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Lawn mower cutting down flowers

The sadness of dead daffodils

It is spring, and the daffodils are coming up. In a park near here, the lawnmower cut down a bed of these budding daffodils. What a shame. Perhaps the lawnmower driver did not see them. If a plant sends its ...
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Call of the siren

Are you listening to the siren call from the past?

It is often in the times that we think of as hard, tough and difficult that we make the biggest changes and develop the most momentum. When everything feels good enough, it’s easy to do nothing to change, even if ...
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Squirrel studying and learning

Knowing about stuff is overrated

We are encouraged to learn. Fair enough. Why? To improve our lives and the lives of those around us. (That’s the best reason I could come up with) Does it work? Only if you do something with what you have ...
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PWK. Worklife Podcast

Worklife Podcast: Learning Transfer

Thanks to Jane Daly for the opportunity to talk about such an important topic in L&D. It was fun recording this podcast and I hope you enjoy listening to it 😊 https://www.peoplewhoknow.co.uk/learn/813-jane-dalys-worklife-podcast-paul-matthews-learning-transfer My best wishes, Paul
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Rubik-magic-cube-practice-skill

Use it or lose it

I have noticed over this last year of pandemic measures that there are some things I am doing more of and some things I am doing less of. If I do more of something, I get better at it. One ...
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Learning Transfer Radio podcast

Podcast: Behavior Change (the goal of all training)

You can now listen to my latest podcast on Learning Transfer, Behaviour Change and the Brand of L&D on the Learning Transfer Radio Apple Podcasts – tinyurl.com/y5hgka4s Spotify – tinyurl.com/y2fnaxms Google Podcasts – tinyurl.com/y4xahjf3 My best wishes, Paul
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Road-sign-20mph-speed-limit-residential-area

How can you drive at 20mph?!!!

Have you noticed there are more and more suburban areas in London and elsewhere that are now 20mph areas? Someone said to me “How can you drive at 20mph?!!!” Is this about patience? patience n. the quality of being able ...
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Mattress and teddy bear

The wrong mattress!

The delivery arrived. It was earlier than expected. Great! I unpacked it with anticipation and discovered it was the wrong mattress. I ordered the right one, and the wrong one arrived. Not so great 🙁 It was an avoidable error ...
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