What makes a good leader? I quickly brainstormed the question, and came up with six qualities a leader should possess. The first four happened to start with ‘C’ so I stuck with it. If I spent more time thinking about this then there would probably be additional qualities, and my thoughts would be more nuanced. … Continue reading Six Qualities of a Good Leader.
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What is my mission? Not worrying about it and doing!
Years ago I used to wrestle with ‘what is my mission’, now I just do! I am a writer and creative therefore I must write and create. My mission is to do what I am. I’m other things too - so I do them. Please don’t read this as passivity through life - it is actually the opposite. It is intentional and mindful activity. You find yourself in your doing. You discover in doing. You discover that you weren’t that, or you weren’t that in the way you thought you were. You discover that you need to grind, or develop, or study. So no matter what doing is your teacher. So if you don’t know your life’s mission…then mindfully and purposefully do. But my final thought is to repeat myself, when you do something and serendipity tells you, this is not the thing, you’d be very wise to listen, as there is only so much you can do, and that your time upon this spinning orb is limited!
I could turn unwanted tasks into a game!
What could you do differently? I could turn unwanted tasks into a game! I could pick six unwanted, or avoided, or procrastinated tasks and number them one to six. I’d then pick what to do by throwing a dice. Okay how do I know how long to do it for. Either you do the job … Continue reading I could turn unwanted tasks into a game!
Write an ad – quickly!
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? WordPress writing prompt (NI version). If you had an advertising hoarding beside a busy road what would it say? This is a really tough question, not because I don’t have something to say, I’ve lots of things to say, but because it really needs to … Continue reading Write an ad – quickly!