I read a fascinating review of Eric Tool’s latest book ‘Deep Medicine: How Artificial intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again’. What drew my attention was the fact that in the US, a first-time appointment with a doctor and a patient [...] Read more
Inspiration
What do you do when you are in a bit of a slump? For me, I look to films and books for inspiration. So this weekend, I watched ‘Eat Pray Love’. Again. Shamelessly. I love the stunning cinematography, I love the tantalising plates of food and I [...] Read more
I recently learned a diplomatic question to ask students or parents receiving significant exam results (drum roll): are you pleased? That same question was also promoted on a parenting course. Yet at work, many of us still crave recognition from [...] Read more
So I was surprised to read in clinical psychologist Lori Gottlieb’s latest book that the opposite of depression is not happiness. It’s vitality. Curiously, about 90% of coaching clients will list ‘happiness’, not ‘vitality’ as one of their Top 10 [...] Read more
As most writers know, good words are like the Duracell bunny: they are powerful and long lasting. ‘I have a dream’, ‘Their Finest Hour’, ‘Be the change you want to see’: we all know who said them, when and why. [...] Read more
Creativity is one of our greatest assets as human beings. It comes with the species. It is creativity that lies at the heart of our greatest achievements – whether it is flying to the moon, Facebook or filo pastry. All [...] Read more
We all know the result of the race between the hare and the tortoise. The hare thinks he’s got it locked up. Something similar happened between the New Zealand and Indian cricket teams yesterday. Few believed the Kiwis could beat [...] Read more
This week, I was reminded of one of Dale Carnegie’s key influencing tools: Let the other person feel that an idea is theirs. When this is done skilfully and with integrity, we get the results we are looking fast and [...] Read more
Occasionally you read a book where the words capture your imagination. I just read ‘An American Marriage’ by Tayari Jones, which did just that. One line really struck me: ‘It’s like eating a butterscotch still sealed in the wrapper.’ Sometimes, [...] Read more
Years ago, my friend and I went to the Royal Institution on Albemarle Street in Mayfair for a lecture by Daniel Goleman, the award-winning psychologist who penned the best selling book ‘Emotional Intelligence’. During the Q&A at the end of [...] Read more