How many of us believe that finding and pursuing your dream job is the key to happiness and fulfillment in life? This was absolutely what I believed during my early career. Now that I’m older and wiser, I’ve come to realise that living a happy life is not about the…

We might believe that we are good at multi-tasking. Modern life demands it. The reality is that that our brains are incapable of doing several things at once. …

During a recent interview, Matthew Dicks author of several books including Someday is Today, said something so profound that I stopped running to make note of it. “Rule followers are the least productive people”. I spent the rest of my run thinking about the “rules” that we live our lives…

Respect; a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements. Wouldn’t we all love to have some of that in our lives? Being respected is not the same as being liked. …

I recently listened to Malcolm Gladwell being interviewed by Dan Harris on his 10 Percent Happier podcast. A main topic was Gladwell’s views on the virtues of collaborative in-person office working compared with remote working. In case you don’t know who Malcolm Gladwell is, he is the author of six…

I will turn 50 in March 2023. I don’t feel as though I’m entering my 6th decade on the planet. What is 50 supposed to “feel” like these days anyway? My father died suddenly aged 54, so it’s a sobering thought that I’ll soon outlive him. We used to say…

I’ve been working for the same large corporate for almost 20 years. I consider this a major achievement as life in a big company is far from easy. In fact, I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve wanted to quit. My problem, like many others in my…

We all know the quote from Maya Angelou that my daughter has on her wall. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. I’ve witnessed many leaders underestimate this truth over the many…

How can we know for sure that we are making the right decision when it comes to major life events? Choosing the your dream house, getting married and whether to have the American hot or the veggie volcano pizza? Your career path is in many ways even harder to navigate…