We likely all have a favourite scent. That of a beautiful rose. New mown grass. Freshly baked bread. The sea. Fragrance can inspire, connect us to time, place, experience, a person. It lingers in memory long after the initial impact and transports us back whenever we smell it. Then there’s the scent we choose to...
Of course I hear you say! Aren’t we all under pressure – many feeling they are all but living in a pressure cooker – whether it’s in the workplace, home lives or nationally/globally. And yet…can you feel it? That sense of something coming – something new that is emerging. A different type of pressure perhaps?...
Legacy – what we build/create and leave behind – can be testament to our pursuit of our purpose. Sometimes it’s inspiring on a grand scale – world changers like Gandhi, Mandela, Luther King Jr – come to mind, as do artists and inventors. Under the radar, beavering quietly away, unheralded, are the many bringing positive...
Yes, it’s a huge, and some might argue unhelpfully, existential question…I know and yet, if now isn’t the time to ask it with all the chaos and self-imposed destruction, then when would be? As someone with a spiritual philosophy or set of principles through which I can view the physical world as well as the...
‘What our deepest self craves is not mere enjoyment, but some supreme purpose that will enlist all our powers and give unity and direction to our life. We can never know the profoundest joy without a conviction that our life is significant – not a meaningless episode.’ Henry J Golding There’s so much talk about...
As leaders and conscious people, we are encouraged to come into contact with our own personal purpose, our ‘why’ – individually and within organisations. Why do we exist, what is it that we are bringing into the world? In what way are we adding value, something unique or important? Why is the world better for...
Another day, another week, more grisly headlines…this time the fall of a dictator, the grim legacy of inhumanity left behind. An uncertain future for a nation. With the full on, full frontal and ever-present nature of the media it is hard to avoid what is happening in our world. And the worse it is the...
In all groups, large or small, one of the defining characteristics of the impact that group can have is the degree of alignment that exists with their purpose. We all know that any overarching ‘statement’ or unifying mantra can feel a bit like wallpaper after a while, becoming less potent and, ultimately, invisible. There’s always...
Purpose is often, poetically, described as our North Star. It is the place where we feel most ‘in flow’, where our passion and action intersect, where we often achieve more than we felt capable of. In the bustle and demands of daily life discovering our purpose can, though, be a tricky proposition. For some it...
We’ve all experienced this either within ourselves or in/from another…the light-filled, radiatory energy that flows out when someone is deeply aligned with a sense of purpose. The clarity of their communication, the livingness of their ideas and creative expression, the connection that is created with others and others’ ideas and contributions. As leaders we hope...