I’ll be speaking at the Choose Happy event in Virgina, USA on 8th December – a gathering of international speakers to celebrate positivity and kindness. Tickets and more information is available HERE. There is a sneak preview of the messages HERE.
Author Archives: Isabel Pollen
Today I was a guest on the brilliant TedX Speaker Bart Berkey podcast, “Most People Don’t… But You Do!” Below is Bart’s post from LinkedIn, with links to the episode:
‘Yeah, I’m good …busy…. but good’ ‘Just grateful to be busy’ ‘Sooooo busy’ ‘Good to be busy’.. ‘I’m just unbelievably busy…’ …. Any of these phrases familiar? The ‘B word’ is a word that we often use, and yet, we seldom give any real thought to what this word really stands for. The question I’m […]
‘The biggest deficit that we have in our society and in the world right now is an empathy deficit. We are in great need of people being able to stand in somebody else’s shoes and see the world through their eyes’. (Barack Obama 2008) A quote from an address made over a decade ago now […]
‘Confidence doesn’t come out of nowhere. It’s a result of something… hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication’. (Roger Staubach, American Athlete, born 5th Feb, 1942) Roger Staubach has a very good point…which is why I chose this quote to open this blog. Confidence only develops with consistent practice and…it […]