Do you think passion is required to do a job well? Should we even be considering chasing passion in a career or should we save passion for our hobbies?
I share my personal experience of working for 20 years in a job I was not passionate about and what I learned from it and from others.
Having revealed what I discovered, I then offer some suggestions and exercises for you to explore your own passion and how it manifests in your work and hobbies.
Is grind and punishment your thing, or do you prefer something a little more gentle? Grind and punishment is not some strange S&M kink, but it could be as damaging. This week I am exploring the other side of getting stuff done. The gruelling push that can be addictive or Read more
Welcome to another Sunday reflection. Today’s topic is about excuses or, to be more precise, the lack of. My guest on the next podcast is Steven Gerein. He’s just one of the many amazing young people I am having conversations with. These are people in their 20’s and 30’s who Read more
This week’s topic, ‘Perks or Purpose?’ is prompted by I post I came across on LinkedIn. It was about companies who are losing staff at an alarming rate. It’s a phenomenon that is being noticed by large organisations across the world. Companies that are employing some of the best in Read more
This shortcast explores the power of belief and offers suggestions for changing our lives through changing our beliefs.
My conversation today is about the power of journaling and the importance of approval and validation. As you may already know, I have a morning routine that includes writing. For me, this takes the form of asking questions and seeing what comes back. Recently I have been thinking about the Read more
The difference we make in the world is often through the little things that are so simple they are easily overlooked or considered irrelevant. I’ve talked about this before, but it’s always worth repeating, especially because a little thing I did three years ago became highly relevant when I bought Read more
How good are you at pretending? The type of Let’s Pretend that children play is a powerful tool we can use in personal development.
How vulnerable are you willing to be? Vulnerability gives us the opportunity to connect, but it also puts us at risk of failure and shame. Those were some of the things discussed in last week’s shortcast ‘Failure and Forgiveness’ so it seems apt to follow on with a conversation about Read more
Babies fail all the time, and yet we don’t criticise them for it.
So where does it all go wrong? What happens in individuals and in society to turn failure into such a terrible thing? And why is it filled with guilt and shame?
Life is absolutely full of choices so it is hardly surprising that we sometimes experience choice fatigue. I have this and I notice it in others. For example do you ever go into a restaurant and just can’t decide what to order? I find myself either choosing the same thing Read more
Are you blindly accepting the roles that have been defined for you? Or are you choosing them more consciously?
By reflecting on this topic, we have an opportunity to engage in our various roles with more integrity and bring them into alignment with our mission, or purpose in life.