Category: Leadership

We can always do better

Study a flower – it’s the imperfections that make it beautiful. When we work on something that we care about, knowing when to stop can be hard. We tell ourselves to keep editing … to keep making those infinitesimal changes that only we can see, because we care – we want it to be absolutely perfect before anyone else reads/hears/sees our work. But of course nothing is ever perfect – everything can be improved …

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Nine Hours On Scafell Pike

In my head, mountains are things that are thousands of metres high, and usually covered in snow. When someone suggested hiking up Scafell Pike in the Lake District, my first thought was “that sounds fun” (my first thought about most things), and on finding out Scafell is ‘only’ 978m, my second thought was “shame it’s not a bit higher”. This turned out to be one of the more naive thoughts I’ve ever had. I’m part

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Don’t Sweat The Big Stuff

People say “don’t sweat the small stuff”. Let’s turn that around. What happens if you decide not to sweat the big stuff? Today, 20 January 2017, Donald Trump officially became the 45th President of the US. On social media people are essentially claiming this is either the end of days … or the dawning of a bright and bold new future. It’s very black and white. It’s much too early to tell what the long-term

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