I meet a lot of people who, from the outside, seem to have it all together.  Shiny, happy people – pirouetting through life with magic wands – everything they touch turning to gold like they’ve stepped straight out of a Disney musical.  Or so it appears. I’ve never met someone...

A friend had a job interview this week. One of the questions was ‘which three people – living or dead but not family or friends – would you invite to dinner and why?’ I thought about that and, once I’d trawled shallowly through my inevitable list of hot celebrities and found some...

Lining up at the starting gates of 2012, how would you rate your energy level on a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high)? If you’ve been able to properly switch off over the holiday season, perhaps you’re still floating on a blissful combination of high energy and low stress. Maybe...

A lot has been written about Steve Jobs in the last few days.  What stands out for me isn’t what he did (which is remarkable, of course) but what he overcame. Of the many tributes circulating on Facebook, this one caught my eye: Steve Jobs Given up at birth Dropped out of college Fired...