Struggling to find what to write about? Not sure where to start, how to direct your team, feeling blank? There are two categories which will never fail you (unless of course you’re not talking to your clients, in which case, sort that out!). Victories and Questions. I’m talking particularly about your clients’ victories, and your
Author Archives: Karen Reyburn
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Mar
Mar
I’m on a train right now, as I write this, going into Edinburgh for our in-person PF team get together. It’s always good fun to get together with the team (who are usually remote and communicating via Slack and video), and the sun is shining, and the skies are blue. A nice change from Storm
Karens Notes, Sketchnotes, Plans & Strategy
“…I wanted to know the story those numbers were telling me.”
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Mar
Mar
Last week my accountant said something that has stuck with me – and come back to me – every day since he said it. I traveled, attended a lot of events, met amazing people and re-connected with ones i knew already, had new business opportunities… and yet the one thing that stands out in my
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Mar
Mar
This week, I remembered something we brainstormed at PF about five years ago. Something that never got off the ground. An idea that seemed incredibly brilliant at the time, but didn’t happen. Looking back at it now I’m so grateful we didn’t go this route. (I admit this has been responsible for a LOT of
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Feb
Feb
Everything rushes by so fast. The train. The cars. The meetings. The emails. The slack messages. The cities. All the people. The queue for coffee. (Okay that one maybe doesn’t move so fast cos we don’t have our coffee yet.) In the past week I’ve had a lot of opportunities to rush. Today, I was
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Feb
Feb
Sometimes you need to just get started. And sometimes you need to just stop. Last week I spent five days on the Isle of Mull. It’s my favourite place of rest, of beauty, of refreshment, of quiet and peace. And although I told myself I would simply sit by the fire and read books and
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Jul
Jul
Whether you’ve never been a person who rests well, or you have gotten out of the habit, being comfortable with rest will not come easily. It involves silence. And solitude. And quiet. And perhaps some introspection. None of which come easily to most of us. But the main reason is that we have built ourselves a
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Jul
Jul
One of the elements of true rest is solitude – because rest at its heart sees us at our heart. But one of the results of the modern world, modern technology, and our instant-response generation is that we are not used to solitude. We don’t like it, and we don’t know what to do with
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Jun
Jun
There is nothing honouring about wearing yourself out – for whatever noble reason you’ve set. For God, for your church, for your business, for your family. There will be times when you need to do more, sleep less, push past every boundary you feel you have. There are even seasons of life when that needs
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Apr
Apr
Rest is always possible. It’s always a choice. And it’s always an act of faith. Telling ourselves that we “can’t” rest simply means we won’t. There’s too much on. The baby is crying. The house needs to be viewed today or someone else will buy it. An employee just put in his notice and you
