Make like a tabby
This is my cat.
He knows what he wants.
He stands by the door when he wants us to go out.
He stands by his bowl when he wants food.
He comes to sit on us when he wants a hug.
He plays when he wants to play,
Walks away when he has had enough… Read more
Time Management- the fun way
Time.
There’s never enough of it.
Or it drags.
Or it flies.
So we write lists; to do lists. Lots of people I know add things to their to-do lists after they have done them just so they get the pleasure of crossing them off.
Stephen Covey’s Urgent/ Important matrix is a tool I sometimes … Read more
Christmas Talk?
Partner and I have been arguing about talking.
His work is all about information, accuracy and being precise (he calls this ‘being right’). He’s used to getting and giving information and when he asks questions to do with work they are to elicit a very specific type of information.
I am useless at remembering facts … Read more
Wanting More More More
Remember that song: More More More (or am I showing my age here? The video is so 70s it will make you laugh and cringe)
One of the pieces of feedback I got from the blog about contentment was how easy it is to keep looking for more, rather than being content with what we … Read more
The F word
Before I start into, what I feel quite scared about writing, I want to state my position clearly. I do not hate men. I do not think men are bad. I like men. I have a lot of male friends who I trust and like. My children are boys. I have male partner.
And I … Read more
What kind of coach are you?
So there I was at a training day for facilitators for the National College of Teaching Leadership and I got talking to the woman next to me, as you do. She was a deputy head looking for her first headship and she’d just finished an NLP training.’ What kind of coach are you?’ she asked.… Read more