It’s been an interesting year across the world. Uncertainty seems to be the only real certainty there is. Businesses are either not growing like they thought they lies ahead. The real test of an entrepreneur is how they fare when the going gets really tough. The real test of a […]
I like to think my nature is mostly an optimistic person. I am certainly single-minded in most pursuits and will generally stick to a project for as long as it takes. Reading biographies of successful entrepreneurs, human rights activists, inventors or educators, there is often the notion that it has been a long, hard road […]
There always seems to be so much to do, and I am constantly looking at ways of being more productive. Many of the clients I have worked with have wanted help with doing more in less time. That is essentially what increased productivity is. Instead of busyness with much to show at the end of […]
Many people have regrets at the end of their lives. Things they did that they wish they hadn’t. And while this may be very painful, there is another kind of regret that haunts people as they take their last breaths. The chance they never took. Those what ifs that you’ll never know the answer to […]
I bought a small hyacinth plant a few weeks ago. At the time it was a mere four inches high. I had no idea how big it would grow or what colour the flower it would produce would be. I had great hopes for it, though and watered it diligently every day. While I was […]
I recently spoke to a young doctor who was having some difficulty deciding what was next after his hospital rotations. In a panic he had applied to about five different job opportunities that had nothing in common except that they were all medical posts. They were in different specialities and each of the job opportunities […]
It is four weeks into the New Year and hopefully the so-called ‘January blues’ has not affected you. Whether it’s the dismal winter weather or the anti climax after the Christmas holidays, it is customary for people to get to the end of January and feel deflated and lacking in enthusiasm.
On the other hand you […]
It’s that time of year again! Whether you love Christmas or hate it or are ambivalent towards it, it is one season that you cannot help but notice one way or the other. From the Christmas adverts on television that get more and more outlandish every year, the shop arrangements that are decidedly festive and perhaps over the top, the presents that you inevitably have to think about (giving or getting), or the relatives (welcome and unwelcome) you are going to seeing sometime during the holidays– Christmas is by far the most talked about holiday of the year. […]
Recently I was asked to run a workshop for a group of GP trainees at a local hospital. We looked at topics like stress management, building resilience and working as part of a team. I had a blast doing this (and I think the delegates did as well) because I love investing in people and […]
After six years of gruelling study, countless hours of lost sleep, and more exams than I care to remember, I finally had my degree. I stood in my smart clothes and white coat, ready to start my first day as a qualified doctor. And I was petrified.
Yes I was. Scared that I wouldn’t do it […]
