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, […]
Inspiration is a fascinating factor behind your career. Ability is evident and knowledge too is apparent. However, inspiration is the glue that brings these and other strengths together to achieve great things. Why is it so important? Prominent Positive Psychologist, Scott Barry Kaufman, believes inspiration has the ability to turn “apathy to engagement”. Music to […]
To ring in the New Year, allow me to bring you Inspo’s Soundtrack from 2016: A Year of Growth: a musical round-up to the key takeaways from Inspo’s 2016 to take into 2017. * You’ve got the words to change a nation, but you’re biting your tongue. Emile Sande-Read All About It. When people spoke […]
A former colleague had a bone to pick with me recently. He’s enjoying the blog posts but commented on the frequent theme of positivity. His point is that, while positive messages are welcome, they can be hard to read if you’re in the middle of a bad day. So he’s challenged me to write about […]
Career decisions can be exciting, excruciating, daunting and daring. I know that now. With that in mind, I’m going to focus the upcoming blogs on establishing the foundations to enable good career choices in the midst of those emotions. This post is about accumulating the necessary self-knowledge to weigh up career decisions. I’ve learned that […]
I walked out of the deli of the shop with my sandwich. I was greeted by a lovely view, looking across the Grand Canal Dock in Dublin’s city centre. A fairly intense sense of gratitude struck me at that moment. Curiously, it was unrelated to the sandwich or the view (both were worthy of gratitude). It […]