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Category Archives: Life

Organic Career Growth

Just like career choices, some fruits are grown naturally.
And others aren’t.

Take your pick.
- Mark McClure

Be Careful What You Wish For - Start Now!

As a Career change and Life coach I get quite a kick from helping people “do more of what you love”.
But, as with many things in life, results can take time and are often different from what was first conceived.
Yet, in my coaching practice I do meet clients who are prepared to honestly assess their [...]

Perfection Part 2

If you haven’t done so, then please read part 1:
Perfection In Such An Average Day
Well, my average day actually stretched through the weekend and included these 5 simple highlights:
1- Attending a School Choir and Band Concert
2- Going For a Run after 10 days off with a cold
3- Enjoying a couple of Beers at home
4- Late [...]

Perfection In Such An Average Day - Part 1 of 2

There’s an old, somewhat worn out personal development / goal setting exercise that usually goes something like this:
“Imagine you’ve just six months to live.
What would you do?
Where would you go?
Who would you spend time with?”
I (and some of my coaching clients) invariably have trouble imagining our own future demise - it’s been no easy [...]

Blog Comments Made Easier

Blog Comment Posting Update:
I’ve been manually approving all comments to this blog and while it makes sure that the sp#m is not published, the downside is the delay in publishing legitimate comments (as I typically only check once a day.)
Your comments will now be automatically published on this blog as long as you have:

at least [...]

IronMan Scott Rigsby’s New Movie

I highlighted the incredible story of Scott Rigsby, IronMan extraordinaire in this Feb 2008 post on doing the unthinkable.
Tonight I was pleased to watch his new short movie by following this link: Unthinkable
Honest to goodness, a better example of a true “IronMan” hero to marvel at would be hard to find - even in Hollywood [...]

Carnival of Improving Life!

Whew! I’ve had a busy but productive week.
Time for a TGIF moment and an opportunity to surf the blogs of other posters to the “Carnival of Improving Life“.
One of my recent blog posts has been included and I am grateful for that.
Have a great weekend!
- Mark McClure

Personal Wealth Unleashed

Some say life’s not fair
when playboys lie on beaches and bask in lard and larceny,
while children unknown gasp just for life.
But should you choose to care and share with joyful abundance
What riches await your simple gifts.
- Mark McClure
PS - This year I’ll support the Oxfam Trailwalk in Japan by sponsoring a team of 4 super [...]

Career Growth Primer - The Malthusian Approach

“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.”
Professor Albert Bartlett
I came across Prof Bartlett’s work while I was googling how to better explain percentage changes to my sixth grade daughter recently.
Having taught Maths & Physics in the UK many moons ago I was intrigued enough to check [...]

Oxfam TrailWalker Japan 16-18 May 2008

Oxfam Japan’s Trailwalker event is coming up on 16-18 May and it’s a tough one:
Complete 100Km in 48 hours through the “hilly” Japanese countryside.
Team Satree-Lek are up for the challenge and I wish them well.
They did it last year - my daughter and I were part of their support team.
If you are able and [...]