by Joanne Hutchinson It was that time of the year. Exam results were out. I remembered the day when they were delivered in the mail and we anxiously awaited their arrival. We had a long driveway, so it was an errand running up and down, triple checking the letterbox for that 1 letter. I had [...]
by Jo Hutchinson On a quiet Sunday, I lazily sipped away on my flat white while doing one of my favourite pastimes, reading the weekend newspaper. It wasn’t long before I came across a fabulous article on Valerie Adams - New Zealand’s Queen of Shot Put and a world class athlete who’ll be soon competing [...]
by Jo Hutchinson Shakespeare said “To thy own self be true.” I was reunited with this saying last week while doing some background research work for a workshop that I was facilitating on the theme of Authentic Leadership. It got me thinking about what it means to live life authentically and to be true to [...]
It was a hot sunny Saturday and I’d finished work for the day. Driving home, I was virtually on my doorstep when the inevitable happened. As I backed my car into my tricky steep driveway, I inadvertently clipped the fence post which caught on the mudguard and bumper, dismembering them from the car. All it [...]
The Power of Presence How often do you feel like you are talking with someone and they are only half listening, if at all? And how many times have you been in conversation with someone and realised that you are busy in your mind with you own thoughts and not really listening to what [...]
Who is The #1 Most Important Person in Your Life? Perhaps it’s just that it’s nearing the end of winter, but I’ve noticed 3 things: #1. that a lot of people have been really sick, or #2. are going through some really big life changes and/or #3. are feeling the pressure, more so now than [...]
I’ve been thinking about the meaning of courage and how it shows up in life. The Collins English dictionary defined it as: Courage noun 1. the power or quality of dealing with or facing danger, fear, pain 2. the courage of one's convictions the confidence to act in accordance with one's beliefs 3. take one's [...]
Celebrating Matariki – The Dawning of a New Cycle We’ve just passed the winter solstice point which in the Southern Hemisphere means that we have passed the shortest day. It signifies that the day light is now slowly increasing until we reach the summer solstice point in 6 months’ time. In ancient times and in [...]
A few years ago, I was a guest speaker at a Networking Event where I met amongst others, Amanda Judd. Back then, she had just got her business up and running and I loved listening to her story and her dream. We bonded instantly, swapped business cards and later I offered to help her in [...]
