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Be careful with that goal - it might destroy you
This may sound strange, coming from a business coach who spends most of his days working with clients on setting goals (and the rest...
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Chris Barrow
- Feb 17, 2020
Commune
to converse or talk together, usually with profound intensity, intimacy, etc.; interchange thoughts or feelings. I have an 07:00 Zoom...
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Chris Barrow
- Jan 4, 2020
On Brain Pickings, Steinbeck and self-doubt
I’m a huge fan and regular reader of Maria Popova’s weekly email newsletter “Brain Pickings”. To quote Maria, “Brain Pickings has a free...
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Chris Barrow
- Jun 5, 2017
Why we will all go back to work today
There have been two occasions in recent weeks on which I’ve woken early and arrived down in the kitchen to discover horror stories all...
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Chris Barrow
- Jan 20, 2017
Connection
There’s been some comment on both sides of the Atlantic about the fact that I haven’t yet disconnected from the web, even though I’m on...
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Chris Barrow
- Jan 2, 2017
Ready, steady, go!
For many of us, first proper day back at work tomorrow – the party being over. It occurred to me as a jogged through a frosty Dunham...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 28, 2016
Christmas week in The Bunker
I’m a neat freak. This is possibly the quietest week of the working year and an opportunity to spend some time thinking, planning and...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 15, 2016
Working so hard that you forget how to rest
October has established itself as the busiest month in my working calendar (and, it seems, that of many of my friends and clients who run...
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Chris Barrow
- Sep 24, 2016
The extra miles
Followers of my social media channels will know that on Thursday I had the privilege of joining Patrick Allen from Henry Schein and small...
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Chris Barrow
- Jul 25, 2016
Reality
Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we...
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Chris Barrow
- Jul 22, 2016
The Frequency of Disruption
Change isn’t the challenge – the pace of change is the challenge. Disruption used to be recorded in geological eras, by reference to the...
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Chris Barrow
- Apr 2, 2016
Month #2 of Paleo completed
On 1st February 2016 I weighed in at 12 st – always a tipping point for CB where the pain of my self-loathing becomes greater than the...
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Chris Barrow
- Mar 19, 2016
Which list?
A personal coaching exercise. Take 2 sheets of blank paper and a pen. write a list of the achievements, events and relationships in your...
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Chris Barrow
- Mar 13, 2016
The Adventure Life
Today brings digital news of the unexpected death of another friend of a friend. The second in as many weeks. People I didn’t know. Who...
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Chris Barrow
- Jan 3, 2016
Anxiety
I don’t know about you but I’ve had enough of alcohol, food, late nights and partying after an exceptional 10 days. After tonight’s...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 12, 2015
Meaningless me
Last week I posed the question “so what next?” and shared my struggles to find an answer. This blog exists for personal catharsis but...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 6, 2015
So what next?
This post is lengthy and extremely self-indulgent. Many is the time that I have recommended a book by Frederic Hudson that changed my...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 1, 2015
Failure, fallibility and burn out
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better by Pema Chödrön My rating: 5 of 5 stars I arrived home last Friday evening, completely burned out by...
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Chris Barrow
- Sep 26, 2015
Extremely Adventurous
Back in the early days of my temporary TV celebrity status (May 2014 to be precise) I was chatting to my business partner Tim Caudrelier...
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Chris Barrow
- Aug 29, 2015
Brunt House
My photographs on Facebook will bear witness to the beauty of The Lake District and, in particular from this trip, Grizedale Forest and...
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