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Positive Psychology in Application

By Ian Pettigrew on July 18, 2012   /   True Strength, Mindset, Events (live blogging)  
Tags: reflection, Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology isn’t the same as Positive Thinking (where we try to look on the bright side of everything). I’ve noted some of my learnings from a recent workshop called ‘Positive Psychology in Action’.

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How to stay resilient

By Ian Pettigrew on July 17, 2012   /   True Strength, Resilience, My thoughts  
Tags: coaching, reflection, resilience

Part 3 of a series on Personal Resilience looking at some simple strategies for making sure that you maintain your bounce-back-ability at all times.

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What is resilience?

By Ian Pettigrew on July 13, 2012   /   True Strength, Resilience, My thoughts  
Tags: reorganisation, strengths, resilience

Part 2 of a series on Personal Resilience, looking at resilience in terms of ‘bounce-back-ability’ and some warning signs to watch out for.

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Are you working too hard?

By Ian Pettigrew on May 10, 2012   /   True Strength, Action, Resilience, My thoughts  
Tags: coaching, productivity, resilience

Part 1 of a series on Personal Resilience: How hard are you working? Is it right for you? Is it sustainable? If you’re consistently working 60 hours each week, you might be achieving less than if you worked 40 hours.

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The opportunity of redundancy

By Ian Pettigrew on May 9, 2012   /   True Strength, Strengths & Weaknesses, My thoughts  
Tags: change, reorganisation, redundancy
Redundant

A reflection on my own experiences of redundancy, and of how it opened up a world of opportunities.

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The Strategic Latte

By Ian Pettigrew on December 14, 2011   /   True Strength, Resilience, My thoughts  
Tags: coaching, reflection, ideas, inspiration

Every time I have a Strategic Latte, I come away inspired, refreshed, reminded about why I do what I do and the bigger impact I want to make , full of ideas, and with a plan to overcome any obstacles that have cropped up.

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Are you following the unclear path?

By Ian Pettigrew on June 25, 2011   /   True Strength  
Tags: change, leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation

Reflections on a talk by Tara Hunt on what it takes to be an entrepreneur and face the unclear path.

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Getting Things Done

By Ian Pettigrew on March 2, 2011   /   True Strength, Intent, Action, Book reviews  
Tags: procrastination, productivity, GTD, book review

The multitude of simple decisions each day (what to do with that email, what do do next, what to say yes to and what to say no to) are what makes our visions and goals happen. This article looks at some of the basics of David Allen’s ‘Getting Things Done’ (GTD) approach.

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How I’m doing work that I love

By Ian Pettigrew on February 8, 2011   /   True Strength, Strengths & Weaknesses, Intent, My thoughts  
Tags: leadership, coaching, redundancy, strengths, reflection

I’m very fortunate in that I really love the work that I do and this blog post attempts to capture the most significant steps in me getting here, in the hope that it might help people who aren’t yet loving what they do.

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3 ways to stop procrastinating

By Ian Pettigrew on December 1, 2010   /   True Strength, Action, My thoughts  
Tags: procrastination

There are so many distractions around that it feels easier than ever before to procrastinate. Here are 3 strategies to apply if you’re not making progress on something that you should be.

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