​ CLICK AND COLLECT

Sometimes we can act like a tortoise
moving very slowly
step-by-step,
sometimes making progress,
and sometimes
standing still.

But what if we were a seagull
kicking off from a standing start,
zooming at great pace ,
covering vast distances,
deciding where to land and  then
mmediately placing ourselves there?

Let's re-design our delivery.

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AMBITION

The main task that you’re working on
at the moment is really a small thing.
Beyond this there is a larger task
that you are easily capable of.
Just think for a moment
what is this larger task?
For this is what you should be doing.
This should be your focus.

And beyond this larger task
is a greater task
one of real significance,
that you are easily capable of.
Just think for a moment
what is this greater task?
For this is what you should be doing.
This should be your focus.

And beyond this greater task
is the greatest task
where all of your effort should be,
that you are easily capable of.
Just think for a moment
what is the greatest task?
For this is what you should be doing.
This should be your focus.
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. What is the key task that you are working on now? 
2. What  is the 'larger task', the 'greater task' beyond this and the  'greatest task'?
3. What is the level of your ambition? ​

 DE-CLUTTER 

Clear out your office.
Empty your cabinets and
get rid of your old papers.
Close the door behind you.
 
We don't have to continue doing
what we've always done.
We don't have to carry
all of our imperfect past with us
 
We can dispose of our papers and
separate out what we no longer need.
We can start afresh
from wherever we are.
 
Unburden yourself from your past.
Leave boxes and bags behind.
Take only that which gives  you
 joy, peace and happiness.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. Are you ready to clear  out  'your office'? What  do you no longer need to hold onto? 
2.  What  is it that give you joy, peace and happiness?
3. What does your 'fresh start' look like? ​

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. We are different to others and we all have a different contribution to make. What is your contribution?
2. Our future life is not just ‘more of the same’. It is not just extending what has happened up to now. How will you be different? ​

MEDITATION MASTERCLASS

And when nothing happens,
nothing seems to work and
there is no conversation,
then recognise that this is
about just sitting and just being.

There is no need for productivity.
There is no need for thought.
There is no need for inspiration.
Just sit with no expectation.
Just relax. Just be in that moment.

For our failure to meditate or reflect
or pray or even sit, takes us closer
to our greatest success.
When the world wants to drag us back,
stay with the failure.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. Write down some of the  imperfect moments of your day - taking today or yesterday as your case study. Why was each of these moments  imperfect?
2. Now, 'flip' each of these and ask what was the 'unique moment'  in each interaction or activity for you? 
3. How do you look back on this day in its entirety? ​

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. List 5 times or situations  when you have been in the  world of more.
2. List 5 times or situations when you have been in the world  of plenty.
​3. What do these 10 points tell you about yourself?

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. Find a quiet place with no  distractions. Sit down and relax. Try and empty you brain of all thoughts. Deliberately leave a space of nothingness. Keep coming back to this emptiness. Just be.  
2.  At the finish time, write down what happened and what you've learned.
3. Repeat the above process every day for five days.​

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. Does you inclusion policy  at work focus on everyone or only on certain categories of people?   How might you begin to change this? 
2.  At a personal level, who are you reaching out to? ​

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. What are you including in your next personal Stocktake?
2. What are you  counting and measuring?
3.  How often  do you need to Stocktake?