


Just Ask
After completing my university studies, I encountered Meta-Morphose,โฆ

A treasured delicacy
A new fresh nut stall has appeared outside our local supermarket.
Forโฆ

Habits
๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ!
I have a regular early morningโฆ

Conversations Matter
Yesterday, for a while Monic and I sat in conversation together.
Conversation:โฆ

Self-reflection
Daily, I consciously make time for self-reflection.
Itโฆ

Seekers Wanted
As a child, I often played hide-n-seek.
Hide-n-seekโฆ

๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ - the key that opens every door.
โ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ is the key that opensโฆ

Jump in!
Did you dip your toes in the water a little?
OR
Didโฆ

Time is Life
๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐.
It is irreversibleโฆ

Treasures
โAnd when they were come into the house, they saw the youngโฆ

Three Gifts
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ผ...
Our missionariesโฆ

Welcome Back
๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐!
It seemedโฆ

All In
๏ผก๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ผฉ๏ฝ
This weekend marks a significant dateโฆ

Oops!
๏ผฏ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ผ
Yesterday, after a busy morning at Schipholโฆ

Tangled
๏ผด๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ
๏ฝ๏ผ
Looking at Christmas fairyโฆ

Lamplighters...
๏ผฌ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ
๏ฝ๏ฝ
Jesus Christ is the lightโฆ

The Rear View
๏ผด๏ฝ๏ฝ
๏ผฒ๏ฝ
๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ผถ๏ฝ๏ฝ
๏ฝ
Are you spendingโฆ

Standards
๐บ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐
๐....
stanยทdard:โฆ

No Room?
๏ผฎ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ผ
We had an incredible Christmasโฆ

That's Nuts!
We were in Ijsselstein on Saturday visiting my brother-in-lawโฆ

Glorious!
๏ผง๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ผ
Friday was a long day ofโฆ

A Pale Blue Dot
What is your ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐?
Itโฆ

Don't forget to laugh!
A fun experience from Belgium last week.
Departing ourโฆ

"It made my day."
Travelling has been a constant for us this week, with nightsโฆ

To the Rescue
๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฑ...
He is an energeticโฆ

The Master Puzzler
"Iโve seen a lot of posts lately about the church, why peopleโฆ

Remembrance
Today is Remembrance Sunday in the UK.
On the 11th it wasโฆ

Practice!
What makes a man or a woman a good musician?
๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐.
Whatโฆ

Information leads to Inspiration
โ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฆ

Are you being tested?
Many things look good until they are ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐.
Manyโฆ

Scaling
โOn a ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ of 1 to 10, where do you currentlyโฆ

What is of greatest worth?
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญโฆ

Are you tiptoeing through the tulips?
We need ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ!
Over the lastโฆ

Are you hungry?
โThatโs it then, sadly we wonโt be goingโฆโ
Monicโฆ

Patterns
That's a 3-year-old me on the left, with my younger sisterโฆ

Sifting
โWould you like a hot chocolate?โ
Thatโs a favouriteโฆ

Procrastination!
Are you putting things off - again!?
Aren't you tiredโฆ

"Will we take the stairs?"
Heading down to breakfast from our 6th floor hotel room inโฆ

Armed with Righteousness
โCan we get a light sabre photo?โ asked Elizabeth Anderson.
Followingโฆ

Your true potential
๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐โฆ

Seasons
โThereโs that clatter againโฆโ I thought.
Thisโฆ

Emotions!
Do you pay attention to your feelings?
Yesterday, as we droveโฆ

J-O-Y.
Do you feel ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ in your life?
Are you searchingโฆ

Too much to do?
Are you pushing yourself too hard?
Personally, Iโmโฆ

Expect the Unexpected!
Things don't always turn out the way you planned!
Onโฆ

Discouraged?
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จโฆ

N.O. Two simple letters - No
Do you ever say โ๐๐๐ฌโ to someone, when you meanโฆ

Do you care?
Do you question your motives?
The crux of my personalโฆ

Who is your wise guide?
๐๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐?
Harryโฆ

Let's huddle!
๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐โฆ

Are you wrestling?
Are you wrestling with something or someone?
Perhapsโฆ

A Heroes Journey
Have any of these people touched your heart recently?
Harryโฆ

Elevate Your Thoughts
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญโฆ

Where can you turn for peace?
๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโฆ

Prayer - an act of faith.
"๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐โฆ

As a Man Thinketh
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐คโฆ

Building Rapport
Recently I was asked โ โHow do you build rapport?โ
Rapportโฆ

Why not religion?
Why not Religion?
As Rabbi Jonathan Sacks taught: โ[Religion]โฆ

Turn it Off!
โ๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ.โ
Inโฆ

Stay in the Boat
โLetโs get in the boatโ I said.
However, it wasnโtโฆ

Medium...
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒโฆ

Words Matter
Do you listen to your heart?
Words matter.
All week longโฆ

Transfers
โ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซโฆ

Slow Down.
Did you miss anything?
Every day, I try to learn a newโฆ

Just this once
โCanโt we do it just this once President?โ
Sound familiar?
Smallโฆ

Motivation
โDo you have time for a game President?โ
This questionโฆ

Warnings!
โThere it goes againโ โ I thought.
At that momentโฆ

Somethingism
Do you believe in ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ?
Ourโฆ

Is it for real?
๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐คโฆ

Cullen Skink
โPresident, you look a little tired, you should take a 10-minuteโฆ

Feeling Forgotten?
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐?
Iโฆ

Choose to Play
"๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จโฆ

Being Heard
๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐?
Yearsโฆ

The Enos Challenge
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ?
โStudyingโฆ

Its time to wake up!
Are you wide awake or sleepwalking through life?
Areโฆ

A still small voice.
๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโฆ

Emotional Rollercoasters
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซโฆ

Strength in unity
Why should less be more?
A few days ago, we received a letterโฆ

A little wink
Do they smile back at you?
Last weekend, Monic and Iโฆ

Learning takes practice.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญโฆ

Attitude
โHow do I remain ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐, when soโฆ

A stranger here
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐โฆ

Being heard
Have you ever met someone who not only listened to you butโฆ

Understanding
Let me dispel the misunderstanding...
Today I will beโฆ

Silence has power
The world is getting louder.
There is a lot of noiseโฆ

The Book of Life
I was asked recently, "๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐โฆ

The Right Thing
"๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญโฆ

Being one.
Manchester, Dundee, Leeds, Newcastle, Carlisle, Torquay andโฆ

Be there!
๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐!
Whilst on a video callโฆ

What is my destination?
Daily we travel throughout Belgium and the Netherlands โโฆ

The extra mile
Recently I was asked, โ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌโฆ

Finishers Wanted
Recently I was asked; "How do I improve my self-discipline?"
Itโฆ

Is love the answer?
๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ?
Celebratingโฆ

Do you accept mistakes?
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ?
Weโฆ

Cramming!
๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ โฆ

Self-Mastery
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญโฆ

What path are you on in life?
Recently I was asked "Am I on the right path?"
Throughoutโฆ

Gen Z Children
โThat is so annoying!โ I said to Megan as we laughed andโฆ

Sweet Reunions
๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ wereโฆ

Exhortation - Menin Gate, Ipres
One word played through my mind over and over again on Tuesday,โฆ

What do you want to become?
Are you clear about what you want to become?
Dallinโฆ

Is there a God?
Frequently I'm asked - "Is there a God, is there a creator?"
Inโฆ

Coincidence or Tender Mercy?
Looking Back and Moving Forward.
When โ April 2008โฆ

Under Pressure?
Under pressure? Feeling stressed? A lot on your plate?
Usually,โฆ

Do you act or react?
Do you act or react?
I like this story told by Dallinโฆ

Face the Fear!
โArenโt you a little nervous?โ asked the missionaries.โฆ

I'll be happy when....
I often hear people sayโฆ.
"I'll be happy when....(fillโฆ

My Favourite Dutch Words
One of the missionaries askedโฆ.โWhat are your favouriteโฆ

Attitude - The Little Engine That Could
โMake no small plans. They have no magic to stir menโsโฆ

Straight and Tall
Walking along the Vliet (our local canal), into town this week,โฆ

Lessons from Juggling....
โCan anyone juggle?โ I asked.
A few raised their handsโฆ

The Book of Mormon Musical
Our version is ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒโฆ

Once Upon A Time....
Consider the meaning of โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โฆ

Do, Feel, Learn....
I have listened to hundreds, if not thousands of workshops, talksโฆ

You....growing older.
It is later than you think.
Remember how short our timeโฆ

Marathons and Missions - the same, but different
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญโฆ

Courage
Courage is the great need of our time.
Courage requires consequence.
Ifโฆ

Remember to say please.
Remember to say ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐..
Not too long ago,โฆ

Feet that bring peace!
As our missionaries walked into the mission home for Missionโฆ

Growth Rings
Every human being is also a human ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Aโฆ

Lessons that change us
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญโฆ

Deep Roots
Storms blew across Europe on Friday.
Whilst walkingโฆ

Unity
โLeadership is influence - nothing more, nothing lessโโโฆ

Are you sleepwalking through life?
Are you sleepwalking through life?
I remember yearsโฆ

Learning Patience
Almost daily, I pass this traffic light as I set forth on anyโฆ

Signatures
โThat simply cannot beโฆโ I thought puzzlingly to myselfโฆ

How do you honour someone?
How do you honour someone?
If you are the Queen, youโฆ

Look Up!
Look Up!
"I try to avoid looking forward or backward, andโฆ

Honour, Help, Obey
Growing up in Scotland, I enjoyed going to cub scouts for aโฆ

Are you drifting?
One of the common traps of life is ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Fromโฆ

Disappointment
After coming in contact with someone with Covid this week,โฆ

Time
As a teenager, only moments ago, I had time aplenty. However,โฆ

Improving!
โWees niet bang om fouten te maken, iedereen die een nieuweโฆ

Curiosity
Out for a walk in the Scheveningse Bosjes yesterday, โthatโsโฆ

Customs
Do you have any customs or habits in your country that communicateโฆ

What lies within us....
I love quotes! They are insightful, oftentimes intriguing andโฆ

What's in a name?
Missionary coaching interviews โ our favourite time as missionโฆ

Measuring Progress
How do you measure your progress?
....It's just goneโฆ

Overloaded?
Last Sunday, we decided to gourmet with the missionaries forโฆ

Enjoying the Moment
Recently I was asked, โHow can you be really present andโฆ

What does it mean to commune with God?
Arising from my knees early this morning, I asked myself hadโฆ

What will I write about today?
Picking up my new journal for 2022 this morning, โWhat willโฆ

Goals - do we need a bigger truck?
Another year, and goal setting is back on everyone's mind againโฆ

Friendship
What new friendships have you made this year?
Reflectingโฆ

The difference between a good and a great leader.
Recently I was asked "what is the key to becoming a leader?"
Inโฆ

Christmas Memories
This Christmas season has brought many opportunities to spendโฆ

Learning - Lighting the way ahead.
I love to learn.
The older I become, the more I enjoyโฆ

Interruptions!
โWill I answer that?โ I thought.
It had been an extremelyโฆ

Dealing with stress...
Recently I was asked "How do you cope with stressful situations"โฆ

Like flame unquenchable - passing the torch
"What do you see in this image?" I asked in the online missionโฆ

Light the World
"Big bobbles at the bottom and small ones at the top" saidโฆ

Honesty
"That's amazing! We have never received that amount ever inโฆ

Speak up
"Do any of you attend church?" asked my English teacher inโฆ

The Pursuit of Excellence
"And what are you going to do now?" asked President Goodman,โฆ

What path are you following?
Where will you walk today?
We love to walk!
Walkingโฆ

Devotion
What are you devoted to?
What happens when you liveโฆ

Mission Service
Recently, I have been asked this a few times; โWhat do youโฆ

Ask first!
Standing in the kitchen, Monic passed me the jar of beetroot.
Havingโฆ

Ministering
Several times in the last week or two, I have been asked "Whatโฆ

Nobody is a Nobody
๐๐จ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ!
Throughโฆ

What personal battles do you face?
What do you wrestle with?
What is your biggest personalโฆ

Enough!
Okay people.... seriously, when is enough, enough?
Areโฆ

Adapting to Change
Years ago, I worked for a company whose logo incorporated aโฆ

From Dark to Light
Are you fumbling around in the darkness?
The stormsโฆ

Culture
"What is that for?" she asked.
"Its an egg cup." I replied.
Thenโฆ

How do I become a better leader?
Recently I was asked, "How can I be a better leader?"
Myโฆ

Agile Thinking!
"It's okay" I said, "I'll pop down to the car for it...."
Letโฆ

Simple Symbols & Formulas
Pondering after general conference weekend, it struck me thisโฆ

Oops!
Now that was a little embarrassing!
Yesterday, Monicโฆ

Change one Thing
Change One Thing....
Have you ever asked yourself what'sโฆ

Asking Questions
"What questions do you have for me?"
I asked that questionโฆ

Shopping
Yesterday, in preparation for our busy week ahead, we wentโฆ

Signs of Progress
How do you measure progress?
After 9 weeks of immersionโฆ

Its all a matter of perspective
Recently, on a couple of instances, our attention has beenโฆ

Change 6 things!
Facilitating a meeting earlier this week with our Mission Leadershipโฆ

Its a marathon, not a sprint!
"๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง, ๐ง๐จ๐ญโฆ

Trust
"What will be our focus?" I was asked.
In a flash myโฆ

Understanding
"Do you understand what I mean?" he asked.
In many relationships,โฆ

Doubt your Doubts
"No, I just can't do it!" said the coachee.
As a professionalโฆ

Friendship
And that's the end of our first full month (already!), back homeโฆ

Talents
"Would you like to play something on the piano?" I asked.
Yesterday,โฆ

Slow Down
This is my watch.
...For a while yesterday, time seemed toโฆ

To don't list!
"How about a "to don't list"" - that's a new idea I thought.
Workingโฆ

Baby Steps
๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โฆ

A lesson from slippers
"Where are my slippers?"
It was dark, 5.00 am and theโฆ

Asking Questions
What will you do differently because of what you learned today?
Askedโฆ

Self-Belief
Q. When does a draw feel like a victory?
A. When you are massiveโฆ

How have you changed?
Arriving home, fighting my tiredness, my bed was screamingโฆ

Safety, Instruction and Preparation
Jumping, or more accurately, 'falling' out of a plane is easy,โฆ

Surprise!
Every now and again, you get a pleasant little surprise. Yesterdayโฆ

"Its as easy as ABC"
"Oh yes" I thought, "its as easy as ABC."
At extremelyโฆ

Deep Change
"What is your favourite book on change?" asked a course participant.
I'veโฆ

Penalty Points...
No! Not again - another 3 points!
1989, an unforgettableโฆ

Don't just do something, sit there!
"Don't just do something, sit there!"- is a phrase I have stumbledโฆ

Extremes
For those old enough, you will remember the summer of 1976,โฆ

Generosity
When you think of a generous person, who first comes to mind?
Generosityโฆ

Tips!
The problem with the word โtipโ is that it has many definitions.
Atโฆ

Perfect Pizza!
"It's the centrifugal force" I said, as my daughter Cristi gaveโฆ

Mind the Gap
In a podcast interview yesterday I was asked, "Why is personalโฆ

Who am I?
"Who am I?"
That question surfaced a few times thisโฆ

Swimming Lessons
Yesterday, I returned to the swimming pool. It's been a while!โฆ

Relevance
As I sat at a breakfast table in London 16 months ago, a questionโฆ

Profanity
Walking through the town centre on my way home yesterday, I certainlyโฆ

Love one another
As we looked across the street I saw our neighbour's door wideโฆ

A new chapter
As one chapter in life draws to a close, another is set to begin...
Oneโฆ

Frustration
What frustrates you?
Frustration: "...the feeling of beingโฆ

Naps!
"Yep - I am getting old" I thought. Let me explain further...
Afterโฆ

The Speed of Change
Events happen that create change.
Being change agile has beenโฆ

Curiosity
"Tell me, on a scale from 1 to 10, where are you right now?"โฆ

My world has turned upside down
In the last 12 months my work has literally turned upside down.โฆ

Why study?
"Studying - the act of texting, eating and watching Netflix withโฆ

So, you want to be a mentor?
"So you want to improve your ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ โฆ

Civility lifts people
"Thank you" she said. "No, thank you" said another. Out campaigningโฆ

Are you FITT?
Are you FITT?
The FITT principle is a smart acronym that givesโฆ

New beginnings
I know I canโt turn back time, but this I do know...... itโsโฆ

Daily habits
In my quest to refresh my Dutch language skills for an up andโฆ

Forgetfulness!
"That'll be ยฃ29.50 please." "No problem" I replied.... And thenโฆ

Pranks!
Siblings can be annoying at times, right? (I guess I can beโฆ

Reflective learning
"So, what have you been learning about yourself through thisโฆ

Authenticity - the courage to be yourself
"That's just not right...let me explain further..." I said toโฆ

Milestones
The last few weeks, several milestone birthdays have popped upโฆ

"How did you get into coaching then...?"
Recently I have been asked several times..."So Daryl, justโฆ

Friendships
I love this picture!ย Look at our huge smiles. I can still remember,โฆ

Be Prepared
โRemind me again, what did he wear on the old scooter?โ Iโฆ

What is your strategy in life?
'The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do' says Michaelโฆ

Its time to laugh!
Sometimes when it gets really tough, perhaps in a challengingโฆ

Honesty
A few months after Decimal Day (15 February 1971), walking homeโฆ

Small steps everyday
Stuck in a rut? Feeling a bit flat? Every day just feels theโฆ

Slowing down, to Speed up
On this chilly snow filled February morning, my thoughts turnedโฆ

How are you being finely-tuned?
Are you being ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ-๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ ?
Overโฆ

Are you going nowhere?
Are you going nowhere?
1 year ago, on February 1st 2020, Iโฆ

Don't Give Up!
Tuesday morning my brain was completely fried due to the complexityโฆ

Unity
Joe Biden spoke last week onย #unity. We all know that in societyโฆ

Discovering your gifts.
A life time of coaching experience has helped me realise thatโฆ

Coaching in style!
Recently I was asked "Where is the best place for a coachingโฆ

Expect the unexpected!
The unprecedented, unexpected, exceptional and unimaginableโฆ

Thank you NHS
Millions are suffering. Fear, worry and anxiety haveโฆ

Are you asking the right question?
Asked any good questions lately? As a coach, I am constantlyโฆ

Looking & Learning
"Daryl, I love your object lessons!" said a course participant.ย โฆ

Don't interfere!
A recent experience reminded me that as a leadership coach, oneโฆ

Council Together
I am grateful for the many opportunities to council togetherโฆ

What pulls you?
In my coaching conversations, regularly I find that individualsโฆ

Travelling the Road of Life
What a challenging year.
As I slow down for Christmasโฆ

What holds your team together?
Evidence in the garden suggested the storm had been a rough one.
Thereโฆ

Generosity
When you think of a generous person, who first comes to mind?
Generosityโฆ

Gratitude
Some years ago, the District of Columbia police auctioned offโฆ

My witness of The Book of Mormon
In my daily study of The Book of Mormon this year, I have arrivedโฆ

Followership
"What must I do to become a better leader" asked a coachee?
Allโฆ

Barnacles
"What is holding me back from success?" asked a coachee. "Manyโฆ

Using humour!
In a recent virtual workshop we discussed the value of ๐๐๐๐๐๐โฆ

Learning - one by one
I was ready and prepared for 15 participants in the virtualโฆ

Becoming a somebody
Have you reached that point in life where you can afford to allowโฆ

Never dissemble
A few years ago, I sat listening to Brad Agle, co-author of "Theโฆ

Appreciation
"What is the best way to express appreciation to a team member?"โฆ

Endurance
ooh, ouch, Ouch! OUCH! ๐ข๐จ๐๐!
Maybe I'm just aโฆ

The parable of the bicycle, dad and leadership models
As a facilitator and a learning protagonist, over many years,โฆ

Respect
Why is ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ so important in buildingโฆ

Eye contact - connections!
Why is making eye contact so important?
Yesterday, I recordedโฆ

Why would anyone want to be led by you?
Why would anyone want to be led by you?
Yesterday, I was busyโฆ

Emotional Triggers
You're having a lovely civil conversation, then BOOM! Suddenlyโฆ

Feeling overwhelmed?
Stressed, anxious, worried, tense, overwhelmed, working harderโฆ

"How do you walk in another person's shoes?"
"How do you walk in another person's shoes?" asked the workshopโฆ

Creativity - walking in the rain
"What shall I do now" I thought?
Yesterday, I had plannedโฆ

Opportunities
Its easy to feed the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ and starveโฆ

Are you listening?
This past week it struck me that the word listen is made up ofโฆ

Developing Patience
"The best thing about the future is that it only comes one dayโฆ

Zoom Fatigue...
Are you Zoomed-out?
It has been an extremely heavy week withโฆ

Each of us is a somebody!
Nobody is a nobody.
Through my life and career, oftentimesโฆ

Shortcomings - do you have any?
Shortcomings - do you have any?
"A fault or failureโฆ

Outgrown something?
What are the tell tale signs, when you know you have outgrownโฆ

Finding Happiness!
It is easy to compare what we have, our jobs, lifestyles, talentsโฆ

Do you follow up?
Do you follow up?
No matter how successful a coaching sessionโฆ

Work
"There is no substitute for hard work" - so said Thomas Edison.
Itโฆ

Loud voices
As the flames rage, smoke billows and the embers burn, ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒโฆ

One by One
Over the last 30 + years, I have had many opportunities, withโฆ

Out of your depth?
When was the last time you were "out of your depth?"
Out ofโฆ

What part will you play today?
What "๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ" will you play today?
Every day - Iโฆ

Determination
And then it changed.
In our virtual session, all of the participantsโฆ

Does 9.00 am exist?
"Does 9.00 am exist" I asked the delegates on the virtual timeโฆ

Optimism
Life constantly sends us challenges to test our positivity,โฆ

Accountability 1984!
Yes - that's me, I was 19.
It was November 1984 and I wasโฆ

A big stick!
Youโre safe, Iโm not going to hit you with this big stick!
Doโฆ

Under pressure?
When under ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐, I think I am a littleโฆ

Simplify
Slowly, ...in fact very slowly, I'm beginning to learn that smallโฆ

Eat Cake
How do you cope with failure? Coping with failure and disappointmentโฆ

Lessons in Leadership
Being appointed to lead an organisation brings with it a hostโฆ

Spontaneous!
Familiar regular routine โ thatโs me! Yet, listening to thatโฆ

Great leadership behaviours...
It's in times of crisis when leadership matters most.
Theโฆ

Emotional Triggers
Why are we all in a hurry?
After a beautiful Sunday afternoonโฆ

Small things
"Let's see how far you can reach" said the optician. As it turnedโฆ

Mistakes
It was a painful error. โThat one wrong move cost me the gameโโฆ

Massage!
Four months ago today, the UK went into lockdown - everythingโฆ

Annoying!
"There's something not right with that tyre dad, I've had toโฆ

Obstacles
As a youngster, I was always picking up a new sport, enteringโฆ

How do you decide?
The tension was tangible in the gymnasium as the girls linedโฆ

The 18th Camel
Many years ago, an old man died and left his camels to his threeโฆ

Thinking!
"What do I want to do from here?" said the small voice in myโฆ

Building Trust
"The job's yours - when can you start?" asked Tony. It was Decemberโฆ

Presence
Walking recently in our local park, my wife remarked about theโฆ

Intuition
At the start of my coaching career I often thought - "I can'tโฆ

Disruptive Innovation
Dinosaurs are extinct. A seismic cataclysmic change brought theirโฆ

Tomorrow
What does the world of tomorrow need from you?
As a coach,โฆ

Rule #6
How is your week going?
A little challenging perhaps?
Someโฆ

Disruption!
"You're kidding dad aren't you?" was one reply, when I saidโฆ

Good enough?
I have realised - its actually okay for me not to know the answer!
Severalโฆ

Promise
I know I canโt turn back time, but this I do knowโthatโฆ

Discouragement
Even in the darkest of nights, never give up....
Just marriedโฆ

The 4 best ways to get through tough times.
In difficult times, I frequently find little gems of insightโฆ

Turbulence
Turbulence is an unpleasant experience when flying. Such wasโฆ

Slow Ahead
Are your summer holiday plans in ruin? Our hopes of a Norwegianโฆ

Order
Is your life in order?
Our lives are typically often hecticโฆ

Connections
Is disconnection from Wi-Fi an annoyance in your home? It wasโฆ

Serving
What can I give today?
That thought alone - has helped meโฆ

Storms
I celebrated my birthday in lockdown yesterday.ย One of my daughtersโฆ

Teaching
How do you learn?
Experience has taught me that the best wayโฆ

Learning in Lockdown
The first 50 days (and counting) in lockdown.ย Here is what Iโฆ

Bored?
Bored? Confused? Fed up? Scunnered? Fatigued? Unhappy? Floundering?โฆ

3 Principles of Happiness
These last few weeks I have really enjoyed reading my journals.
Whilstโฆ

Punctuality
One of lifeโs eternal pursuits is learning to know oneself.โฆ

Choices
Earlier this morning, I discovered this poem circulating on socialโฆ

Normal
Weโre quite protective over the notion of normal.
Beforeโฆ

Life
In "A Tale of Two Cities" - Charles Dickens wrote these wordsโฆ

Think!
Lately, I have reflected on many of the wonderful experiencesโฆ

Extraordinary
To be someone out of the ordinary means to be successful, unique,โฆ

What are your anchors?
Our greatest struggle is within ourselves.
Considerโฆ

Fragility
Life remains fragile.
Like many people all across the world,โฆ

Strings of Life
Summer holidays were always something to look forward to forโฆ

Becoming
Changes in life have been many recently: good andโฆ

Are you OK?
How are you coping? Are you OK?
Whilst out for my exercise allowanceโฆ

Do not Fear
In the course of our life, we do not exactly know what lies ahead.โฆ

Compassion
We are entering unknown territory. One word plays constantlyโฆ

Wind or Sun?
Facilitating a workshop on influence & persuasion recentlyโฆ

Mary's Meals
Over the last 2 years, I have worked with the leadership teamโฆ

Do you see?
Are you quick to observe?
It was 1972 - one Sunday morning,โฆ

Touched
The energy in the room was high. Then in a reflective momentโฆ

A little push
"All it took was a little push" said the taxi driver.ย Let meโฆ

Choose the right
"There is a great loneliness in leadership, but, I repeat, weโฆ

Good Manners
Okay, maybe I'm a little old fashioned, old school even, butโฆ

Stay or Go?
"Do I stay or do I go?"
Hinge Points are pivotal moments ofโฆ

Harvesting
What we sow, is what we reap.
Anything of great value andโฆ

Support
Who supports you?
As a 4 year old, I set off with familyโฆ

Commitment
Are you committed to succeed? Are you all in?
As I think ofโฆ

Mortality
As Goethe put it, โthings that matter most are not at the mercyโฆ

Punctured?
Have you ever felt a little flat?.. Yes, me too.
This personalโฆ

Hinge Points
What kind of person are you?
Yesterday, I spoke in a meetingโฆ

Career Choices
It was 2002. Setting off in the early hours of the morning, Iโฆ

Stewardship
Think about it for a moment, we own very little, but are stewardsโฆ

Being
I hesitate to share this story, but as I reflect upon what happened,โฆ

Traditional Feasts
Yesterday, one of my daughters and I were the Chef's for Christmasโฆ

Pathways to Purpose
Why am I here?
What is the purpose of life?
Where did Iโฆ

Purpose, Meaning and Life Long Learning
I was inspired by Neal A. Maxwell when he observed "Each generationโฆ

Finding your Flow
4 days, 21 workshops, 600+ participants, great fun, powerfulโฆ

Decisions
We're always deciding something.
Stripped down to its essentials,โฆ

Shared Repertoire
โWould you like a pair of slippers Daryl?โ โYes pleaseโโฆ

Suspend Judgement
Have you been too quick to judge or too slow to listen lately?โฆ

Repetition
I was just married, living in Holland in 1994 and was strugglingโฆ

Recharge!
How often do you recharge your personal "life" batteries?
Whilstโฆ

Lessons from Flights
"What time is your flight Daryl" "4.50pm" I replied. We agreeโฆ

Let the E-Go
Is your ego getting in the way of your personal progress andโฆ

Being me
Do you like being you?
My days are filled with being me!
Moreโฆ

Priorities
3.33 am this morning. My mind was alert, in full flow. "Go toโฆ

The Kaleidoscope of Leadership
As a child I remember having a kaleidoscope, with each simpleโฆ

Someday
"๐บ๐๐๐๐
๐๐" is an all too frequent responseโฆ

Listening
The time to listen is when someone needs to be heard. Listeningโฆ

Anchors
What anchors you in the challenges of life?
A dictionary definitionโฆ

Change - Speed & Agility
In our topsy-turvy, commotion-filled world, the pace of constantโฆ

Be true to who you are
Our values are under attack.... personal, societal, organisationalโฆ

Balance
In recent coaching conversations, the topic of "balance" hasโฆ

How change agile are you?
How change agile are you? Do you anticipate, adapt and plan forโฆ

Are you stubborn?
Are you stubborn? Or obstinate perhaps?
Stubbornness is definedโฆ

Selfish vs Selfless
Recently, these two words have played over and over again inโฆ

Self-awareness
"How do I improve my self-awareness?" asked a course delegate.โฆ

Empathy
Empathy is the "capacity to understand or share the feelingsโฆ

Authenticity
Love her or loathe her, the long-lasting legacy of the Oprahโฆ

The Loneliness of Leadership
This image of Theresa May in Brussels a few months ago - sparkedโฆ

Moments
It's often really surprising what a considerable part very smallโฆ

The inner chimp
What happened to Rory McIlroy? Day 1, destruction +8, Day 2,โฆ

Patience
So, your patience is wearing thin.....
Perhaps a certain amountโฆ

Commitment
So, what a week that was. Seven days, eight places, people,โฆ

Responsibility
I love this true story shared by Lynn G. Robbins recently, someโฆ

Fear
I'm usually always very confident, but on this occasion I wasโฆ

Are your boundaries set?
It is never too late to learn about boundaries.ย Are yours set?โฆ

Polishing
Its time to polish the car again!
I don't know about you,โฆ

Are you on the right track?
Living in Dunfermline, I have frequently travelled over the Forthโฆ

Therefore, what?
Puzzled, quizzical or completely lost by the keynote address?
Frequentlyโฆ

The Dangers of Pointing out Faults in Others
It is all too common place and easy to find fault. Do you oftenโฆ

Preparation
Are you ready to lead? Are you sure? Why should anyone be ledโฆ