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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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Andrew J Calvert
Jul 7, 20221 min read
What counts?
I track so many things in my professional life, from leading and indicators in my enablement role, to the hours I have coached....
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Andrew J Calvert
Jul 5, 20221 min read
Overcoming negative self talk
I recently came across a technique to inhibit / overcome negative self talk that I want to share with you. (drum roll please) the...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jun 21, 20221 min read
Take Five
Not the Brubeck song, just five minutes of birdsong and dappled sunlight on leaves. Take five minutes to watch this and sit, breathe,...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jun 16, 20221 min read
The space between us
I recently read of a study that suggested if you move two people’s desks a mere 15 feet further apart, they tend to interact as much as...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 16, 20221 min read
How to be Productive, Impactful and Fulfilled
If you desire to become more productive, impactful, and fulfilled, you need to do two things (with an optional 3rd) Understand what makes...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 9, 20221 min read
#Thoughtfortheweek
Simply put, to see a rainbow you need the sunlight behind you and the rain in front of you (because physics). But do you know why I like...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 3, 20222 min read
Burn out
I have coached over 150 executives and leaders in the past eighteen months and several themes have emerged. Some are perennial like...
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Andrew J Calvert
Mar 1, 20221 min read
The Third Space
What I've noticed through the past year is how most people schedule their calendar in 30 or 60 minute increments and leave no time...
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Andrew J Calvert
Dec 30, 20212 min read
New year, New you?
Looking for a resolution you can make and keep? A best practice for new habit formation is to start small and do something simple daily...
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Andrew J Calvert
Dec 23, 20211 min read
The story of the trowel
The humble trowel can can be forged in the heat of the furnace. Given strength by a shape suited to it's task and a coat of paint to...
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Andrew J Calvert
Dec 14, 20212 min read
23 Things to do without your phone
Our phones are amazing things that can do so much in such a compact form factor. They can also distract us and take an inordinate amount...
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Andrew J Calvert
Dec 12, 20211 min read
Reaching capacity
You are good at what you do. You are capable, you can focus, you can get results. You can hold it together. But like the bin bag above,...
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Andrew J Calvert
Nov 2, 20211 min read
An Apology
Sorry, the post I had written, the post I am passionate about, the one I want to put up here, I'm not brave enough to publish. That's...
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Andrew J Calvert
Oct 28, 20211 min read
A you a Rubber plant or a Rubber tree?
I spotted this leaf while out for a run recently The mottled colors struck me as strangely beautiful, worthy of a picture. And as I...
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Andrew J Calvert
Oct 14, 20211 min read
Box breathing
Sitting or lying comfortably... Breathe in for a count of four Hold the breath for a count of four Breathe out for a count of four Hold...
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Andrew J Calvert
Oct 7, 20211 min read
Ice Ice Baby
How did you spend your Sunday? This is a picture of my son and I in an ice-bath. We were being introduced to the Wim Hof method:...
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Andrew J Calvert
Sep 30, 20211 min read
Stilling the mind
Floating in body temperature super saturated salt water, in silence and darkness, is not for the claustrophobic. But turning off the...
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Andrew J Calvert
Sep 28, 20211 min read
The Firebreak
The firebreak is an "obstacle to the spread of fire". There are natural firebreaks - rivers, scree slopes etc. and there are human-made...
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Andrew J Calvert
Sep 23, 20213 min read
Working Remotely – Reflecting on an opportunity...
Ian Middleton is another friend and former colleague who is guesting on my blog. Husband, father, grandfather, cancer survivor, Ian...
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Andrew J Calvert
Sep 21, 20211 min read
Just a minute
Sometimes all it takes to refresh is to pause and clear your mind for just 60 seconds. Here is a video of dappled sunlight on a garden...
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