Month: May 2021
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31st May 2021
Thought for today: ‘The job of the producer – beyond the technological aspect – is, as I understand it, to create an atmosphere that is completely free of fear and reservation, to find that utterly naïve moment of “innocence” and to hit the button at just the right time to capture it. That’s it. Everything…
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30th May 2021
Thought for today: ‘Nothing in the world is harder than candour, and nothing is easier than flattery.’ — Fyodor Dostoyevsky #thoughtfortoday #candour #candor #compassionatecandor #coaching #psychotherapy #entrepreneurship The topic of candour in business has surfaced many times in recent weeks. Today I have been pondering candour (candor) after reading a book called Radical Candor by…
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29th May 2021
Thought for today: ‘Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.’ — William Shakespeare #thoughtfortoday #humble #humility #diversity #mindset #coaching #psychotherapy #personalgrowth It is the long weekend at last, not much that would count as work that is required to be done. Some writing, and some thinking, no more. I had a client…
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28th May 2021
Thought for today: ‘Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.’ — John Wooden #thoughtfortoday #ability #mindset #learning #growing #coaching #psychotherapy #personalgrowth That was a big week for me, I’m looking forward to a three day weekend with nice weather. I’m not ready to go out and socialise yet, so…
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27th May 2021
Thought for today: ‘A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.’ — Robert Frost #thoughtfortoday #banks #square #embargo #stripe #annoyed #breathe Online banking generally works very smoothly. I have four online accounts and have…
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26th May 2021
Thought for today: ‘COVID-19 highlights how truly interdependent we all are. How reliant we are on cooperation, communication, and compassion to successfully combat the virus.’ — Jacinda Ardern #thoughtfortoday #covid19vaccination #vaccine #vaccination #compassion #therapy #mentalhealth My thoughts today are dominated by Covid-19 a little bit more than usual. I get my second jab today –…
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25th May 2021
Thought for today: ‘Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.’ — Samuel Johnson #thoughtfortoday #curious #curiosity #learning #mindset #coaching #mentoring #counselling The great man of letters was constantly curious. I sometimes invite my clients to be curious about things. To embrace other people’s views rather than reject them. To…
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24th May 2021
Thought for today: ‘An expert is a fellow who is afraid to learn anything new because then he wouldn’t be an expert anymore.’ — Harry S Truman #thoughtfortoday #expert #learning #mindset #coaching #mentoring #entrepreneurs This is not the kind of expert I would want to become. I certainly meet experts who have built their profile…
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23rd May 2021
Thought for today: ‘People who will not sustain trees will soon live in a world that will not sustain people.’ — Bryce Nelson #thoughtfortoday #sustain #trees #nofuture #ticktock #coaching #climatechange I used to spend some of my summers with relatives – both my parents worked. This meant spending a week with my great Aunts on…
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22nd May 2021
Thought for today: ‘Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead, I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.’ — Tom Petty #thoughtfortoday #time #future #unknown #TomPetty #psychotherapy #coaching A chain of events this morning brought me to this quote. I watched a documentary about Roy…