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What is it about the colour Red?
And yellow or orange? Do these colours send electric impulses through the eyes of the observer, usually in a motor vehicle, causing them to press their accelerators down even harder? Do they make individuals rage with fury at the thought of being stopped? Hence the urge to attack and move forward at speed, rather than…
When last did you learn something about yourself that changed your life?
Learning. That word: learning. What images, thoughts or feelings does it conjure up for you, I wonder? Does it bring back memories of stuffy school classrooms, and stuffier teachers? Did you learn anything there that changed your life? I can’t say that I did. I did meet someone who determined the course of my life.…
Being coached
For me, being coached gave me the privilege of having my very own learning partner. Someone who focused solely on me for 1.5hrs a month over a period of 10 months, giving me 15 hours of intense one on one work. The accelerated learning, the opportunity to embed it in the spaces between the sessions,…
Mediation the way to go?
I recently received my international accreditation as a mediator and this morning went to a morning get together to refresh skills and get news on the status of mediation in the country. So many mediators have a legal background but it was refreshing to see more of a diverse background from those who made the…
Are you living your life?
I have been doing some interesting reading about working to our strengths rather than focusing on our weaknesses. How building and developing our strengths will make us more of who we truly are. I am a real expert in self criticism and it is refreshing to be reminded that there are some amazing strengths that…
February: a time for renewal
Now that we have crawled out of the January blues, hopefully paid our holiday bills and settled back into the daily routines of work and family, there could be time to reflect on the year ahead. Time to make positive changes, set goals for a sustainably successful year and acknowledge those small steps that will…