Genuine surprise
A friend once told me that when you’re a child life’s full of surprises, though you lose a lot of that wonder as you grow up. But there is a genuine surprise you experience as an adult, and that’s finding out someone’s expecting a baby. It doesn’t matter if it’s you, or someone close to […]
PO Box
I didn’t think about getting a Post Office (PO) Box until I purchased my business. But since having one, I would highly recommend it for your personal use. Most times when a parcel is delivered to my home, they leave a red notice to pick it up from the local Post Office, so I need […]
Days and decades
When I view life in days, I overestimate what I can do in a day and underestimate what I can do in a month. Yet when I view life in months, I overestimate what I can do in a month and underestimate what I can do in a year. And then when I view life […]
Priming or procrastinating
This morning, note the time you start work. Not the time you arrive at work. Not the time you sit at your desk. Not the time you login. The time you actually start working. There will likely be a difference between when you were intending or supposed to start work, and when you actually did. […]
People can feel perfection
I want to give a special shoutout to the Fisk production team. In the show, Helen Tudor-Fisk (Kitty Flanagan) works in a probate law firm called Gruber & Gruber – siblings Ray Gruber (Marty Sheargold) and Roz Gruber (Julia Zemiro). I’m a Rotarian, and I noticed the Rotary logo on the wall of Ray Gruber’s […]
Hierarchy of needs
Sometimes people have what they think is a singular need, when actually they have multiple needs. Here are two examples from recent coaching conversations I’ve had: I want to be a specialist physio and run my own clinic. I want to work fully remotely in the media industry. Before going after opportunities with these criteria, […]
Open to Work
Linkedin has a feature called Open to Work that lets recruiters know you’re open to new job opportunities. I’ll quickly explain Open to Work for context, but this post isn’t about the feature itself. The public version adds the #OpenToWork photo frame to your profile pic, and this status is shown to everyone on LinkedIn […]
Your remuneration plan
How was your salary determined? This may be a straightforward answer for some – My company has a defined remuneration plan, and I know exactly where my salary sits within my current band and what’s required to go beyond it. But others may have a different answer – No idea. If this is you, then […]
Walking your own path
If you want to go out on your own, realise that you don’t need to walk the path alone. Don’t buy into the mentality that it’s better to grind in silence, and don’t be naive about how singular this type of journey can be. Walking your own path embodies the spirit of realising great value […]
Balance
It was wonderful to come across this quote this week: “Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create” – Jana Kingsford I’ve recently been pushing hard in some areas of my life, and this is coming at a cost to other areas. In these periods, I would normally reason that this imbalance is […]