No Mud No Lotus: Overcoming Challenges
This blog post is part of The Business Yogi series – inspiration and thoughts for business based on the philosophy, principles and practices of yoga. Look out for the book of the same name in early 2012. “No mud, no lotus.” – Thich Nhat Hahn Running the Digital Assistant Academy has been one of the...
5 Ways to Use Skype for Business (That You Mightn’t Have Thought Of)
Last Friday, at Harnessing the Power of Technology and Social Media, a free event at the O2 workshop, Ural Cebeci, Product Marketing Manager from Skype highlighted some of the business features of both paid and free Skype accounts. He had me scribbling furiously as I learnt more about Skype in those 45 minutes than in my three years...
How Would The Buddha Use Social Media?
This week I was invited to give a talk on social media to an audience of marketing and comms professionals working in the charity sector. Hosted by Third Sector Women, the session was a opportunity to ‘lunch and learn’ and network with other professionals. Social media is such a well worn topic, so I wanted...
Thoughts on Perfectionism
This blog post is part of The Business Yogi series – inspiration and thoughts for business based on the philosophy, principles and practices of yoga. Do you consider yourself a perfectionist? Do you find it hard to decide when a piece of work is done – when it is ‘good enough’? If so, then you...
4 Digital Ways to Get Your Zen on at Work
This week I am reading a fantastic book called ‘Your Brain at Work‘. The author David Rock, spent three years talking to neuroscientists about how the brain functions and why we act and react the way we do at work. One of the insights from the book refers to our pre-frontal cortex – the part of...
Self-Forgiveness and the Importance of Compassion
This blog post is part of The Business Yogi series – inspiration and thoughts for business based on the philosophy, principles and practices of yoga. Yesterday was one of those days. A long (but great!) dinner with friends the night before meant a late and fuzzy start to the morning. Reviewing my planned work for...
