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What do you want to be when you grow up?
It’s a trick question. Sure, back in the good ‘ol days when people worked for the same company in the same career for their entire life, it maybe made sense to ask someone what they are going to “be”. But that doesn’t mean it was ok then, and a little bit of me dies inside…
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How to make good decisions
You are constantly making decisions in your life and your work. How do you ensure you are making the best decisions you can? The short answer is that you have to practice it. The longer answer is that decision-making is a skill and it is learned like every other skill. There are hundreds (thousands?) of…
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A phone, a kitten, and happiness for everyone, a birthday list update
My previous update on birthday lists was from my son who’s birthday is still six months away. This one is for my daughter who is writing her list a mere month out. Much more sensible right? Let’s see what we got.
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Questions to prepare for starting a professional coaching partnership
Here are some questions (and my answers) for preparing to start working with a professional coach. These questions would come in handy after making the choice to work with a specific person (see a list of questions on how to make that choice).
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Every moment, every day, you can decorate it in your own way
This lyric has been coming back and lifting me up recently. It’s from Elzhi and Georgia Anne Muldrow’s Every Moment from the outstanding album Zhigeist (one of my top albums of March).
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It’s been over 100 days since we started our renovation and there is finally a glimmer of light
It’s actually been 103 days since we started to be precise. I’ve gone around the roller coaster of emotions so many times now I’m bored of it. Or numb. Or maybe I’ve actually learned through the process how to manage what I can control and what I can’t? Regardless, we are in the final stretch…
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What I learned last week (#170): don’t get bored
A weekly selection of what I was reading, drawing, writing, and doing.
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Plants can grow metal, perhaps we have something to learn from them?
“Rather than human intelligence being unique or the peak of some graduated curve, there appear to be many different kinds of intelligence with their own strengths, competencies and suitabilities”.
Writing and drawings by Nick.
