Booking a crossing to Dover. LeShuttle just too expensive P&O Ferries out of the question Irish Ferries ditto (2005) @dfds_uk here we come.

This 1974 photograph shows the freshly excavated pit with 2,000-year-old terracotta warriors still showing the original color scheme before the rapid deterioration that made them as we know them today [sources, read more: buff.ly/3zXKYDg]

Quote of the Day - 221 in a series of 365: "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Is doing my best working for me? Or am I “caught in a loop of misguided striving”?

I'll be giving the talk to the SME Force for Good network on Friday 26th August - join us to get my tips on making decisions more effectively and easily linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Worthwhile article about the reasons why people may be increasingly abusive, and what we can do to overcome it. theguardian.com/society/2022/a…

Insightful interview - especially on the consequence of disunity on the liberal left in delivering these Italian election results. Informative reporting on stories across Europe on The Europeans

Thanks for sharing Janet. Disappointing Sainsbury's Not only the poor experience but zero response to a valuable learning opportunity

Almost as much politics as culture - unsurprisingly. Engaging and thoughtful interview with Armando Iannucci Reminder of the importance of not taking democracy for granted. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Sometimes things can seem very bleak but then I'm reminded that there are intelligent people seeking answers to really important questions.

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"Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

“Conversations are the smallest units of change.” — anonymous (Painting: The Conversation, ca. 1935, by Arnold Borisovich Lakhovsky; oil on board, 51.1 x 61.3 cm.)

Cognitive dissonance. Too often seen as a weakness or failure? We could achieve so much more by accepting that it’s possible and legitimate to hold apparently contradictory beliefs at the same time.

You can have “free speech” to post conspiracy theories or you can have accuracy, but you can’t have both.

Has this account been hacked? Apparently Larry calls himself the “Pitbull of personal development”. Am I the fool here or is this incredibly judgmental and not helpful from a #coaching perspective?

Choosing joy, and hope, over dispair

World Wide Wander coming up on Friday 29th September Plenty of events lined up across the world and online. Join me in #Rotterdam for an afternoon of inspiration out and about in the city