Chris BarrowFeb 21, 2020Be careful with that goal - it might destroy youThis may sound strange, coming from a business coach who spends most of his days working with clients on setting goals (and the rest...
Chris BarrowJan 19, 2020Is 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...
Chris BarrowApr 1, 2017Why I’m pulling out of tomorrow’s Manchester MarathonWith less than 24 hours notice (and after many a conversation in the last week about “just doing it”) I’ve reluctantly decided to...
Chris BarrowJan 2, 2017Ready, 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...
Chris BarrowOct 15, 2016Working so hard that you forget how to restOctober has established itself as the busiest month in my working calendar (and, it seems, that of many of my friends and clients who run...
Chris BarrowSep 24, 2016The extra milesFollowers of my social media channels will know that on Thursday I had the privilege of joining Patrick Allen from Henry Schein and small...
Chris BarrowJul 22, 2016The Frequency of DisruptionChange isn’t the challenge – the pace of change is the challenge. Disruption used to be recorded in geological eras, by reference to the...
Chris BarrowApr 2, 2016Month #2 of Paleo completedOn 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...
Chris BarrowJan 30, 2016Paleo (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...
Chris BarrowJan 10, 2016BrokenI’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...
Chris BarrowJan 3, 2016AnxietyI 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...
Chris BarrowNov 1, 2015Failure, fallibility and burn outFail, Fail Again, Fail Better by Pema Chödrön My rating: 5 of 5 stars I arrived home last Friday evening, completely burned out by...
Chris BarrowOct 5, 2015Stop!Having recently completed (and shared) my own 28-day Positive Focus I was chatting to a friend over the weekend who wanted some...