Managing the messy middle
The myth of successful career management is that progression towards this successful goal is largely linear.
What didn’t get done this week
You probably know that I teach workshops in Time Management. It might be easy to assume that maybe I’d solved it all, met all the challenges, got it all sorted – but no. I live in the real world too.
Have I completely lost my Nuthatch?
…our first encounter with wildlife was a nuthatch that swooped across our decking area to land on an adjacent tree. That visitor was the first of many nuthatches who spent their time creeping up (and down) the tree trunks and investigating any crumbs or seeds we left after meals. We grew very fond of them and familiar with their habits.
Love it, hate it, can’t live without it
We are always communicating something. Our words or their absence. Our engagement or withdrawal. It’s all communicating something to someone. Sometimes it’s really interesting to ask other people what they think we are communicating to them so we can see how effective our messaging is…
Dog-tired
Dog-tired. That’s what we say. Is that how you feel? It sounds a bit mean on dogs but apparently the phrase “dog-tired” comes from stories that Alfred the Great would send his sons out running with his hunting dogs and they’d come back, well… dog-tired. If...