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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
- Jan 19, 2020
Is Britain going back to work?
I find myself working for the third consecutive weekend this month and it’s not making me happy. The first two weekends I worked on...
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Chris Barrow
- Apr 1, 2017
Why I’m pulling out of tomorrow’s Manchester Marathon
With less than 24 hours notice (and after many a conversation in the last week about “just doing it”) I’ve reluctantly decided to...
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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
- 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 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
- Jan 30, 2016
Paleo (again)
Two years ago this weekend I was sat under a jungle canopy on the tropical island of Contadora, Gulf of Panama, sweating in the heat and...
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Chris Barrow
- Jan 10, 2016
Broken
I’m sick of being broken and at risk of sounding like a whingeing hypochondriac. left knee has been inoperative since August. I can’t run...
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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
- 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
- Oct 5, 2015
Stop!
Having recently completed (and shared) my own 28-day Positive Focus I was chatting to a friend over the weekend who wanted some...
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