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Sometimes you have just got to step up ...and speak out

If you have an opportunity to speak up about something that you know needs to be said, are you willing to step up and speak out? Or does the idea of being a lone voice in a crowd scare the living daylight a out of you enough to keep those rebellious thoughts to yourself?

Sometimes it is hard to know which battles are yours and which are for another day.

 

Bella Inspirations

A cat sits and thinks - maybe of nothing. Her wants are simple. Sleep, eat, play and cuddles.

There is a lot we can learn from cats.

 

 

The moment before change

The moments before a long trip away from the house can make me feel pretty twitchy unless I have got into the habit of travelling out of my home space regularly. Stress hormones seem to rage through my system as circumstance and preparations tell my being that we are about to be made homeless. It does not understand the impermanence of this state insisting the it needs to prepare for every eventuality by taking everything includimg the kitchen sink. Feelings of terror that something crucial is bound to have been forgotten keep me awake for most of e night before too which of course exacerbates the whole situation. Ludicrous considering what a connected world that we live in unlike the cave man life where nearest clans would be several days, weeks or even months away. But human nature is what it is and the primal instincts kick in particularly when things are about to change.

The same is true when it comes to personal change. A change in career or in business is bound to trigger something within us that sets off every alarm bell ringing. For some change is exciting. The thrill of the chase of new opportunities gives a kick of adrenalin that any 'extreme' junkie would strive to achieve. For others change marks the end of the world and the shutters are closed on any bright new world that might emerge from having gone through that change,

This makes me think that particularly when we struggle with succeeding in business that one of the problems might be that we are not failing because of being a faikure but in fact we are not succeeding because there is a part of us that cannot bear to expeerience the unstabke shifting sands of thigns being different to whqt we know. Tthere must be subtle signals that speak to that inner knowing telling it that if you succeed that massive change might ensue. If change is scary then there will be a part of us that will seek to sabotage the very things that we need to do to make good things happen. Better the devils we know than face the demons of the unknown.

If taking increasing longer trips away from home can help to allay the anxieties that happily railroad us into submission when we go on the scarier longer trips then perhaps we can find a way of getting into training for success by introducing incremental changes to the way in which we do things? Perhaps then we can tackle the really big hurdles a bite at a time?

 

What inspires you?

I go through my day aware that there are different things that will energise and inspire me and different days, with different moods will require varying things to trigger the most productive thinking. The challenge I find is keeping up with the inspirations. Being a creative person I find that I have little problem in coming up with numerous ways to view things and so come up with alternative solutions to a huge range of situations. However I realise that we are not all the same and that others require consistency in approach whereas I am more content with variety.

So how do you figure out what works for you? And do you need different things on different days?

Sometimes inspiration for incredibly mundane issues to do with business challenges can come from a stunning view that helps me to expand my thinking. Or the way in which the light of the setting sun brings warmth to the ice cold snow reminding me that the seasons change and so do stages of being n business. Nothing ever remains the same and tomorrow is another day.

 

Britain's coast

I am watching a programme 'Coast' which gives a fascinating insight into the coastline of Britain. The history, stories and the science makes for a diverse and intriguing snapshot of our history and culture as islanders. There is science behind the singing sands - sands that squeak when you walk across the beach. Cliffs, sand, pebbles, rocks, plants and creatures not to mention the people who add their flavour and sense of space and place. Then there are the stories of industry and shipping through the ages. Exciting tales of smugglers and terrifying stories of storms and ship wrecks all provide plenty of fuel for the imagination. Perfect for historical novelists looking for intriguing locations for their stories. Fascinating stuff. Makes me want to jump in the car and explore. I wonder how long it would take to drive around the whole coastline?

The rather blurry picture (purposely atmospheric of course) is of Branscombe beach in Devon taken in April of this year. What is sadly not very clear is the silhouette of cyclist balancing on one wheel on top of a very large rock as the sunset behind him. Oh how I wish I had more than my phone with me - my slr camera with telephoto lens would have been much better. Oh well maybe another day I will be luckier.

 

 

Staying connected in a wider world

Te great thing about mobile technology is that it doesn't matter where you are, as long as you have mobile reception you can stay connected with the world. Your viewpoint at any given moment is as unique as it can get. It is not only unique because you are unique and have a particular view on what you see but it is a moment in time that is only ever going to happen once - ever! The next person to stand where you are standing, all the people before you and all the people who follow will experience something different. They will bring different thoughts and emotions to their point in time when they touch on this same spot and experience different things. The light, the weather, the people and the natural world will be in varying stages of evolution and growth. The seasons change and the people move on. So what you see right now might be similar to what others have seen but it will never be exactly the same.

What might seem to be insignificant details that catch your eye and capture your imagination but the truth of the matter is that whilst you may think that it will be insignificant to others, it is not. You give them an opportunity to see something that they may never get the chance to see themselves and that would be a blessing in their lives.

Let others be a judge as to whether they want to know about the tiny moments that you witness on your travels around the world. If it means something to you then it is important so just concentrate on expressing what you feel about your experiences and let the rest of us worry about what interests us.