You've been promoted to a seat at the table, and you are the only one from your background. How do you not only survive but thrive?
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Unapologetically Sixty
Once I assemble this pile of bricks, I will be forever immortalised in Lego; it seems a fitting way to celebrate my sixtieth 😂.
And here I am two weeks later, fully assembled, thanks to my daughter. I am impressed with the results, especially the details they have included, my chain, the styling of my dreadlocked hair and the wrinkles around my eyes 😉.
Ten years ago, I was fifty and feisty;…
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Opening Your World to New Possibilities
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The joy of Pantomime
Christmas is not my favourite time of year; honestly, I am always relieved when the day is over. It could be my imagination, but that is when I notice more light, the days getting longer, one minute or so at a time.
But there is one tradition I can embrace: a Christmas pantomime.
Close friends and family will know I love Pantomime and will likely have joined us for a few performances over the…
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Seven confidence boosting strategies for the workplace.
If you Google – How do I improve my confidence at work? There are 621,000,000 results made available to you in 0.69 secs – in a year, that averages out to 1.75 million searches per day.
If you made one of those searches – were you looking for help with a specific event or situation at work or help with a more general lack of confidence in your abilities at work?
Whether facing a job interview,…
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Finding peace and solace in the everyday
A little later than normal - hope you enjoy.
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Managing your community
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Learning to live with diabetes.
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Managing your emotions
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Taking Life in Stages
Happy Friday and here is the latest post on Pittabread.
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Managing your attention and focus.
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The Piano - Childhood Dreams and Ambitions
I first wanted to play the piano when I was around nine, and it still means the world to me that Mum could find the money for lessons, especially as money was tight. I remember the excitement of returning my completed permission slip. But then the crushing disappointment of being unable to start because we did not have a piano at home.
Without the ability to practice at home, the school ruled…
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Managing your time
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. – Carl Sandburg
I would also say be careful not to allow ‘things’ – social media, binge TV etc. to spend it for you.
So what do I mean by time management?
The phrase ‘less is more’ sums it up for me – where you find ways to work…
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Mum's lime green cowboy boots
This February is the eleventh anniversary of my mum’s death. I still can’t fully comprehend where that time has gone. So much and so little has happened in the intervening years:
Four family trips to Jamaica, the land of her birth.
Our daughter going to university.
Brexit in the UK.
The global pandemic.
Liz Truss.
All the above would have involved some active participation and discussion…
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Managing your energy
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African Grey Parrots and Battersea Power Station
African Grey Parrots and Battersea Power Station
I grew up with a view of Battersea Power station. And recently, while visiting the newly revamped building, I was reminded of the time I decided to liberate our African Grey parrot from our two-bedroom flat on the Savona Estate.
So, who let the parrot out?
Well, it was me, and after almost fifty years, it is probably time to confess to the disappearance of our family’s African Grey parrot.…
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How to coach as a leader
My latest post on careerresilience - this month it is all about how to coach as a leader.
‘Instead of seeing the rug being pulled from under us, we can learn to dance on a shifting carpet’ – Thomas F. Crum.
When asked to write about this topic, I thought long and hard about how to approach it. And yes, we can talk about a world filled with Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) – but why use an acronym when you can paint a picture with a metaphor?
Besides, the…
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