I’ve just come back from a New Year feast at my Japanese relatives’ house.
Fish (sashimi), various meats, vegetables and an endless supply of beer, wine and sake were the highlights - along with sundry side dishes and snacks. All elaborately prepared over the previous couple of days.
Every year my In-laws seem to outdo their previous [...]
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Richard Bach, author of “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”, once said:
“Argue for your limitations and sure enough they are yours.”
On one level this clearly makes intuitive sense to me - because I’ve seen many instances as a teacher and coach where people literally did not believe that “We are all better than we know…” (Kurt Hahn’s words, [...]
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Winter Solstice is here now as I write this (Mon Dec 22) but with Tokyo being on the milder Pacific-facing coast it’s a wonderful 18C today and all night log-burning fires are not required! (For which I give thanks to the great god of running in warm weather
Certainly it doesn’t feel that Christmas [...]
Friday, November 28, 2008
Here’s a simple but thought-provoking self-coaching tool I’ve been playing with.
It works like this:
On a scale of 1 to 5, what are your beliefs about life in general right now?
1- Life sucks.
2- My life sucks.
3- I’m great. You’re not.
4- We’re great, but they aren’t.
5- Life is great.
I heard about these 5 levels at a recent [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Over the years I recall getting some emails from HR which told the sad news of an employee’s unfortunate early demise.
For a moment I would stop what I was doing, say a silent prayer for the deceased’s family and friends and (if I’m honest), also for my own good fortune in still being of sound [...]
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Over at Simon Stapleton’s blog he’s chasing a $1000 donation target for his cancer research appeal…. just $474.50 to reach that milestone.
If you’re one of the first 10 people to respond here’s how you can help out and also get a gift copy of my IT Career Engineer Special Video Report on CD - [...]
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Hey, don’t shoot the messenger, will ya!
I recently spent several hours reading every single blog post of one, Jerome Alexander - the self-titled corporate cynic.
How exactly I found his blog I can’t now remember, but the urge to explore was stimulated by a comment written by Simon Stapleton on my “How List Writing Can Make [...]
I wrote before about “How List Writing Can Make You Happier” and today’s post is an update on that exercise for October. I realize this is a subjective experience but then again, when the subject’s “me”, I’m all eyes and ears
Some people keep diaries and journals. Others create photo albums and make heartfelt [...]
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
While my blog devotes a fair amount of time to creating self-initiated and desired changes in life and career, you’ve probably experienced that sometimes stuff just happens.
UK-based Simon Stapleton knows all about planned and unplanned changes - he’s a successful IT Manager and a cancer survivor.
I’ve spent some time on his blog because I feel [...]
As I chalk up 48 not out on ye olde terra firma today, my mind flickers through a panorama of images, emotions, people and places from this particular earth experience.
One of these timeless scenes has my mother saying “Seems just like yesterday” as we sit on the back door step drinking tea and eating digestive [...]
