If you’re like me you’ll have automatically finished that line with ‘perfect’. I think most people would do the same. And it usually does make perfect. There are many very visible examples, particularly in sport, of people who practise so regularly, and with such commitment that they play the perfect game, run the perfect race, […]
I used to absolutely love school holidays – particularly those six weeks in summer. Thinking of them now, I picture sunny days, picnics, hot rice on the beach (a game not a dish) and hay-making in the local fields. Happy days. But then again, I’m not a parent. My life doesn’t get turned upside down; […]
‘As a leader you cannot blow an uncertain trumpet’ I don’t know who said that but I really like the phrase ‘an uncertain trumpet’. I’m assuming it’s from the battlefield where the blast of a trumpet was a rousing call to arms. Imagine the effect if the trumpeter had played a few timorous disjointed notes. […]
‘Sorry my train was delayed’ ‘Sorry I had to take an important call’ ‘Damn and blast – I didn’t get that done when I said I would…again!’ Are you the White Rabbit? Are you always singing ‘I’m late I’m late for a very important date’ or rushing around using much stronger language? Are you someone who has […]
I don’t know what possesses people to sail round the world solo like Dame Ellen MacArthur, but I really admire them. I saw her on a hot, crowded London commuter train once – probably one of the few times that I began to see the appeal of being alone in the middle of an ocean! […]
