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Blowing in the Wind…

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I haven’t watched The News yet today.

I feel so thankful that I’m not in it.  

So far this year I’ve experienced howling gales, lashing seas, flooded homes and businesses, stranded cars, overturned lorries, upside down waterfalls (on Mull), furious whirlpools, ferries cancelled, bridges closed, flying roofs and fallen trees – all from the comfort of my own home. My personal discomforts? Picking up the lid of my blue bin and the pieces of a smashed plant pot. I can quickly find an extra layer of clothing to put on when the howling wind forces its way through hitherto unrevealed cracks and disturbs my comfort or the draught causes me to stretch out for the fleecy throw to protect my cooling knees. I might even have had to turn up the heating  and make myself another wee cuppa to help me endure the chaos I can hear outside, chaos over which I have no control.images.png Continue reading →

Because we’re worth it…

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I used to ’employ’ a house painter who was excellent at his craft. He was not, however, the greatest conversationalist in the world – but then he wasn’t hired to chat – his forte was painting and decorating. After each completed job, he would leave me with the sincere invitation to call him if I ever needed to be ‘touched up'(!) This, for your information, would occur roughly every eighteen months or so when he would be asked to return – because his work was outstanding.   Continue reading →

Taking a different kind of lead…

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I’ve had a few bosses in my time and I think I could say something positive about all of them – except one. There were bosses about whom I could happily wax lyrical and with whom I remain great friends to this day, others whom I respect/ed enormously and the remainder – well – they were an acquired taste let’s say – oh and then there was ‘The Exception’. Let me ask you a question. Do you ever look at your superior or boss and wonder how they managed to get where they are? I mean does one need skills and talent and knowledge of subject to lead, motivate, discover and develop potential in others? I would say so, wouldn’t you? So when you find yourself being ‘managed’ by a person who has none of the aforementioned attributes but has the capacity only to cause mayhem at every turn, questions surely need to be asked. ‘The Exception’ was a case in point.  Continue reading →