One day I took most of the day off – went beachcombing with four of my grandchildren, aged 3 – 8. Three things combined to create a weekday that felt like a delicious holiday, despite the pile of work waiting: It was school holidays in New Zealand It was wedding anniversary time-out for their hard-working parents [...]
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Is it kind to make things easy for people? I put it to you that when we smooth the path too much we run the risk of short-term kindness becoming long-term cruelty, not only to the person we’re assisting, but often to ourselves. (I’m not talking about customer service here.) The consequences can be very [...]
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The whole of New Zealand is still reeling from the tragic earthquake that hit Christchurch on 22 February 2011. It is hard to fathom the extraordinary circumstances the people of our Garden City are living through. Two of my staff, Jill and Sanchia, are currently in Christchurch doing what they can to help family and friends move [...]
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You’ll probably know that just before 1pm on Tuesday 22 February Christchurch, New Zealand’s second biggest city, was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. This follows the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit in September 2010, and after almost 6 months of ongoing aftershocks. Unfortunately the most recent earthquake hit during the middle of the day [...]
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Do you ever feel sluggish in the afternoon? Is there a particular time of day that you find it difficult to focus, or are more prone to making mistakes? We all know it’s not helpful to anyone if we sit at our desks for 10 hours a day. Yet so many people don’t take enough breaks – [...]
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