First, Connect – A Lesson In Getting People To Do What You Want Them To Do From An Airline Purser
What do you do during the safety procedures drill at the beginning of a flight? Are you paying attention? Or are you like me?
Forget It! What’s The Point? Letting Go And Claiming Joy
Please indulge me today, as I introduce you to my new book: “Forget It! What’s the Point? Letting Go and Claiming Joy”
I launched it last week on social media and will soon be trekking all over the place on my book tour, reading, talking, listening and helping people to explore their own stories of holding on and letting go.
Are You Lonely At Work? You Are Not Alone!
Did you know that there is an epidemic of loneliness at work? I didn’t, until I read an HBR article this week on “Work and the Loneliness Epidemic”
What’s the story of your job? 3 Steps to find out!
“This really tells the story of my job,” observed James during the debrief phase of my workshop to develop Personal Balanced Scorecards (PBSCs) for his organization.
Mindfulness at Work
Mindfulness is the state of being aware of the present moment, observing with detachment our thoughts, feelings and whatever is happening around us without judgement.
The Joy OF Work
For years I drove by this gentleman, who stood all day in the hot Jamaican sun on the corner of Barbican Road in Kingston, gently offering his pillows for sale. His ever-present smile sparked smiles from my children and me – that and the colourful designs of his pillows always brightened our day.
Right Livelihood – Making a Living and a Loving!
“This is what I do for a living and a loving,” I said as I introduced myself as the workshop facilitator. I paused as if a bird had stopped mid-flight to consider the miracle of its defiance of gravity. The words had flowed without conscious thought from somewhere deep within me.
Work/Life not Balanced? Enjoy it!
The great quest of our life seems to be to find balance. We crave a sense of stability in our relationships between home and work, career and children, material desires and spirituality.