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Leaders Trade in Hope

by Patrick Marman | Nov 24, 2020 | Leadership, Life Mastery

In the opening scene of Richard Curtis’s 2003 film, Love Actually, the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) comments in a voiceover that, “whenever I am gloomy with the state world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out...

Leaders don’t bully, they inspire

by Patrick Marman | Nov 10, 2020 | Leadership, Life Mastery, Personal Development

Recent events have led me to reflect on bullying as a social phenomenon. I can think of occasions when people have felt I was bullying them, when I thought I was being passionate about the subject of the discussion. And I know I have felt bullied when the other person...

Leaders get up and get out

by Patrick Marman | Nov 1, 2020 | Leadership

‘Good things come to those who go’; this thought met me on a Delta flight, delivered on their napkin. It fits in with Delta’s self-framing as the means of ‘getting out there’. It seemed to me a good idea at a more general level than travel. I’ve had something of a...

Compassion: A must have soft skill

by Patrick Marman | Oct 24, 2020 | Leadership, Life Mastery, Personal Development

A few weeks ago, my 11-yearold grandson, Xavier, thrust the first two Percy Jackson novels into my hands and urged me to read them. “They are so much better than the films,” said he. I like a film as much as the next person, but there are numerous reasons, not least...

Leadership and ethical discourse

by Patrick Marman | Oct 18, 2020 | Leadership, Mind Mastery

Leaders need to know what they believe and why. Then they need to be transparent about both and be prepared to enter into conversations about them. Nowhere is this more critical than in the realm of ethical decision making.

Money Mistakes

by Patsy Lim | Aug 12, 2020 | Business

I’ve often been asked by my mentees, what advice would I give to someone who is just starting out and want to become financially independent as fast as they possibly can. My best advice to you is – don’t make the mistakes I made! As a young 20-year-old, the world was...