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Nutrition for a digital age
What brain foods do you consume? A healthy mix of learning and entertainment, consumed at regular intervals to allow for digestion? or...

Andrew J Calvert
Apr 15, 20212 min read


The maps we use part 2
The first image is a map many of us are used to. But the map is visually inaccurate; Africa (30.37 million km²) looks similar in size to...

Andrew J Calvert
Apr 12, 20211 min read


Friends
I've been listening to a really good read lately "Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships" In it, Robin...

Andrew J Calvert
Apr 6, 20211 min read


The maps we use*
Are there for our convenience, but too often don’t accurately reflect the world. These are the 24 time zones of our world, what do you...

Andrew J Calvert
Apr 5, 20211 min read


Q2 starts today and stuff is getting real
Q2 starts today for many organizations. Time to reflect on the quarter gone and adjust as needed... What's the gap between where you are...

Andrew J Calvert
Apr 1, 20211 min read


Coaching
This it how your situation can seem. An uphill journey over bumpy terrain and an uncertain destination. But look closer. Coaching is the...

Andrew J Calvert
Mar 24, 20211 min read



Andrew J Calvert
Mar 19, 20210 min read


March 20 is World Happiness Day
What makes you happy? A wagging dog tail? Flowers? Cat videos? The smell of rain? The smile of a stranger? I've posted previously that...

Andrew J Calvert
Mar 17, 20211 min read


Nyepi (The power of the pause)
Nyepi is a Balinese "Day of Silence" that is commemorated every Isakawarsa according to the Balinese calendar (this year it's March...

Andrew J Calvert
Mar 11, 20211 min read


Self care
The graphic is simple, the reality is tougher. Time management, energy management both play a part in building up healthy practices. So...

Andrew J Calvert
Mar 9, 20211 min read


8 Quotes for International Women's Day
Persistence. It’s that certain little spirit that compels you to continue just when you’re at your most tired. It’s that quality that...

Andrew J Calvert
Mar 8, 20211 min read


Dissonance and insight
Sometimes you don't se it at first but something catches your eye; a fleeting spark in your mind; the briefest intellectual frown, then...

Andrew J Calvert
Mar 1, 20211 min read


Growth and habit...
Every day I go for a run in my neighborhood (You may have seen the wild boar and monkey posts last year). The pictures here were taken...

Andrew J Calvert
Feb 23, 20212 min read


Reframing
This is a still life from the drive outside my home. I love the colours and textures to the composition, the extra dimension of the...

Andrew J Calvert
Feb 16, 20211 min read


Ten quotes on love
Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice. Tom Robbins “love...

Andrew J Calvert
Feb 12, 20212 min read


Speak up!
How often have you been in a meeting and when the whole group is asked a question, it is met with silence? "crickets" as one colleague...

Andrew J Calvert
Feb 9, 20211 min read


Golden rule of coaching: The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
January was the month of beginnings, resolutions, or detox. So what does February hold in store for you? As a coach, I was both taught...

Andrew J Calvert
Feb 1, 20211 min read


The Power of Play
“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw Our society tends to dismiss play...

Andrew J Calvert
Jan 26, 20212 min read



Andrew J Calvert
Jan 19, 20210 min read


Blue Monday
Today is "Blue Monday", supposedly the most miserable day of the year. The glow of the holiday season has faded, for the northern...

Andrew J Calvert
Jan 18, 20211 min read
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