You CAN have your cake and eat it too!
I watched a fascinating vodcast on the BBC Ideas site last week, by author & podcaster Bruce Daisley, all about the role of the office moving forward and whether office life, such as that which existed in the classic call centre environment pre-lockdown, would ever be the same again once this pandemic is history and […]
Working remotely during the Covid Pandemic – 6 Golden Rules to follow
This week I’m going to be short and sweet (aren’t I always ). Seems that the home working craze is starting to wane a little – perhaps it’s not quite the panacea we thought it might be with many starting to feel a little frayed around the edges. So hopefully this week’s FIT Matters will help rebalance […]
Make peace with your past this Christmas!
There’s a wise old quote that’s resonated with me for a very long time during my career… “If you want to SEE progress, look backward. If you want to SEEK progress, look forward” And actually, it’s really important to do both isn’t it? Especially at this time of year, as we approach the closing of […]
Lessons from a seagull
I have to admit I am TERRIFIED of birds – the bigger, the scarier they are and the more terrified I become! So, you can imagine my horror last weekend… while out for a lovely leisurely walk along the beachfront in Hastings, I am attacked (yes, literally a-t-t-a-c-k-e-d) by a flock of seagulls. It happens […]
Take a step outside your hoola-hoop!
It’s really important that we’re reminded of the importance of stepping out of our hoola-hoop every now and then – because all progress takes place outside our comfort zone, agreed? When Lloyd Hazell & Tasha Harris were offered £30,000 for a 45% share of their company by Dragons Den star Sarah Willingham, a few years […]
If at first you don’t succeed…try, try, try again!
“It’s impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you have failed by default” J. K. Rowling Well Joanne should know hey!? A single mother on welfare, it took J.K Rowling 7 years to write the story […]
Welcome to Holland
I came across a beautiful piece of writing by Emily Perl Kingsley during Mental Health Awareness Week recently, when it struck me just how poignant a comparison the piece was to what’s going on in the world right now…. We’ve all arrived in Holland when we were destined for Italy! Allow me to explain… It […]
The Science of Hope and the Secret to Bouncing Back
The Science of Hope (yes, it IS a science apparently) states that HOPE is about having a steadfast belief in the possibility that things can change, no matter how dire or desperate things may seem in the present moment. Hope gives us the will to keep moving forward. Hope gives us resilience to hang on […]
I’m not OK, you’re not OK!
It’s OK to not be OK right now, you know. It’s a scary time for many and this experience is one none of us has ever been through before, so life is bound to feel incredibly strange and uncertain at the moment. If you’ve been furloughed or lost your job during the COVID pandemic, then you’re […]
Your Mind Matters
Most of us have been aware of the Every Mind Matters campaign for some time, although I guess its usefulness as a coping mechanism has become far more apparent over the last couple of months, since the Corona Virus pandemic became big, ugly bad news for us all, to the point we’re all searching for […]
