Martin Luther King said “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” I don’t know who needs to hear this today but I needed to hear it earlier this [...] Read more
Inspiration
So during a coaching session a client slipped into conversation that they were reading “If in doubt, wash your hair’ by Dame Anya Hindmarch (the eponymous fashion accessories’ designer amongst many other accomplishments). I loved the title and was intrigued, [...] Read more
Of the 78 organs in the body, 5 are considered vital for our survival: heart, brain, kidneys, liver and lungs. Many of us pay most of our attention to a very small part of our brain: the pre-frontal cortex. The [...] Read more
I read an inspiring article about Iris Apfel, the interior designer who became a global fashion icon at 90yrs old. Before she died, she wrote ‘Colourful’ to share tips for a fabulous life. Who doesn’t want a fabulous life? So [...] Read more
I am spending the last days of Summer in the beauty of the English countryside, humming with harvesting activity as the farmers finally reap what they’ve sown. Seasons in the knowledge economy are not as clear cut, so if we [...] Read more
The most powerful coaching question is: what do you want? A common difference between those who achieve their dreams and those who don’t is that the latter don’t know what they want. Obviously, if we don’t know where we are [...] Read more
I’ve been on a sun lounger most of this week and arrived late to the party of Barbara Kingsolver’s outrageously successful novel: ‘Demon Copperhead’. What struck me is the irrepressible spirit of the protagonist, Demon Copperhead. Having been condemned to [...] Read more
I’m finding the Olympics utterly inspiring. The dreams of so many athletes’ hard work, grit and determination on display, in all their glory and heart break. Often these athletes have had big, audacious dreams for themselves and regardless of the [...] Read more
When I first started How To, we printed a quote on our training materials by Mary Kay Ash, a successful American business woman born in 1918: ‘Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. [...] Read more
Probably one of the hardest questions I ask coaching clients is: how are you? Most of us struggle with this one in an intimate context. In polite society in Britain, this question is simply a greeting. If you are meeting [...] Read more