“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows“.   Buddha

I first came across India Arie years ago when she was interviewed on Oprah.  Her message has stayed with me and I have this song on my iPod.  It is the song I listen to in those moments of self doubt we all have …. Hope you enjoy!

Just for a bit of fun, take this quick personality test.Â
Grab a piece of paper and draw a pig.  Go on, don’t read on until you have your pig done to your satisfaction.Â
Now, here is what that pig says about you:
If the pig is drawn:
Toward the top of the paper, you are positive and [...]

Having a preference for Introversion I often find it hard to share personal information about myself here for the whole world to read (if only the whole world were reading!).  That being said, I do want to share that recently I have started seeing “someone special”.  We have known each other for a while and [...]

I just love this story.  I shared it recently with a client who was struggling with Staff stuck in the “but that’s how we’ve always done it here” mentality.Â
Start with a cage containing five apes.  In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put stairs under it.
Before long, an ape will go [...]

Need some inspiration to achieve the extraordinary?  Check this out ….

“A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.”   Wade Boggs  

One of the challenges I face with participants in Myers-Briggs Workshops is around gender bias.  This is particularly evident when we discuss Thinking and Feeling preferences.Â
It becomes clear quite quickly that there are some women that feel they “should” have a Feeling preference and many men that feel they “should” have a Thinking preference.Â
It often [...]