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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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
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


(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


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


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


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


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


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


Window Gazing
I've written many times about the need to pause from the always on hurry up state we are constantly encouraged to be in And yesterday,...

Andrew J Calvert
May 9, 20241 min read


Different kinds of silence
Do you have a favorite kind of silence? For a year I've been writing about listening - how to, how not to, what to avoid, the benefits...

Andrew J Calvert
May 7, 20241 min read


120 days in and counting
Since the start of this calendar year 120 days have passed - approximately one third of 2024. How are you doing? How are you feeling?...

Andrew J Calvert
Apr 30, 20241 min read


From --> To
When you know where you are (i.e. where you are coming from), you need to take time (sometimes a lot sometimes not) to figure out where...

Andrew J Calvert
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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