This week I was standing at arm’s length from Diane Von Furstenberg in Diane Von Furstenberg’s shop listening to her share her life story. It was a pinch-me-is-this-really-happening-moment! Diane said that she never really knew what she wanted to do, [...] Read more

Your body is your life support. Getting enough sleep, eating healthily and exercising is not optional for high performance. It’s the foundation. I’m not suggesting that if you eat a bowl of porridge after 8 hours sleep you’ll get a [...] Read more

‘If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.’   No one knows for sure whether it was said by Churchill, Cato or Clinton, but being succinct is a timeless courtesy.

The fundamental skill of communication is to understand another person’s point of view. So how come most people talk more than they listen? Me neither.

A friend recently attended a Leadership conference in Amsterdam. Alongside inspiring keynotes from Obama to Michaela De Prince was Marshall Goldsmith, a veteran coach. From Goldsmith’s experience, what makes people exceptional is not their innate talents or strengths, it’s their [...] Read more