Episode 14: Win or Learn
“I never lose. I either win or I learn.” – Nelson Mandela Failure is important; if you are a trapeze artist. If every move was a guaranteed success there would be no tension, no excitement no show.…
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Episode 13: What We Tell Ourselves
”Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right!” – Henry Ford ”Whoa Emma, hold it right there. Do you mean to tell me you flush the toilet…
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Episode 12: The Hardest Thing
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it’s letting go.”– Herman Hesse I licked my thumb to turn the page of my book, glancing up for the first…
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Episode 11: In the Driving Seat
I leaned over to claim the five pence from the kerb, examining both sides respectively to check it was real. It was rare to find money at school, a shiny piece of treasure…
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Episode 10: Letting Go of the Bar
When I reached what looked like the centre of the bridge, I tentatively placed both my hands on the cold metal bar, leaning into it, to peer meekly over the edge. I’d been…
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Episode 9: One Small Action
“Happiness is the joy we feel moving towards our potential” -The Ancient Greeks. I must be crazy for trying this, I snorted mockingly at myself and gently shook my head. I propped up…
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Episode 8: I Owe Me
I coaxed my focus away from an empty daydream and turned my desk clock to face me, 03.43am. I sighed. Fourteen hours until my thesis deadline. I’d been awake for 2 days straight,…
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Episode 7: No Past Possibilities and No Future Truths
The change of scenery was very welcome I thought to myself, as I sat down to breakfast. A two day residential course at a beautiful and quintessentially English training site, with 30 foot…
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Episode 6: The Forge
‘Ding!’ I’d reached the ground floor of the Cairns International Pullman Hotel. It was mid-October and just rolling into summer in Queensland, I stepped over the threshold into the main foyer and was…
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Episode 5: Winners Adapt
One morning last week I made my usual trundle down the stairs, wearing my pyjama substitutes (an old painting top and some oversized joggers), filled the percolator from the boiling water tap, spooned…
