Tag Archives | self-respect

Hiding is not an option

By on May 28, 2012 in Lessons learned

I’m not sure exactly when it happened but at some point in the not too distant past, I slipped back into the habit of telling myself that I wasn’t good enough, that I didn’t have much to offer the world and that perhaps being invisible was preferable to be being seen. According to my inner [...]

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What turns people into looters?

By on August 10, 2011 in Current affairs

The scenes of rioting and looting that have unfolded in the UK this week have been so shocking that they barely seem real to me. If I’m honest I have felt quite stunned by it and have taken some time to fully form my opinion on the situation. I started to write a post on [...]

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There is no such thing as weakness

By on July 20, 2011 in Lessons learned

Yesterday I spent just under eight hours undergoing corporate training on how to manage remote teams effectively. This might sound tedious to most but what the training actually boiled down to in my opinion was one big personality test, which actually proved to be quite enlightening. Love them or hate them, I think that personality [...]

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