I simply love running. I run most days. My reasons have evolved over the years. I first began because I thought it would help me cope better with my mother’s dementia. It did.

These days, I run partly due to vanity. I’m the same weight at age 49 that I…

It’s not very romantic to quiz your date on their attitude to money. Nor is it a good idea upon first meeting to ask how much debt they have. …

I joined LinkedIn on May 16 2006. This was 4 years after it was first founded in 2002 in Mountain View, California and happened to be first year that the company became profitable.

As of September 2021, LinkedIn has 774+ million registered members from over 200 countries.

Wow. That’s a…

You need to have a certain personality type to survive corporate life. It’s not for everyone. Many big companies are waking up to the fact that good people are voting with their feet and leaving.

Competition for the best employees is fiercer than ever. I know this from first hand…

We each have around 4000 weeks on this planet. Writing is a wonderful way to make good use of some of our precious time. Writing helps us to think clearly. Through writing, you make sense of all the random thoughts going around your head.

The more you write, the more…

You’d have thought that by my age, I’d have it all figured out. I don’t. I’m 48, turning 49 in 2 months time and in many ways I still feel as uncertain about life as I did what I was 29.

I’m going through a prolonged period of not being…

If you’re a fellow British runner, then I don’t need to explain to you what a national institution Parkrun is. Its popularity has grown elsewhere in the world too. Maybe you’ve taken part in one of the other 20+ countries where Parkruns are organised.

The concept is genius in its…

How do parents gain the wisdom to help navigate our children through their teenage years? All we really have is our own experiences to draw upon.

Most of us can recall our teenage years as a tumultuous time.

My teenage years were full of grief and angst. My father died…