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Where next? – Julian Summerhayes

“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien, Fellowship of the Ring For too long, I’ve planned my life. It wasn’t just a case of writing …

Where next? – Julian Summerhayes

I thought that I would put up a short Soundcloud recording today, rather than writing the ‘normal’ blog post. I have been a big fan of sound all my l…

Where Next? – Julian Summerhayes

Flickr photo More of the same? Hell NO! Surely, our purpose is not to endlessly repeat what we did yesterday, let alone last year. A better, more enr…

Where have all the Map Makers gone? – Julian Summerhayes

Leaders lead. They are Map Makers. They don’t wait for others to tell them what to do. Seems obvious, doesn’t it; but, when your sole job is to fit i…

Where have all the hippies gone? – Julian Summerhayes

A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller. ― Paul Klee I miss my uncle, Adrian. He’s been dead over 25 yea…

Where did they go? – Julian Summerhayes

Silence is so accurate. ― Mark Rothko It may sound tautological, but we’re drowning in an absence of elders. I know they exist somewhere out there ac…

When work swallows us whole – Julian Summerhayes

“We can’t turn our true selves off and on situationally and expect them to carry and sustain us. Rationing creativity results in bipolarism of the sp…

When the Why is everything – Julian Summerhayes

Does your Why align with the work you do? No. Most people bury their Why so deep they have forgotten who they are. If this all sounds too ethereal, t…

When less is more – Julian Summerhayes

“Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance.” ― Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom When was the last time your assumpt…

When everything falls apart – Julian Summerhayes

“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth of falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. It is easy to say you be…

When does life claim us? – Julian Summerhayes

I had drunk so deeply of grief and innocently gambled so hard with fate and irony that a special kind of vision was gathering in my eyes, not entirel…

When do we begin to die? – Julian Summerhayes

Dying people get the best of our pain and symptom technology and they tend to lose their old fear of pain. They get the best of our palliative chemot…

When did you last learn something? – Julian Summerhayes

Continuing Professional Development (“CPD”): This should mean something more than “How many hours have I got on the clock”. And lawyers, being lawyer…

What’s wrong with ordinary? – Julian Summerhayes

You are already perfect. Of course, we never see it that way. Something’s always wrong. The wrong life. The wrong job. The wrong partner. The wrong l…

What’s wrong with now? – Julian Summerhayes

Everything it seems. Everything. If it were otherwise, we wouldn’t be seeking a better version of ourselves. Don’t tell me you think ‘me’ is in charg…

What’s the purpose of business? – Julian Summerhayes

“A true business opportunity is the one that an entrepreneur invents to grow him or herself. Not to work in, but to work on.” ― Michael E. Gerber Jus…

What’s the problem you’re trying to solve? – Julian Summerhayes

Is this the most important question any en(in)trepreneur can ask? Forget the build it and they will come methodology (e.g. a leap of faith based on s…

What’s the cost? – Julian Summerhayes

“Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the co…

What’s stopping you? – Julian Summerhayes

From letting go? From reaching your potential? From doing something different? From being honest with yourself? From expressing your feelings? From s…

What’s so attractive about tomorrow? – Julian Summerhayes

“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.” – Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now Why do we se…

What’s really going on? – Julian Summerhayes

In today’s podcast on Podbean I share a few thoughts on the environment, our peace of mind (or not) and where next with the podcasting. Take care. Ju…

What Next? – Julian Summerhayes

Time is not on your side. Too much to Do; too little time to do It. Often, and without reason, we find ourselves ploughing a narrow furrow, hoping th…

What’s missing? – Julian Summerhayes

This used to be a favourite question of mine when working with law firms. The partners, who had hired me, were always looking for answers to the most…

Whatever happened to making do? – Julian Summerhayes

“I’ve found that the less stuff I own, the less my stuff owns me.” – Nathan W Morris At heart, I’m a minimalist. That means wherever possible I try t…