by Lis Allen | Aug 22, 2017 | Leadership, Personal Development Blog |
Was she pushed or did she jump? Have you ever allowed yourself to be talked into something against your better judgement? Have you ever been pushed way out of your comfort zone? If the answer’s yes, you’ll understand how, many years ago, I managed to allow both those...
by Lis Allen | Oct 14, 2016 | Leadership, Personal Development Blog, Self-awareness |
No doubt due to living through the austerity of the Second World War, my former father-in-law was known to mend some items of broken crockery with araldite, and return said-damaged items back into domestic circulation! I used to hate eating off the mended plates, not...
by Lis Allen | Sep 4, 2016 | Personal Development Blog, Self Improvement Ideas |
And your response to my question? I’m guessing you’d ask me more questions. Commitment to what? Doesn’t it depend on the project? And who’s involved? YES. Absolutely! I’ve been a party to many conversations over the years, hearing other people described as very...
by Lis Allen | Apr 3, 2016 | Personal Development Blog |
You may recall that I sent out a newsletter last week which cited a great quote from the wonderful metaphysical poet, John Donne. Someone (and only one person out of a large email list) alerted me to the fact that I had mis-spelt John’s surname, erroneously...
by Lis Allen | Mar 28, 2016 | Personal Development Blog |
She will probably never know it, but I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Gerri Halliwell (of Spice Girls fame, of course) because a few years back she was the catalyst for me wanting to throw a brick through my tv! This surge of rage was followed immediately by the...
by Lis Allen | Sep 10, 2015 | Personal Development Blog |
I was having a conversation with a distressed mother about her wayward teenage son the other day and we ended up discussing the importance of modelling in a child’s development. Sociologist Morris Massey advocated the widely accepted theory that there are three main...
