As you read this, I may well be squelching my way elegantly through a soggy field. Yes, it's the English Bank Holiday weekend, where we dream of balmy evenings and relaxed barbecues, and normally end up with torrential rain, family arguments, and re-runs ...
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Christine Livingston is a coach and writer, who helps professional people wanting to work and live on their own terms. With a successful career both inside and beyond the corporation to draw from, Christine gives the support, challenge, tools and inspiration that enable people to thrive. -
Category Archives: Holidays
How To Get Paid For Eating Chocolate Cake
I was already mulling over the idea of treating you to a more personal post for the August Bank Holiday weekend. But it was my friend Eleanor who gave me the call to action. Writing about how to earn a crust doing ...
7 Warning Signs That It’s Time To Quit Your Job
photo credit: DaveBleasdale According to a recent survey, 40% of professionals are considering going in search of a new job when ...
Looking At Life Through The Eyes Of A Child
My most favourite nephew in the world is staying with me this week from Glasgow. He also happens to be my only nephew in the world, but that makes him more, not less special. Suffice to say, we've been having a lot of fun. As I ...
The Last Summer Holiday You’ll Need?
Did you see the recent research that reckoned it takes only two days back at work for all of the benefits of being on holiday to disappear? How sad is that? Still, it echoes a lot of what I hear and see around me: people completely frazzled ahead of the school holidays, ...
How To Use The Turning Of The Seasons To Support Your Development
I don't know about you, but for me the last three months have been pretty full-on. It has been a long and hard winter here in the UK, and I've felt as if I've been in ...
How to not pretend you’re working when it’s the holidays
Here at the A Different Kind of Work office (aka my kitchen table whilst waiting for an office desk to arrive), I've been thinking about some wise words I could write this holiday week. But the truth is that I'm a little distracted with things ...
Work detox: 5 coaching questions that’ll change your life
I was running on Wimbledon Common this morning and noticed that the personal trainers were out in force. It’s amazing how many people, realising that their beachwear is going to look better without the bodily overhang that’s developed during the winter, embark on a bikini programme round about now. Whether or not this is ...