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Are YOU Being Served? | Disentangling Genius

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Are YOU Being Served? May 15, 2015. May 16, 2015. Do you recall a childlike curiosity and desire to ride up to the very last level of an elevator to see what was on the top floor? Just when did you become so politely satisfied in merely going up to second floor? Because that’s where you work, day in, day out). Do you ever have a thought of finding out what may be on the next level? Until we decide to lift it, by serving ourself. What is this lid? However the Lid is a variable we can play with! Years ago ...

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Now we are One! Reflections on my first year as an author | Disentangling Genius

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Now we are One! Reflections on my first year as an author. March 13, 2015. First of all, thanks to an amazing new friend @thoughtsofjane and her sparky blog https:/ hellocreativecrowd.wordpress.com/. For her invitation to guest blog and share this with my tribe too…. How did the concept for Disentangling Genius come about? What inspired the name of the book? I took this recollection and the metaphor of a similarly tangled ball of wool. In fact I simply decided “I am an author”. This book surprised me in ...

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Freeze: Leaning into the threat | Disentangling Genius

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The natural response, that one should fight or flight in a threatening situation is well documented! Having learned to compose myself in situations that demand a more measured approach, as a nurse under pressure or as a leader with a consciousness of my influence and impact upon others, I also recognise that there is a third way. That is to freeze. What if instead we simply lean? We give both ourselves and the supposed aggressor, the benefit of the doubt? This was usual practice before a permanent pacema...

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History Re-interprets itself! | Disentangling Genius

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July 8, 2015. July 8, 2015. I’m going deep into time today….History and Future! There’s a word that I rarely used until fairly recently when a business friend of mine brought it squarely into my conscious vocabulary. This business friend has invested years of study into the design of a problem solving framework. It offers a fun and playful approach to deep and thorny issues in transitioning anything from corporate change to family priorities. Wikipedia describes this word “Iteration”. Let’s take le...

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May | 2015 | Disentangling Genius

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The Five Storeys of Aspiration. May 29, 2015. May 29, 2015. Ok, here’s why “. Somewhere Over the Rainbow. 8221; is an all-time favourite melody. We identify with the yearning and dreaming of Dorothy’s naive young heart and fear for her only finding out through bitter experience. We know that she can’t get where she’s going and even if she gets there it will all have been a charade. Last time I spoke about the elevator in Are You Being Served? Insert your relevant goal). She prompted the thought that I ha...

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Speed dating, Love Knots and “Go-giving” favours | Disentangling Genius

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Speed dating, Love Knots and Go-giving favours. March 27, 2015. March 27, 2015. It was a friend’s luggage label. She provoked me to think again about my business message and my marketing. Her buff, pointed business card was unique, possibly homemade. (The stationary equivalent of. Vintage shabby chic ). It restored my faith in the medium of the business card as a unique, warm and friendly exchange rather than a fervent and desperate investment. My first exposure to a globally successful business network ...

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Create margins of error | Disentangling Genius

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Create margins of error. January 2, 2015. I’ve been having a conversation with one of my Facebook friends this last week about a suggestion I seem to have created. That we ONLY learn from our mistakes. This has been taxing his optimistic nature I suppose. Of course the truth is that it is entirely possible to learn from both successes and gains. But how many of us in the flush of some amazing breakthrough are arrested by success long enough to reflect upon its probable causes? I have nothing to lose.

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Conscience Uncoupling | Disentangling Genius

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June 12, 2015. June 12, 2015. It’s always sad to hear about a business partnership, trusted friendship or marriage coming to an end. However amicable it is claimed to be. Remember a couple of years ago, a couple’s decision to split hit the headlines. They called it. Again, I recently came across this phrase coined by a psychotherapist and author. Whether it really is just a euphemism or makes an important distinction from selfishness and individualism is the point I want to consider. Through my dark times.

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gilldares | Disentangling Genius

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From Hull, Hell and Handicrafts. July 4, 2016. I really enjoyed meeting everyone at The Fourth National Cancer Conference in Hull last week. It was my University town, not my birthplace but nevertheless a formative place I have many fond memories of. Yes, I am happy to say there are many voices appealing for such spiritual qualities as “love” and “comfort” in our work with patients. And one of my next adventures will be the teleconferencing coaching I aim to deliver over 8 weeks as a high value peer lear...