Practice disappointing people!
Some lovely wisdom from Oliver Burkeman (thoroughly recommend signing up to his newsletter):
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#productivity #peoplepleasing #sayingno
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I have just turned 50, 2 of my 3 kids have now left home and live in Norway. I love sports - follow #SaintsFC and Biathlon especially. My work is leadership development with https://lmi-uk.com/
Practice disappointing people!
Some lovely wisdom from Oliver Burkeman (thoroughly recommend signing up to his newsletter):
ckarchive.com/b/5quvh7hnog...
#productivity #peoplepleasing #sayingno
After 22 years, today is my last day of parenting children. Youngest is 18 tomorrow!
19.04.2025 13:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As someone's manager at work, you are one of the most influential people in their life. You have the potential to encourage, enable and empower them TODAY. It's a great privelege and great responsibility. #management #leadership
26.03.2025 14:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great day in Glasgow running the Foundations of Success workshop with the amazing @chsscotland.bsky.social fundraising team. Lots of great ideas in the room #planning #communcation #goals #timemanagement
25.02.2025 18:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βMake sure your psychological centre of gravity is in your real and immediate world.β
A whole load of timely wisdom here from Oliver Burkeman.
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Sunday morning with Cross Country Skiing & Biathlon on Eurosport. Great sport, Spectacular scenery. Lovely stuff.
16.02.2025 10:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Photo of very muddy legs
Youth football called off so only thing for itβ¦a lovely Saturday muddy run! Enjoyed that a lot!
08.02.2025 13:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0For most of us, most of the time, our results are enhanced by doing fewer hours of higher quality - bringing our very best abilities to the task.
Harness the power of VSRs in the work day (FSWs work just as well when you can't change out of your work gear) youtube.com/shorts/7GqDi...
When it comes to personal productivity, especially when we have some deep work to do that requires us to be at our best, we know that the 'head-down, keep going, do more' approach is hugely flawed (there are 1001 studies illustrating exactly this).
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            Imagine 52 meaningful accomplishments, week-by-week across the entire year? One simple, exciting and frankly transformational element of the LMI leadership programmes is the practice of setting weekly business and personal goals. This was mine this week! youtu.be/pZ7D87ZrtAU
17.01.2025 13:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No more running out of loo roll thanks to Alexa / OK Google / Hey Siri! The key to any challenge is to find a solution - there's always something out there - and create the structure needed so that you can systemise getting the result you want.
#habits #systems #leadership
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Crowd picture from the breakfast meeting.
Made it along to the 1st Mole Valley Chamber breakfast of the year, having not made any last year! An excellent crowd & great way to start the day #molevalley #chamberofcommerce #networking
15.01.2025 12:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My 1stvideo of 2025, & 1st on brand new channel, is a reflection about how easy is it to find ourselves distracted and working simultaneously on multiple things which we know is terrible for our productivity. Have a watch and subscribe for future videos. #productivity youtube.com/shorts/VZsgu...
13.01.2025 16:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Greetings BlueSky world. Like so many, leaving behind X and all things Meta. Already enjoying the fresh, uncluttered start here. Look forward to being 'social' with you all!
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