Tag: action

The most challenging environment to blog in?

Posted on by philipdodson


Well, I’m not sure my environment today counts as the most challenging, but it has been trying!

I’m currently returning from holiday on an EasyJet flight and I’m surrounded by young kids, including in the seat right next to me and 3 hours in and the kids have reached the ‘are we there yet?’ stage.

When I land, I’m heading home to shower, change bags, pickup up some work stuff and heading straight back to the airport to head to Berlin to co-facilitate a workshop.

So now is the only time to write on a noisy plane, at 35,000 feet and on my iPhone.

Ok, so typing hanging one handed from a cliff in a gale might be harder.

The point is if you set your mind to it you can work in distracting places and if you use your time wisely you can always get stuff done.

A deeper life

Posted on by philipdodson


Superficial likes.

Manipulation.

Cheating.

Judgment.

Trolling.

Bullying.

Hate.

Racism.

Meanness to others.

Shallowness, because we want to fit in, to be popular, to be in the crowd. This behaviour has to be learned.

We can choose as a human race to teach ourselves to live a deeper, richer life. To unlearn the mean society we have collectively created and allowed.

We could choose to be kind, be compassionate, be giving, be empathetic and be loving.

Think, say and do only good things.

After all, none of us like to be on the receiving end of shallow self-centred behaviour.

We can all choose to be strong and be the change we want to see.

Don’t fit in.

It takes courage but the world needs all of us to be part of the change, to do our bit.

We don’t have to be fearful of setting boundaries, being the person we really are, having the courage to be different. If we are brave and be ourselves, then the right people will be attracted to us and it will inspire others to follow.

No good waiting for others and no good being shallow just to fit in.

Who’s in for living a deeper life?