Month: February 2022

📅 Thought for today: ‘Unsurprisingly, the mythical image of a “leader” embodies many of the characteristics commonly found in personality disorders, such as narcissism, psychopathy, histrionic or Machiavellian personalities.’ — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic #thoughtfortoday #leadership #leaders #management #personality In his Harvard Business Review article “Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?”, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, sets out…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.’   — Robert J Hanlon   #thoughtfortoday #supervision #relationship #past #present #future #being #fearless   This is “Hanlon’s Razor”.   It is also often attributed to Napoleon and a whole host of other people, and similar things have been…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘People don’t realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.’   — Eckhart Tolle   #thoughtfortoday #supervision #relationship #past #present #future #being #fearless   yesterday was a day to recharge my batteries after a very intense…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.’ — Joseph Campbell #thoughtfortoday #knowledge #mystery #wonder #supervision #parallelprocess #astounding It is entirely possible to rewire your own brain. The neural pathways you use the most become the strongest and most dominant. If you want to change…

📅 Thought for today: ‘The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.’ — Anaïs Nin #thoughtfortoday #knowledge #mystery #wonder #supervision #parallelprocess #astounding As I re-read the final chapter of Jill Bolte Taylor’s book “My Stroke of Insight”, where she talked about the mysteries of the…

`📅 Thought for today: ‘If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.’ — Daniel Kahneman #thoughtfortoday #reflection #slowdown #thinking #fastandslow #noise #awakening The name Daniel Kahneman may not immediately ring a bell for you. You probably know his work – directly or indirectly, he has had a great…

`📅 Thought for today: ‘The biggest problems were to do with… well, to get that successful when you’re so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.’ — Mike Oldfield #thoughtfortoday #symbiosis #symbiotic #parasite #parasitic #tubularbells In a classroom in secondary school in a Manchester suburb, I learned about the difference…