by Catherine Stothart | Feb 24, 2026 | Motivation
I love the Winter Olympics – blue skies, white snow, and amazing displays of skill and bravery. It’s been a bright interlude in our relentlessly grey January and February here in the UK. What I loved most was that the athletes looked like they were really enjoying...
by Catherine Stothart | Jan 30, 2026 | Managing and leading, Managing your time, Motivation
I came across some interesting research about the brain differences between people who are usually motivated and those who are more apathetic and discovered that you can trick your brain to make it easier to act. It seems that when deciding whether a course of action...
by Catherine Stothart | Dec 2, 2025 | Managing and leading, Motivation
The best and worst Here’s a question for you: how would you describe the culture of the best place you have ever worked in three words? And: how would you describe the culture of the worst place you have ever worked in three words? When you ask these questions of...
by Catherine Stothart | Dec 17, 2024 | Motivation, Planning
Are you making a New Year’s resolution this year? If so, how can you make it a sticky resolution, something that motivates you, something that you can stick with over the next few months? We’ve all made aspirational resolutions on 31st December in the first flush of...
by Catherine Stothart | Aug 29, 2024 | Motivation
How do you feel about going back to work or studies? Maybe it’s a good time to reflect on what motivates you – what makes you take action, why you do what you do. If you know what motivates you, you can manage your life to do more of those things and less of the...
by Catherine Stothart | Jul 25, 2024 | Motivation
I’m enjoying this summer of sport – after Wimbledon and the men’s football Euros, we now have the Paris Olympics. We’ll see athletes at the peak of their performance, experiencing the extremes of joy and despair and we’ll share their passion and their pain. What can...
