Intelligence & Wisdom

Intelligence & Wisdom

As the saying goes, “Intelligence is knowing that tomatoes are fruit, and wisdom is not putting them in fruit salad.” Humans are the smartest animal on the planet. Our standout evolutionary achievement is our big brain. But it is only in the last 500 or so years that...
Maximise Potential

Maximise Potential

Entrepreneur, author, and mother of four, Bianca Best recently gave me a copy of her latest book, Big Impact Without Burnout: 8 Energizing Strategies to Stop Struggling and Start Soaring. Through her book she wants to help woman to achieve their full potential without...
20 Years of NLP

20 Years of NLP

This month marks 20 years since I did my very first NLP training. Having spent 18 years before then working as an accountant in the corporate world I was ready for a change. At the start of 2005, as I contemplated that change, coaching was one of the career choices...
Fighting Fire with Fire

Fighting Fire with Fire

‘Fighting fire with fire’ is a commonly used idiom, meaning to use like force against like force. It most likely comes from the practice of creating a fire break to manage a wildfire, by burning fuel in its path, thereby depriving the wildfire of energy. Creating a...
Government

Government

Recently I was asked to review a book a friend of mine had written, which is titled 5,000 years of Monarchy. The book highlights many fascinating facts from across the globe and throughout recorded history. Such as Phillip II of Spain being King of England, after...