The only constant is change

The only constant is change

“I feel deep down that my life is going through a fluid period at the moment... lots of change coming... so need to embrace it and roll with it” 

These wise words from a coaching client put him in a position of power. Sometimes we have more change to cope with than others. While navigating change can be destabilizing and tiring, the choice to lean into it makes the journey easier and often quicker, too.  

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The bells and whistles

The bells and whistles

My business owning, family man, coaching client is undeniably successful by current measures. Yesterday, he told me how his friendship is back on track and he is meeting up with his mate for a private appointment at a place in Beverley Hills where they sell Rolex. My client and his friend are both collectors. That’s how he rolls. And he told me with some glee, through more related to his navigating the repaired friendship than to watches. 

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It really is life or death

It really is life or death

During the 15 years when I ran my first business – Juicy Glass Ltd – I also spent many happy weekends hill walking and talking with a friend who was a GP.

Climbing mountains we chewed the fat about life, work, relationships, and parenting. The whole juicy shebang.

When things were stressful in my architectural glass business, I found perspective talking to her, and coined the phrase “It’s only glass” as shorthand for, unlike her work, it isn’t life or death.

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