On Monday night my wife and I were attending parent-teacher interviews. We had two appointments booked and we were both on time for the 5.00 pm appointment which left us plenty of time for the second at 5.20 pm. It transpired that we missed the 5.20 pm appointment. Who was to blame? Was it the [...]
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Following in the footsteps of Michael Bungay Stanier I have signed and affirmed the Charter for Compassion, a global effort to raise the awareness of compassion in the world. This simple act had me thinking about compassion over the weekend and how it comes about. There are people in the world who are naturally compassionate. [...]
In July 2008 I began the daily habit of selecting something I was grateful for and noting it in my diary. Gratefulness is one of the most powerful emotions we can have and for me the daily habit of reflecting was a moment of quiet and stillness as the world rushed around me. My experience of being [...]
Eddie Erlandson’s interview with Michael Bungay Stanier (part of his series of Great Work Interviews) is a fantastic summary of our way of being. As described, Eddie brings all his medical and leadership experience to the conversation to talk about: The importance of physical, emotional and cognitive resets How wisdom rests in our body – [...]
Four weeks ago tomorrow I promised my wife and family that I would find full-time work. Though I have been working on Successus for the past three years as a full-time effort my family could not sustain the low levels of income any longer. Then, last Thursday, I was offered a role as a financial [...]
In my search for a beginner Tai Chi class, I came across this poem. “Remember, when moving, There is no place that doesn’t move. When still, There is no place that isn’t still. First seek extension, then contraction; Then it can be fine and subtle. It is said “if others don’t move, I don’t move. [...]
Coaching In Action I walked to the middle of the circle holding my name tag in my hands. Turning around to face the other course participants I held up my name tag and declared in a voice from the centre of my being, “This is my name tag but this is me and I am [...]
