I have been talking about work-life balance since I stopped playing professional sport twenty years ago. We are juggling all these balls in life and, more often than not, we drop the glass balls and not the rubber ones. In 1991, Bryan Dyson, ex-CEO of Coca-Cola, compared life to juggling five balls at the same time: Work, Family, Health, Friends,…
I seriously can’t believe that we are already in November. It really feels like this year has been a bit of a blur. 2025 really has been a tough year on the business side, and it has triggered me to think about 2026 in a different way. As the year starts to wind down, I always started setting resolutions for…
Many people confuse sympathy with empathy and vice versa, so I will start by explaining the difference between the two responses. Sympathy is an acknowledgment of feelings, and empathy provides a deeper, more supportive understanding and connection. I will give an example. If someone is experiencing parenting struggles with a small baby: Sympathy: “Wow, that sounds really tiring. I am…
Finding Time for Fitness I often ask people about their health and what their exercise regime looks like. The answer I usually get is, “I don’t have time to train,” which is probably true for many of us who work from 8 to 5. The fact is that if we don’t make time, we will never have time. When I…
In this ever-changing world, there is a massive shift toward adaptability, and being able to process these changes in a very short period of time is crucial. Despite this continuous barrage of change, many people still long for consistency and find solace in simplifying their lives, not complicating them. I think COVID-19 had a huge impact on people’s outlook regarding…
If you read my blogs regularly, you’ll be aware of my love for quotes. This week, I am writing about the power of gratitude, and I want to start this blog with a quote: “Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices.” This means that you and I have a choice every single day: whether we will be grateful…
