This was originally written in 2011 and shared via Coaching Confidence’s weekly email round up. The squirrel and the ducks This past week I took a short break. The place that we were staying was in a country setting. Woodland and a lake were all within the vicinity. I happened to walk past a bird … Read more
This was originally written in 2011, published in the weekly Coaching Confidence email update. What can you learn from climbing out of a 5th story window? I walked into a room recently where the TV was playing in the background. On the screen was a picture of a man climbing out of a 5th story … Read more
“By the time the wind has blown the weather vane around, I’ll show you if I can, No matter what the circumstances for one thing I’m renowned, My character is spit spot spic and span, I’m practically perfect in every way.” (Practically Perfect from Disney’s Mary Poppins, music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe) … Read more
“As for your future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) This is the third piece in a series of pieces inspired by the festive story of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. If you missed the first one you can read it again here and the second … Read more
“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I love now.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) This is the second in three pieces that uses the Ghosts that appear in Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” as inspiration. If you missed the first piece about the ghost of Christmas Past then you can still … Read more
One of my favourite Christmas tales is Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”. If you have never come across the story before the general gist is that 3 ghosts visit the principal character. The ghost of Christmas past who shows Christmases that have been, the ghost of Christmas present who shows the current situation of others … Read more