Heading into the wind
Most weekends my friend Amelia and I go for a long walk. We started doing this when we were training for a 12 mile charity walk a couple of years ...
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Anybody can cut hair – and other similar myths
I have been with the same hairdresser for more than 25 years. I feel we have grown up together! When I was having a recent cut I mentioned that I ...
Who are you comparing yourself to?
I remember going to a school reunion many years ago when I was in my early 30s. I realised that I really wanted to know what had happened to those ...
Time to check your status?
I was reading the Harvard Business Review Daily update that I get straight to my inbox and as is so often the case the content made me sit back and ...
What’s stopping you?
In New York recently we came across this magnificent building and discovered that it is the main post office building. It's pretty impressive and we had to stand on the ...
Time to broaden your horizons
I have just come back from a wonderful holiday in the beautiful Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland. For me there is something about going onto an island ...
It’s (not) just a summer job
In the summer between leaving school and going to college I worked in a Scottish goods store in Princes Street in Edinburgh. In those days it was a very posh ...
Making the most of what you have
We recently had a holidayin the beautiful town of Menton on the French Riviera. It is steeped in history with many of the buildings dating from the late 19th early ...
A glass half empty…
Most of us understand the notion of someone who has a glass half empty or half full view of life - and will have a reasonable sense of where they ...
