Month: January 2021

Thought for today: ‘We close the divide because we know, to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside.’ — Amanda Gorman #thoughtfortoday #passion #resilience #forgiveness #futurefirst #motivation #ikigai #mindset #leadership #entrepreneurship #positivepsychology #coaching #teaching #training #psychotherapy #closethedivide #AmandaGorman I can think of one thing above all others after the events of…

Thought for today: ‘Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.’ — Ambrose Bierce #thoughtfortoday #passion #resilience #balance #anger #success #motivation #ikigai #mindset #leadership #entrepreneurship #positivepsychology #coaching #teaching #training #psychotherapy #rage #regret #remorse What makes you angry? Anger can be a useful barometer, which you can learn…

Thought for today: ‘In life, the scales will not always tip in your favour. However, if you are balanced within, you will not become unsettled.’ — Christine E. Szymanski #thoughtfortoday #passion #resilience #balance #management #success #motivation #ikigai #mindset #leadership #entrepreneurship #positivepsychology #coaching #teaching #training #psychotherapy How do you react when things go against you? It…

Thought for today: ‘The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.’ — Chinese Proverb #thoughtfortoday #passion #learn #learning #management #success #motivation #ikigai #mindset #leadership #entrepreneurship #positivepsychology #coaching #teaching #training #psychotherapy #nevertoolate #startnow One thing observed during lockdown is the development of skills. Whether sourdough baking, business…

Thought for today: ‘Manchester is in the south of the north of England. Its spirit has a contrariness in it — a south and north bound up together — at once untamed and un-metropolitan; at the same time, connected and worldly.’ — Jeanette Winterson #thoughtfortoday #passion #Manchester #thenorth #industry #actionnotwords #motivation #ikigai #mindset #entrepreneurship #coaching…

Thought for today: ‘There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.’ — Sabaa Tahir #thoughtfortoday #passion #guilt #guilty #motivation #ikigai #mindset #entrepreneurship #positivepsychology #coaching #teaching #training #psychotherapy #relationships #cooperation #action #inaction Guilt has come up several times this week in…

Thought for today: ‘If you want to reach an agreement, move from a competitive mindset to a cooperative one.’ — Ludovic Tendron #thoughtfortoday #passion #learn #learning #management #success #motivation #ikigai #mindset #leadership #entrepreneurship #positivepsychology #coaching #teaching #training #psychotherapy #negotiation #business #relationships #cooperation I can usually spot the people who have had negotiation training. From the…

Thought for today: ‘No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.’ — Peter Drucker #thoughtfortoday #passion #learn #learning #management #success #motivation #personaldevelopment #ikigai #purposeinlife #goals #mindset #leadership #entrepreneurship #positivepsychology #coaching #teaching #training #psychotherapy The thing that I like about this quote is that I am working on…

Thought for today: ‘Life is great. Cheese makes it better.’ — Avery Aames #thoughtfortoday #passion #drive#purpose #inspiration #success #motivation #personaldevelopment #ikigai #purposeinlife #goals #mindset #positivemindset #positiveattitude #positivepsychology #purposedrivenlife #coaching #meaningfullife #psychotherapy #cheese Early this morning, I received a delivery of cheese. Not just any old cheese – a selection of fine cheeses. For me, during…

Thought for today: ‘Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.’ — Henri Frederic Amiel #thoughtfortoday #passion #drive #leadership #leadershipmindset #purpose #inspiration #success #motivation #personaldevelopment #ikigai #purposeinlife #goals #mindset #positivemindset #positiveattitude #positivepsychology #purposedrivenlife #coaching #meaningfullife #psychotherapy…