Our lives are full of turning points, waiting for us to notice them and act on them. 40 years ago this week, I left home for the first time to study at Portsmouth Polytechnic. I was incredibly lucky to study something that still interests me today, at a time when you could get a full… Continue reading Turning Points
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Tranquility
Sometimes all you need is your loved ones and nature. We’ve just enjoyed a wonderful week on an eco-estate in North East Perthshire. The landscape was unspoilt and pure, the wildlife all roamed freely and time seemed to stand still. Everywhere we walked, we moved quietly, to give the wildlife enough peace so we could… Continue reading Tranquility
Nature’s Excellence
We are what we repeatedly do, excellence is not an act, but a habit (Aristotle) Walking around Glen Feshie today, it was easy to see the excellence of the great old trees around the Uath Lochan. Every year, they withstand whatever winter throws at them, before they bloom in the spring. There is so much… Continue reading Nature’s Excellence
Rest and Be Thankful
When you love your work and are thankfully having lots of it to do, it’s tempting to think you don’t really need a holiday. But you do. Really, you do. I’m often told that my delivery style is energetic and people seem surprised when I tell them I’m 59. Curiousity, loving the work and creating… Continue reading Rest and Be Thankful
More Strings to Play
This week I got another instrument. This is my bouzouki, made in Romania, travelled up here from Yorkshire. Playing music has become so important to me over the last three years. It is so much fun, it offers a sense of progress and different processes to master. It allows you to be creative without any… Continue reading More Strings to Play
Spring Forward
In the past, I used to get in a muddle about which time change did what. Then, an American colleague told me her simple phrase, ‘Spring forward, Fall back’. Like so much in life, the simple thing is the most effective. We spring into more daylight and, in theory, better weather. More time outdoors in… Continue reading Spring Forward
Flourishing
There’s something special about going to a place you haven’t been to for nearly four years and seeing it flourish. The worst of the winter has passed with more green emerging. And for us, the days are getting longer, we wear thinner layers, things seem easier. We enjoy what we do, where we go and… Continue reading Flourishing
2022 – Looking Back with Thanks
I started the year wondering if I would complete another year working solely from home. That’s how it passed, though there were a couple of potential trips I couldn’t do due to existing commitments. I did have my first in-person meeting and demo training session for over two years, which was great fun…and positively received!… Continue reading 2022 – Looking Back with Thanks
The Right Kind of Clothes
We’re at that time of year when people ask me, ‘How do you deal with the cold up there’? I always think of that great Billy Connolly quote, ‘There’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong kind of clothes’. Winter weather is like life itself. Wear the right clothes, get out and enjoy… Continue reading The Right Kind of Clothes
The Marvellous Unexpected
Every day marvellous things happen that many regard as unexpected. Apparently out of the blue, we meet that special person, win a good piece of work, nail that pitch, resolve that conflict. Is it really unexpected? These things happen to us when we show up, be our true selves and put in the hard work.… Continue reading The Marvellous Unexpected