A friend honing a new course said ‘It is later than you think, start living now’. It made me sit up and take notice. It also made me start writing a book. A very personal… Read More
It’s later than we think
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We can’t make connections with individuals if we don’t pay attention to the detail
‘So, tell me before I set off, what goes with what?’ I was putting out a few plates of food for people about to arrive and an old friend came into the kitchen and asked… Read More
Changing habits
There is a lot of talk about changing habits, and creating new ones. Essentially, the skill I want to teach, which is paying attention at will, is all about creating a new habit. So it… Read More
‘Getting un-stuck’
Over the last three weeks I have been attending a course, ‘Unleashed’, being run by a friend Blanca Vergara. The first session included an hour’s break-out room discussion to address a key question – what… Read More
The beginning of a journey – teaching people to pay attention
A story of inequality What careers teachers in the public sector might identify, quite rightly, is that young people who are typically from richer, better connected families, have something which has come to be called… Read More