I’m reading a powerful book by Tara Sophia Mohr called Playing Big. She introduces a concept that I feel is important to share in an industry where we tend to sometimes take feedback personally. Yes, it can sting. Our customers
Maths – Yes or No?
My brain is currently occupied with a lot of facts on mathematics and learning – research that I’m doing for my kitchen app grant application. The reason I’m so persistent with this project is because I had so many colleagues in
Who’s around you?
When you’re working towards your dreams or aspirations, be really mindful of who’s around you. They might not be chasing the same things. In fact, they might be happy and comfortable where they are. But if you’re ready to move
Let go of your story
What story about yourself do you want to let go of today? We take on so many meanings from the events in our lives and the way people around us react to us. We tell ourselves we’re not as talented as
What’s emerging?
What’s emerging for you this spring? What’s been taking root over the past few months – that change of attitude, a new way of doing things, a new passion project, getting out of a challenging phase? For me it’s a sense of agency.
Speak Kindly
If speaking kindly to plants helps them grown imagine what speaking kindly to humans can do – Unknown I kept coming across this on Facebook and it seemed so apt for our kitchens. This message is not only for those
Focus: Practice
Third and final post helping you be more focussed on your goals in the busy cheflife: today, we’re looking at how to build your focus step-by-step. Because it’s not easy to be more a more focussed person overnight. It can happen if
Focus: Reflection
You may have read yesterday that this series of posts is aimed at helping chefs improve their focus in a busy professional life that’s full of distractions. This is my current experiment: to spend a few minutes at the end of each
Focus: Intention
One of the hardest things about the cheflife has to be staying focussed when you’re constantly reacting to what the kitchen brings your way. That doesn’t exclude us from achieving our goals, but things often take longer without a laser-sharp focus. Over the next three days,
What fuels you?
What if we believed we would get what we deserved? Would we still compete so fiercely with everyone else? If we could trust that there was enough to go around, would we still fight for our share? If we could see that we’re all