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I’m not so good at asking for help. People keep telling me I should ask for help more often, but I have always been reluctant. Then someone said to me… If you see someone struggling with something, do you want ...

I remember my father telling me that ‘common sense is not so common’ when I was about 7 or 8 years old. A neighbour visited and I listened while they talked about the boundary fence on the west side of ...

There are so many people working from home and flexing their hours around families and other home commitments. Experiences vary from surprise that it’s possible with their job, to liberating, to hating it. Whatever it is for you, bear this ...

I do a lot of speaking at events, at least, I used to 🙂 and when I say something like “I am going to tell you a story, so get comfortable, and we’ll begin…” everybody moves. They all ‘get comfortable’. ...

I am wearing odd socks, and I don’t care. That’s different! I have noticed that my priorities and evaluation of aspects of the way I live my life have changed under lockdown. Some things that used to seem important, no ...

Someone asked me how to go about creating a learning culture and I sent them this response… I have always been a little bit leery of the concept of a learning culture. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, it’s ...

I have become used to this new way of life resulting from lockdown.It no longer feels strange or weird although it certainly has aspects that I like and dislike compared with my pre-COVID life. I went into lockdown with food ...