How far do you need to go into the future before the present will seem like the past? When we’re struggling to get over some incident or upset, I find it can be a great help to think forward into the …
Yes and no
To paraphrase 13th century poet, Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi... “Out beyond ideas of yes and no, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” Asking a closed question always seemed to me a clumsy way of …
The truest guide to a big decision: Thinking, feeling or knowing?
Should we make big decisions based on what we think or what we feel? Should we let our heart rule our head or vice versa? In fact... The truest guide is what we know—what our whole body tells us—our …
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Ian Paisley and the influence of personal change
If Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness can become best buddies, surely just about anyone can be reconciled... It seems to me Ian Paisley is an interesting example of how changing yourself changes the …
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Can we measure our influence?
When we set out to work on an issue on a large scale, it would be handy if we could discern the specific impact of our actions. It would be useful it we could determine how much of what we see …
New Series of Board-level Skills Workshops launched with Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
Delighted to have launched a new series of workshops at the invitation of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, focusing on board level skills. We’ve picked two topics to begin with: Mastering ... ... …