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Preparing for a journey
How do you prepare when you are going on a trip? Are you a last minute throw things in a suitcase type of person? Do you make lists and have everything packed and ready days before? Does it weigh on your mind and fill your dreams with missed planes and forgotten key items? This week I fly out to a different city to run a leadership training event. I’ve been working on it for months and now it is here. I’m more of a planner and checklist person and yet, inevitably, something is still forgotten. I can only hope that it isn’t anything essential! Of course, in the midst of…
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Restoring order and how it increases my capacity
I have had a slow dawning of realisation of late. I need time to restore order. This is how I am able to pursue dreams, work on projects and have weeks of intense focus. Housework and other parts of my life may fall by the wayside at times. This is necessary. I can’t do everything all at once. I am starting to value space on the weekends to restore order, to prepare for the week. This restores a part of my soul. I am reminded anew of the impact that my external environment has on my internal soul. Creating this space, either on a weekend or sometime during the week,…
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The secret of capacity and perseverance: Five Minute Friday
Last night I gathered with a bunch of other creatives for a night of inspiration and mingling. My introvert self was brave walking into a room of mostly strangers and making the effort to speak to people I didn’t know. The inevitable question always comes of “what do you do?”. Granted this has a slightly different spin in this setting but always a challenging question. As I got to talk about the different roles I have and the creative outlets I pursue, I felt the fire in me being fueled. The talks all centred around resilience and I was reminded once more that the secret to the capacity and perseverance…
Encouragement for women in leadership
