The picture on the right is very important to me. I came across it about 10 years ago and found it both beautiful, thought provoking and the more I studied it more the meaning and subtlety I got from it. I pinned it to the whiteboard in our dining room....
This morning I’ve been listening to the ‘Humans are not broken’ podcast, which makes the case that Humans bodies have evolved to work pretty flawlessly over millions of years, we are the product of millions of generations of ancestors every one of which lived until at least reproductive age. Hence...
On the drive to the office today I listened to one of my favourite podcasts, The TED Radio Hour on the topic of Overcoming and it really struck a chord with me as it discussed two of the major challenges I’ve faced that forced me to rebuild my life. I thought it would be...
12 Months ago I embarked on a fairly radical restructuring of my work and home life, in order to allow me to focus on my health by improving my mastery over my mind and body. A year ago you might say that I mostly worked until I dropped, where dropping...
For a long time now I’ve watched Jeffrey Snover and admired his passion, Graham noticed as well and linked to this short video that explains some of what motivates Jeffrey. As Graham points out the all important ingredient is that Jeffrey really believes that PowerShell is going to improve the...
Mark Greiner (Senior Vice-President and leader of Steelcase’s WorkSpace Futures team) has a very interesting blog on a very neglected subject, at least in my view as I’m a big believer in workspace design and have posted often on the subject. I was pleased to see Mark discover the book...
On the flight home yesterday I was thinking about how I manage my time, and relaxing in a Cafe after a long walk I thought I would jot down some notes. First a little about me and my job: I am currently in a vision and strategy role, but really...
Gartner have recently published a press release – Prepare Now, the 20-Hour Job Description is Coming – for a recent report that makes the case that: By 2015, a significant increase in ‘less-time’ roles will increase the total number of knowledge workers and decrease the average number of hours each Web...
I have been meditating twice a day now for just over 3 years and it now plays a major part in my life, initialy I started to meditate just to help me manage the constant pain I am in, but as the years went by I realised that it has...
I am still on a journey of discovery to try and “find what I love doing”, I am fairly content in my work, find it interesting and challenging, but I don’t feel I make a difference, at home I spend most of the time with my family – which is great – but very internal focused. I would like both work and home life to change over time to be more community centred and to feel that I am giving something back to the world and that I live in a more natural and sustainable way. My relatively poor health is currently the excuse I hide behind that stops me taking the risk associated with change.
I do however continue to be on the lookout for advise in this area and I recently cam across these two articles, one by Steve Jobs – You’ve got to find what you love and the other my Dave Pollard ‘Business’ Advice for Young Adults (and Their Parents & Teachers). Check them out if you ever think about your work or worry about how you are preparing your kids to help them make good choices about their future work choices.