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My Blog
Once or twice a week I publish an idea, question, insight or reflection. Topics can be inspired by world events, coaching conversations, random thoughts after a workshop, anything!
The blog also features guest writers too - colleagues, connections and friends who have a point of view to share.
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Play Louder
A friend recently told me she's taken up the piano again after a hiatus of several years. And in the practice she has returned to she has...
Andrew J Calvert
Apr 101 min read
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Stop, Look, and Listen: The Art of Slowing Down
🖼️ Why You Should Slow Down at Art Galleries 🖼️ Recently, I did something I haven’t done in years: I spent hours in an art gallery....
Andrew J Calvert
Mar 271 min read
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🌱 Life Lessons from Unexpected Teachers
You meet many people in life—some easier, others more challenging to be around. I once lived with a person who was deaf. They taught me...
Andrew J Calvert
Mar 201 min read
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It's an inside job
Many of us desire to have a simple life, to know what to do, when and how to do it. But life often isn't that simple The complexity of...
Andrew J Calvert
Jan 22 min read
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Lessons of 2024
2024 brought me some quirky additions for my toolkit for life— dry erasers to inspire appreciation, middle restroom stalls and their...
Andrew J Calvert
Dec 17, 20244 min read
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Note to self...
Journaling has been a part of my journey for a while now. And it has become one of the tools many of my coachees use on their journey....
Andrew J Calvert
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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Feeling Like a Winner Before the Results Are In
How a nomination for a Coaching award became a celebration of connection and impact A few days ago I was humbled to be nominated for the...
Andrew J Calvert
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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Are you getting what you need from this?
Is the question my manager asked me at the end of our regular 1-1. I like those 1-1's. Most weeks I turn up with a list of things I've...
Andrew J Calvert
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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One Simple Trick to Building Instant Connection (Hint: It's Their Name)
I walked into the restaurant on a drizzly afternoon and explained that we couldn’t book a table online. I asked if they could reserve a...
Andrew J Calvert
Oct 22, 20242 min read
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10 powerful habits to outperform 99% of people who get ahead by using these 6 life hacks I wished I'd known 20 years ago
Please Be kind to yourself in the way you Eat Sleep Breathe Rest Act and How you speak to yourself in your own mind Remember your path is...
Andrew J Calvert
Aug 1, 20241 min read
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Saying one thing (and doing another)
How often do you say one thing and do another? To yourself? To colleagues? To your team? Family members? Friends? What is the impact?...
Andrew J Calvert
Jul 16, 20241 min read
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Missing the flight
I was going to miss my flight. Circumstances that January in a crowded Goa in Western India had led me to be in the wrong place at the...
Andrew J Calvert
Jul 11, 20242 min read
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How to...
188 days left in 2023...What are you doing to work on yourself? Where could you do with improving or exploring? Your sleep? Career?...
Andrew J Calvert
Jun 27, 20241 min read
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Walking in the rain
Next time it is pouring, and you have both the time and inclination, go for a walk (full disclosure I live in the tropics so dressing for...
Andrew J Calvert
Jun 25, 20241 min read
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(The Inner Scorecard) What's important to you?
A few months ago I saw Dr.Marshall Goldsmith at an event in Singapore. I took away so many ideas and insights - Dr. Goldsmith's mission...
Andrew J Calvert
Jun 13, 20241 min read
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We are a family...
Be careful of the metaphors you use, because their meaning differs from person to person. Growing up, my family was a standard nuclear...
Andrew J Calvert
Jun 11, 20241 min read
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We get out what we put in
A gentle reminder What have you put in this week? What are you putting in today?
Andrew J Calvert
Jun 6, 20241 min read
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What is the purpose of art?
Who defines art? How do you define art? How do you use art? What in your life allows you to create art? When, if ever, is it appropriate...
Andrew J Calvert
May 28, 20241 min read
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Always
There is always more work to be done You can come in earlier or stay later (or do both) there is still more to be done More planning,...
Andrew J Calvert
May 23, 20241 min read
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Fancy a cuppa?
For thousands of years people all over the world have enjoyed Tea... On National Tea Day join me for a cuppa? or try the Tea Meditation...
Andrew J Calvert
May 21, 20242 min read
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