Month: January 2021

Thought for today: ‘Memory dilutes, but the object remains unaltered.’ — Aanchal Malhotra #thoughtfortoday #memory #dilutes #objects #unaltered In November 2019 I visited Japan for the first time in 25 years. It is a country I really like and I have many happy memories over the years. Sitting on my desk is this small, handmade…

Thought for today: ‘The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.‘ — Stephen R Covey #thoughtfortoday #time #spend #invest #entrepreneur #StephenRCovey Today is all about investing time for me. At home alone on a chilly Sunday morning, I have attended to restful needs, and some exercise. I am now investing time in…

Thought for today: ‘It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong.’ — Warren Buffet #thoughtfortoday #approximately #right #precisely #wrong #WarrenBuffet I’ve had a couple of clients this week describing their perfectionism. Something I have experienced for myself, and occasionally still do. This week I was asked by two companies to prepare outlines for…

Thought for today: ‘If you see someone without a smile give them yours.’ — Dolly Parton #thoughtfortoday #share #smile #community #DollyParton As usual, I walked across the park near my house this morning. I like to take a walk, get some fresh air and have a think before my day starts. Most recently this has…

Thought for today: ‘A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.’ — Charles W. Pickering #thoughtfortoday #democracy #decency #tolerance #respect My thoughts today are not on mental health, coaching or training future managers. My thoughts are dominated by the news from America and events on Capitol…

Thought for today: ‘Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.’ — Charles Spurgeon #thoughtfortoday #anxiety #sorrows #strength #worry #fear Not all anxiety is misplaced. It is part of what allows us to plan, predict and prepare for possible outcomes. At some point though it can become concerning.…

Thought for today: ‘Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved – not where you are put in prison.’ — Nawal El Saadawi #thoughtfortoday #home #safety #protected #notprison The UK is back in lockdown, like the Covid virus, a mutated form of the lockdowns we have had already.…

Thought for today: ‘Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.’ — Robert Schuller #thoughtfortoday #preparation #precedes #achievement #RobertSchuller This is return to work week for me, although I don’t have any client work until Wednesday. I do have a massive amount of reading and writing to do in preparation for management training I am…

Thought for today: ‘When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.’ — R. Buckminster Fuller #thoughtfortoday #problem #beauty #solution #RBuckminsterFuller Why this quote today? Well, I am rearranging my home office. There is plenty of…

Thought for today: ‘Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.’ — Dennis Prager #thoughtfortoday #goodness #integrity #honesty #respect I was moved by Caitlin Moran’s weekly musings in The Times today about socially anxious introverts and how…