deep.  Have you ever tried to just spend some time with just  you and a mirror?  i once was given this as an exercise.  Just me, and empty room and a mirror… look…. really look and feel what comes up.   Try it … I dare you!! […][...] read more » Validation

I was listening to Michael Caine talk on Desert Island Island Disks this morning.  I am a big fan of his acting, especially in his latter years.  Although he is 19 years older than me, I was a teenager when I saw him burst onto the movie scene as Alfie.   So my years of my […][...] read more » A successful man?

As we come up to Xmas and the season of giving, we are all focusing on the gifts we are getting for others.  Once one leaves childhood behind  increasingly the focus shifts to the giving side of the equation.  This year my eldest is splurging out on her gifts as she feels this is the […][...] read more » The Art of Receiving

This is the second of our new series of videos about Organisational Change and how to do it successfully.  Understanding the Flight/Fight response is critical as it explains how people react under the inevitable stress that change in the workplace causes. Of course, all change can generate this kind of stress, including such apparently happy […][...] read more » Video Blog: Understanding the Flight – Fight Response

There is a story in the Independent today entitled  “Addict says sorry for car-jack attack”  about a drug addict who hijacked a car and ended up crippling the woman who owned it.  He was sent to jail, as he should have been.  The interesting thing was that he has just written to his victim “After […][...] read more » Crime & Punishment: Prison and change

I was walking today alongside the ruins of the Wey & Arun canal, which links the river Wey to the river Arun, and used to make it possible to go by river from London to Littlehampton.  However, by 1868, due to competition from the railways it had fallen in to disuse.  Imagine the work it […][...] read more » Things ain’t what they used to be

I was out today tramping through mud, rain and leaf mulch.  It was the was the wettest day of the year for us so far.  You might ask why bother?  What is the point in getting soaked and marching through the mire just to end up (hopefully!) back where you start from?  There are, of […][...] read more » Why walk?

When your life is about making the next promotion, selling the next big contract, buying a nicer home or whatever, then it is relatively easy to measure your progress.  Life is like a race and you can see those you are competing against falling behind you in your rear-view mirror.  Your progress up the corporate […][...] read more » Measuring progress beyond goals

We were out walking today in the Surrey Hills; it was a beautiful, sunny late autumn / early winter’s day.  A chilly wind was blowing in, making it feel much colder than the 7°C the thermometer said.  The views were lovely, with everything showing up the most vivid colours in the very directional light we […][...] read more » The green shoots of recovery