The art of doing
I’ve been listening to Robert Pirsig’s 1974 lecture on how the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance came to be…
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The nature of work
The word “work” comes from the Old English noun weorc and verb wyrcan, meaning an action, deed, or labor. I’m…
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Unsaid thoughts
The parent who is “extra” and is making it about them, even when they say it’s about their child. The child who isn’t…
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What’s required?
I asked a group of pupils I was working with recently: give me one word to sum up the session, and one pupil said:…
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What are we encouraging?
If the job of a coach is to make the focus of the session obvious, then it’s reasonable to ask: what am I making…
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Step Foward
Junior doctors are high-achieving, well-trained, intelligent people; you’d think they’d have their career path set. Only…
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Picking Apples
Most of us don’t think of picking apples for a living. Yet, when we need the money, we might. After all, it’s outside…
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The destination might not be the point
Trying to go from A to B had me running around in circles for years. A bigger turnover, another contract, more…
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