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Thoughts, insights, and updates from across the worlds of wellbeing, sales, marketing, and business operations. Dip in, take what’s useful, and feel free to get in touch if something sparks a conversation.
Thoughts, insights, and updates from across the worlds of wellbeing, sales, marketing, and business operations. Dip in, take what’s useful, and feel free to get in touch if something sparks a conversation.
After more than 30 years in the industry, a perfectly good job, and more than a few people telling me not to do it, I walked away to build something of my own. Here I talk honestly about boredom, black belts, and the moment I finally realised what I was supposed to be doing.
What does it really mean to live a life worth showing up for? I have been exploring Ikigai – the Japanese concept of finding purpose at the intersection of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Let’s discuss what it means, why it matters, and where I am in my own process of finding it.
Three weeks into shadowing other dojos as a karate instructor, and it is a five-year-old who has taught me the most. A simple question on the mat got me thinking about curiosity, assumptions, and why asking why is never a bad thing.
Social media would have you believe that everyone else is thriving all the time. They are not. I had one of those heavy days recently, and instead of keeping it to myself, I decided to talk about it – and ask what you do when the struggle days hit.
146 notifications a day. Nearly 1,020 a week. After ten days on the Inca Trail with my phone on flight mode, I came home and turned them all off, and I have not turned them back on since. Here is what happened, and why I think it might be one of the best decisions I have ever made.
The only real failure is not getting back up. I have been thinking about fast failing – the idea that the quicker you identify what is not working, the sooner you can adapt and move forward, and why it applies just as much to everyday life as it does to business.
I didn’t get my black belt by claiming I was too busy. A 30-day podcast challenge set by my karate academy got me thinking hard about how I use my time – and whether I have been investing in myself or just consuming. Here is what I have been reflecting on.
Over the last couple of months of networking, I have lost count of how many people have told me they are deeply unhappy in their corporate roles. It got me thinking about purpose, self-determination, and whether the compensation package is really worth what it costs you.
