Sweden is a country of extremes in my limited experience so far, from extreme cold winter to sunny and outgoing summer. My colleagues promised me that summer would be different and they were absolutely right. From the moment the first bit of sunshine arrived people lined up on street corners, parks or anywhere where the…
Opportunity is all around you, an email received from Christine Comaford Hi there An, it’s Christine Comaford with your weekly Mighty Minute. While you build your career and shape your life, start envisioning your dream…building it until it’s real and vivid and something you can depend on when the going gets rough. Sometimes we fall…
The story of the butterfly I came across this beautiful story on my travels online and just wanted to share it with you. Enjoy, An The Story of the Butterfly A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it…
Lead and stand out for what you believe in It’s amazing when you are questioning and in pursuit of better all the time, what nuggets come your way at the right time. When I left Ireland I questioned leadership especially the political leadership of a country, which had been thriving albeit not always on real…
Snow flake philosophy With -20 C outside and a nice carpet of the fluffy white stuff covering both Stockholm as well as my previous home of Cork, it only seems the right thing to do to write about my snowflake observations. Let me tell you after days of watching them falling from the sky from…