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Change can come about from a chance conversation, a book recommendation or an inspirational quote. “Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.”  Benjamin Disraeli

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Looking Backwards
Sat 1st April, 2017

In CTI coaching, there is a technique called completion; it happens at the end of a coaching session or a workshop where participants are invited to sum up in a sentence or just one word, where they are now, what has changed for them or what they’ve learnt and what is their take-away learning?  It’s an opportunity […]

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Age-outing myself
Fri 10th March, 2017

I’ve decided to officially ‘come out about my age’, as there is no getting away from it, today I am 50.  Friends have been asking me on the run up to my birthday, “how do I feel” about this new decade I’m approaching, probably secretly wondering do I really feel that old! When I was […]

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Failing goals
Mon 20th February, 2017

How often do we set out on a new project, personal aspiration or future plan only to fail, to not quite get there?  If you are shaking your head saying ‘that’s not me’ – great – and, I’d recommend setting your goals even higher.  For the rest of us, we may have followed all the […]

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Road to nowhere
Fri 16th December, 2016

Have you recently found yourself in the car, no battery power, no SatNav and only an old scabby A to Z to hopefully get you back on track?  Well the other week I found myself in that exact situation.  I happily took out the Edinburgh A to Z map only to be reminded of how […]

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Slipper moments
Fri 25th November, 2016

A good friend of mine used to joke with me about my ‘slipper moments’ at work and in life.  You know the kind of situation; you’d rather be sitting somewhere cosy in your slippers preferably drinking a nice cup of something instead of putting on your work clothes or work face and getting out there.  […]

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