Careers: Is ‘big change’ possible? Lucy Kellaway is one of my favourite journalists. Or should I say, ‘was’. See Kellaway’s articles vanished from the Financial Times around 18 months ago. In an online article I stumbled across last week I discovered Kellaway, who was 30 years in journalism, left her post with the FT. Kellaway […]
Yoga on Saturday in Saint Stephen’s Green was brilliant. The sun beamed a wonderful light and heat on us for the hour. This light was contrast by complete darkness set upon the grass four feet away from my mat by a shadow cast from a towering oak tree in the Green. ‘Where there is light, […]
Network provider Three are running a brilliant ad currently. The ad shows a middle-aged son and his elderly father completing a marathon. That moment of celebration between the two at the finish line sums up everything that is wonderful about the human spirit. The Wonder of the Human Spirit: The human spirit is fascinating. Yet, […]
Do you ever wonder what your ideal career path looks like? There’s clues to the answer in your own home. The home is made by parents, the place where they provide for their kids. The goal of parents is to do everything to give their kids the best possible upbringing. My folks worked incredibly hard […]
You may at this stage be reaching saturation point on advice for shaping your 2018. With that in mind, this is not a 30-day programme. It’s not twelve sequential steps, combined with an algebraic formula to achieve a year of eternal happiness (with hindsight, Inspo’s post last week fell a little into this category, apologies). […]
2018 has the potential to be a great year. Two statements must be addressed to allow 2018 to be as great as possible. They are statements that Inspo encountered frequently in 2017. “I’d love to do something different. But I’m too long doing what I’m doing”. “Work has me exhausted and my sense of work/life […]
Welcome to the final blog of 2017! It’s been a year which saw Oscar drama, political change, sporting firsts. Here’s the four key takeaways from Inspo’s review of the year: People: For Inspo, it’s been a year of meeting and working with unbelievable people. It’s also been a year of unbelievable support, goodwill and encouragement […]
It’s a beautiful book. With an empowering message. Transformative actually. And yet the birth of the message….How does it come from there? Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. It can unlock your potential. It can free you from your inhibitions. And yet the birth of the message…..Is from the depths of time spent in […]
Know that you are going to do things this week that people are going to view as brilliant; Rest assured that you are going to bring strengths to the table this week that nobody else possesses; Be sure that the work you do this week is laying down the foundations for future success; Recognise that […]
Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential – Sheryl Sandberg. Belief is critical to achieving career goals. The first condition that must be in place to getting the next promotion or making that career adjustment is believing that it’s going to happen. On the flip side, one of […]