The Top Tips Blog

I watch far too much football. Having missed the beautiful game for so long earlier in 2020 now I don’t seem willing to pass up any opportunities. Every match I watch very quickly gets me thinking abo...

I bang on a lot about gratitude and with good reason because it's a proper double whammy of positivity.

The recipient feels recognised and valued and the giver has had opportunity to really reflect o...

There are some lovely walks around where I live in Surrey. A good place to start or finish is the Priory Park in Reigate. 

Not down in the flat grassy area where the yummy mummies gather sipping Star...

Thank you for the get well soon messages. Much appreciated. Covid wiped me out harder and for longer than I expected but I'm back on my feet now.

I've only been out of the house once in ten days but ...

It’s very possible that I might have already told you about the time I met Robert Smith, lead singer from The Cure. I tell everyone sooner or later. 

It was in the Bognor Regis branch of Tesco in 199...

A little while ago, in the middle of a training course I was delivering, one of the delegates asked me if I was from Manchester.

It took me a moment to understand why they were asking.

“Well, you me...

“The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.” - L.P. Hartley

This week’s Top Tips is an idea that can help you more effectively curate the past, enjoy the memories you want to re...

Each week at the end of my Friday Top Tips newsletter I sign off with the words "have an average week" even though almost everybody else in the world is imploring you to strive to be the best version ...

The doorbell rang.

I was upstairs at the office desktop. I pressed Command + Tab and checked the outside camera. 

It was a delivery. Damn. I now had to leave my seat and answer the door.

I trotted ...

My youngest daughter was chatting about her friends' parents and we were enjoying her character descriptions.

We actually know these people and are friends with them in our own right. We already ...

It’s actually Wednesday as I write. The thing is I’m not meant to be writing this week’s Top Tips right now. There are other pressing matters I should be attending to.

But I’m ignoring all of them an...

Let me take you for a ride.

Picture this: a journey from Redhill in Surrey on a busy Friday afternoon up to York. Then up early on Saturday morning and over the Pennines to Manchester for my daughter...