This past week has been inspiring for many as we witnessed Lady Gaga win the Oscar for Best Original song. She won the award for her popular song ‘Shallow’. Throughout the media the fanfare has seen coverage of the award reach all over the world. …

For those of you that don’t know me. I am a doing person, I tend to always be on the go, there is a place to go to, there is a thing to see, there is an activity to do, ALWAYS. In many ways this is great, and I love…

Have you been direct? Have you been encouraging? Have you considered my needs? Have you sought to understand? Have you helped me understand your needs? Have you accepted? Instead: Have you made me feel guilty? Have you lied to me? (Omitted the truth even?) Are you trying to manipulate me? Have you stacked another against me? Have you falsely represented your need? Have you grumbled? The former respects both parties regardless the outcome.

Every day we think, this blog is asking you to think, at the workplace we think, as we read the news we think, as we hear what’s going on in the world we think. …

Recently I’ve noticed that I make a lot of assumptions and surprisingly some of them can be very small indeed. I noticed this especially when I saw a street sign; I completely misunderstood its meaning. The sign was for a café and I thought it was indicating an arrow for…