Passion is important in life. People often develop a passion for their work because they work hard at it, get good at it, make progress and get positive feedback. It’s rare that they start out with this passion, they just take the first step ‘work hard’ and the rest follows...
Over the last few years I’ve found Facebook to be useful as a way to keep in touch with friends and family, to watch their lives unfold from afar. Unfortunately when I open up Facebook now that’s not what I see, instead of news about people I care about, I...
I recently read the results of an interview with a CEO about their requirements for office space,t he result was bland and in my view useless, they said that the workplace needed to: Reflect the proper, as well as a positive image on the company to clients, investors, partners and...
I’ve been experimenting with improving my work life balance for decades and my approach has mainly been one of work-life integration; where I seamlessly integrate work activities with ‘life activities’ through the day. But the idea of balance had gradually asserted more prominence in my approach; it no longer seems...
Make my health my first job, I’m in the fortunate position that I’m financially able to make recovering my health my first job, but intellectually this has been difficult to come to terms with. Last year I made some steps in the right direction, this year I’m going to double...
Essentialism was an interesting book to read while reflecting on the last year and planning for the next. My plan for next year is defined by: doing less; focusing more; being kind to myself – all topics addressed to a greater or lesser degree by the book. The over-arching theme...
I’ve achieved a lot in 2014, but there are a few things that I’ve failed on, I’m intending to try and fix these. But I’m also planning to be a little kinder to myself; to reduce the number of objectives I have; to worry less about work; to leave more...
I already have so many books that I want to read, it’s difficult to justify adding new books to the list in 2015. Instead I’ve decided to work though my library and pick ones that I already have. This is nicely in keeping with the new found joy that I’ve...
In December last year I decided that this year was going to mark a change; a year that I needed to take seriously; to plan; and measure. This shift in my focus came for three big reasons: My health was starting to decline again, after a few years of improvement...
I’m having a bit of fun today with this post, in fact I intend to indulge myself on my blogs quite a bit over the next few weeks. I thought ruling the world was a good place to start – although I’m not really going to pretend that I rule...