How I Recharge On The Weekend

Today’s Writing Exercise (Blog the answer and tweet us the post!): “How I recharge on the weekend.” — DeskPM (@DeskPM) October 18, 2014 Just saw this question posed on Twitter and I thought, “that’s not something that I’ve explicitly blogged about!”. How I recharge on the weekend could make an interesting post.

You’ve Been Made Blind By Pride When

There’s the adage, “pride comes before a fall”. It is true. The sad thing about it, is that often people don’t realise that they’ve been made blind by pride. Pride can make you blind to the fact that you’re about to fall. In fact pride makes you blind to the fact that you are proud …

How Thinking Of The Rest Of My Life Doesn’t Freak Me Out Anymore

This week a friend reached a significant milestone. This made me think about what I’d want the next ten years of life to look like. It also made me think about how, as a younger person, I imagined different stages of my life. Also, I realised how thinking of the rest of my life doesn’t freak me out …

Restoring An Appreciation For The Familiar

How’s that for restoring an appreciation for the familiar? A brilliant video by IKEA ripping off Apple, of course, while effectively restoring appreciation for a catalogue. Of all things, a catalogue. Well thought out and executed. Some things don’t deteriorate in value. Their value is lost in perspective. it is how you help people see the …

Living And Leading In “No Longer, But Not Yet”

Living and leading in “no longer, but not yet” is most liberating. In fact that is how we ought to live and lead. Speaks of identity, character, vision and on the overall, mission. “No longer, but not yet” is the epitome of a journey. In many ways, I haven’t arrived. As a leader, I still a …