How’s your forgettory?
Learning a new skill over the long haul My wife and I have recently returned from a lovely relaxing holiday with some close friends to their villa in Spain on the sunny Costa Blanca. Now, whenever anyone talks about visiting Spain my thoughts are immediately filled with memories of a Monty Python “Travel Agent” sketch […]
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What is your Waterloo
The history book on the shelf, is always repeating itself. Recently I met up with a friend named Tony Lynch for lunch in London, and we found ourselves in an establishment called “The Wellington Hotel”, which was located just across the road from Waterloo Station. It caused a moment of amusement when we briefly remembered […]
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What puts the cap on your capacity?
Which instrument do you play? When I was a child I used to listen to my mum practising and playing her violin every evening, and as I grew up I knew that I wanted to try my hand at that too. I started learning piano at 5 and I soon discovered that wasn’t to be […]
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What is Leadership?
Promoting the development of leadership qualities in those around us. That’s a question that brings much debate and is viewed passionately from many different perspectives with a variety of commentators sharing strongly held views based on quite different experiences. My intention here is not to try to provide a definition of leadership, rather to provide […]
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