My husband is very keen on the above quote. He applies it in all sorts of ways. I was reminded of this when chatting to someone about taking on a part time study course. I did this in my mid 30s and they asked me how I coped being a student, holding down a full time job and ( at [...]
I watched Padraig Harrington win the Open Golf yesterday for the second year in a row. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
It is easy to forget that individual sportsmen rely on many factors to contribute to their success. Padraig didn’t though and I think this shows huge strength and leadership. He clutched [...]
I have spent the day working with a group of people who have in some way been involved in Space Unlimited projects – including some young people. We were reviewing the benefits to all participants – teachers, the businesses, Space Unlimited itself and the coaches (of which I am one) – and of course, and [...]
I have spent the past few days in Lerwick in the Shetland Islands training young people aged 12 – 15 in speaking skills. They responded wonderfully -as young people we work with on the Speakersbank programme usually do.
Working in an island community has its own challenges though. Some of our participants had to take a [...]
In a meeting with the head of HR of an international financial organisation we were discussing the skills that that – and other -organisations need young people to have for them to be an attractive candidate on leaving schools/college/university. He mentioned that for them it is frustrating when a good candidate to just churns out what they [...]
