Learning Archives - This Is Amos

We don’t pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps

by AmosD | Aug 30, 2022 | Learning

We can look at others and believe they ‘pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps’. They didn’t. No one does.

by AmosD | Aug 28, 2022 | Change, Learning

I’m not good at this. We fear failure, but more than that we fear shame. It doesn’t matter if you are 8, 38, or 98. We don’t like shame.

by AmosD | Aug 23, 2022 | Learning

Distractions are like a signpost. And like all signposts, the signpost is not the important bit, it is what they are pointing to that is.

by AmosD | Jul 18, 2022 | Ideas, Learning

Gardeners are competitive. But they also seem to understand the value of sharing and that if we have more people gardening, we all ‘win’.

by AmosD | Jul 15, 2022 | Change, Learning

What can you do in the next 10 minutes? My list is so long, I’m overwhelmed and you are asking what I can do in the next 10 minutes?

by AmosD | Jul 11, 2022 | Change, Learning

We tend to like perfection. It feels more certain, less stressful, and just easier. And yet, perfection is rarely, if ever, attained.

by AmosD | Jun 29, 2022 | Change, Learning

Trends are never solo venturers. They travel with others. This is why ‘should we do/have done something else?’ is so important to discuss

I’m finding more and more than I need to make different requests. I don’t have a specific ask other than ‘Please journey with me’.

by AmosD | Jun 12, 2022 | Ideas, Learning

Writing daily is different than presentations and speaking engagements. In many ways, we write for ourselves, we present for others.