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One of my mantras to keep me - and those around me - flexible is this.   "There's what you plan and then, there's what happens"  and I say this out aloud and to myself a lot.   Next week will be a logistical helter-skelter in that I'm hosting my...

When I watch the Coronation of King Charles III tomorrow, I know I'll be watching a piece of history.  Unless you're over 75 years of age, you won't remember another coronation ceremony here in the UK. And - talk about a promotion! King Charles has been destined...

Penny, let's call her, dropped me a note last week.   Suddenly, out of the blue, her company were restructuring and she was going to be 'exited' out of the business in this restructure. I've worked with Penny for a few years now.   Privately and in one of my...

I saw my client's eyes slightly glaze over.  I'd just asked her "so how have you celebrated this huge achievement of yours?" Let's call her Janet.  Janet had just been through rigorous interviews, psychometric tests and a lot of doubt-mongering about whether...

Since deciding to 'resign' from the classic RomCom formula kind of films, Matthew McConaughey has just got himself into real 'flow'. He made millions of $$s being the poster boy for RomComs - Failure To Launch, The Wedding Planner, How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days etc....

"Regrets, I've had a few and then again, too few to mention" is a line from one of Frank Sinatra's classic anthems My Way. It's less about the song and more about the regrets that I want to share with you. I've just finished a book which has affected me...

Oh my goodness, as I listened to my client on our first private call together I nearly passed out! She spoke SO quickly.  It was as if she expected a trapdoor to open any second and just had to get everything out without pausing.  Or breathing. When she did...

As I listened to this women tell me (and herself) how "I've got to get this right' and "this has just got to work out" and "if it's not now then I'll have missed my chance" I asked her this question. "Has it ever occurred to you how tough you are to yourself?" She...

I can remember the exact moment – the fork in the road if you will – when I knew I had to do something.  Something else.   Working as I had in London for over 20 years for one of top global insurance brokers, I’d progressed from being an...

When you dare yourself to do something (you do that don't you?!) how do you do it? It occurred to me that as we get older (and not always wiser I might add) we tend to be less daring.   Less willing to put ourselves out there.  Less willing to say "Yes"...