Personal Reflections

Jan 31, 2020
2 min

The Key to Staying Focused

Its the end of January already...Brexit day for those who follow the politics, although Brexit appears to have been overshadowed by...

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Jan 17, 2020
2 min

Email Deflation...

Has it really been a month since I last put finger to keyboard - what happened? Life, I guess...its what happens to us all in this...

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Dec 20, 2019
2 min

Prefect Timing...

Has it really been two weeks since I last put pen to paper...or fingers to keyboard? I am so sorry, time flies when you're having...

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Dec 6, 2019
2 min

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

There really is light at the end of the tunnel - at last! My guiding card for the year was 'Challenge' - not the best card to have hoped...

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Nov 29, 2019
2 min

More Curveballs...

I am not a sporty person - I love watching sport and can explain the rules of football, rugby and cricket...but I'm not a naturally...

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Nov 15, 2019
2 min

Testing, Testing...

My life seems to have been consumed by testing at the moment...so much so that I forgot to write anything last week! A few weeks ago, our...

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Nov 1, 2019
2 min

The Gift of Focus

I have just spent the most blissful two weeks being incredibly focused on just two projects - one last week and another one this week. I...

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Oct 25, 2019
2 min

Four Stages of Competence

I confess I have been floundering since I was appointed Chair of Trustees (Governors) at the end of September. I had a hard act to follow...

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Oct 18, 2019
1 min

Never Underestimate Your Presence

You know when the Universe wants us to notice something...it sends us signs - maybe a subtle symbol or metaphor, maybe a clearer...

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Oct 11, 2019
2 min

The Gift That Keeps On Giving...

I heard that phrase used yesterday, in relation to NLP training...which is, of course, true. In my case, right here and now, the gift...

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Oct 4, 2019
2 min

Patience is Rewarded

Are we there yet? A question my children used to ask pretty much every time we had been in the car for more than 10 minutes! And my...

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Sep 27, 2019
2 min

Empty Nest Syndrome?

Having talked about offspring flying last week, one could assume I'd be experiencing 'empty nest syndrome' this week...at this precise...

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Sep 20, 2019
2 min

Time to Fly

We spend at least 18 years preparing our children for this moment...the moment when they spread their wings and fly. Its our main job as...

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Sep 13, 2019
2 min

Having Your Cake...

Yes, this last two weeks really has proved to me that it is possible to 'Have your cake and eat it'...literally as well as...

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Aug 30, 2019
2 min

C'est la Vie

We were supposed to be flying to California 2 days ago, to meet with NLP friends in Santa Cruz, San Francisco and LA, as well as give...

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Aug 23, 2019
2 min

Automation Sucks!

Automation is always supposed to make our lives easier...and despite my personal dislike of social media and emails, I guess it does...do...

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Aug 16, 2019
2 min

Measuring Success

Today I would like to honour every single A level student out there, because whatever their results, they have successfully navigated a...

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Aug 9, 2019
1 min

You Cannot Not Communicate

An interesting phrase and one of the presuppositions of NLP, originally cited in Watzlawick, Beavin and Jackson's five axioms of human...

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Aug 2, 2019
2 min

And so it begins...

Yep - Today is the day we start planning the conference programme! I know, not that exciting for 99.9% of the population... This is far...

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Jul 26, 2019
2 min

Pace Yourself

'Pace Yourself' is definitely wise advice to have followed over the last few days of searing temperatures in the UK! Advice we were also...

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