Focus on Silence
Out walking in the woods with my dog, the topic of silence came to my mind. The crunching of leaves underfoot, the snapping of dead wood,...
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Amy Rowlinson
Jan 21, 20224 min read
Focus on Responsibility
Do you take responsibility for your actions, your decisions, your life? I see many people sleepwalking through their lives as they don't...
Amy Rowlinson
Jan 14, 20223 min read
Focus on Speaking
In the week that I took over the reins of Regional President of the Professional Speaking Association (PSA) in the South East, it seems...
Amy Rowlinson
Jan 7, 20224 min read
Focus on Beginnings
“The beginning is always today.” Mary Shelley Beginnings; the point in time or space at which something begins; a starting point; an...
Amy Rowlinson
Dec 31, 20213 min read
Focus on Opportunity
“Are you in the water waiting to be saved or are you striding purposefully up the bank looking to solve problems?” This is my reflection...
Amy Rowlinson
Dec 24, 20213 min read
Focus on Memories
Who are you if not a collection of memories? Your memories matter as your life is a sequence of millions of moments all collated together...
Amy Rowlinson
Dec 18, 20213 min read
Focus on Legacy
What or who do you see when you look in the mirror? You see what you choose to see just as you make of life what you choose to do or have...
Amy Rowlinson
Dec 11, 20213 min read
Focus on Forgiveness
Let it go! It’s that time of year again where I keep hearing the song all around me from the film Frozen. Can you believe it was...
Amy Rowlinson
Dec 4, 20212 min read
Focus on Authenticity
Authenticity; in its simplest form it means original, real or genuine. In its more complex, existential form it means being true to...
Amy Rowlinson
Nov 27, 20215 min read
Focus on Discovery
Discovery; the action or process of discovering or being discovered. I first wrote a Bucket List back in 2010. Formalising on paper a...
Amy Rowlinson
Nov 20, 20213 min read
Focus on Investment
What does the word investment mean to you? Does it conjure up images of pinstripe-suited city bankers shouting loudly on the telephone on...
Amy Rowlinson
Nov 12, 20214 min read
Focus on Strengths
“What if we studied what was right with people versus what’s wrong with people?” Don Clifton asked this simple question and was...
Amy Rowlinson
Nov 6, 20214 min read
Focus on Organisation
People often comment on how much I achieve in a day, a week, a month, and ask me if I have an extra day a week to get things done....
Amy Rowlinson
Oct 30, 20213 min read
Focus on Reflection
Reflection is an important practice as it enables you to observe, listen, feel and relate to the content that is being shared; analysing...
Amy Rowlinson
Oct 23, 20213 min read
Focus on Recommendations
I need your help, please. Who do you know who…? Where would you recommend for…? What is the best kind of…? When is the best time for…?...
Amy Rowlinson
Oct 16, 20213 min read
Focus on Paradoxes
This statement is a lie! Ah, but is it really? It is a paradox; a contradiction which may seem absurd however it relays both a truth and...
Amy Rowlinson
Oct 13, 20213 min read
Focus on Recovery
By now many of you will have heard about what happened to my 16 year old son, Eddie over the weekend. If you didn’t hear, firstly please...
Amy Rowlinson
Oct 2, 20213 min read
Focus on Writing
Every day I read, I speak, I listen, I write. Four entirely different yet interlinked skillsets that I constantly seek to hone and...
Amy Rowlinson
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Focus on Speaking Business Summit
Going for Growth - a story of a seed! Five years ago today, on 30th September 2016, I planted a seed and watched it grow. With that seed...
Amy Rowlinson
Sep 25, 20212 min read
Focus on Meeting
“So, what do you do?” I wince. I falter. My hackles instinctively go up. I stop, shift a little on my feet, smile and politely give my...
Amy Rowlinson
Sep 18, 20212 min read
Focus on Brilliance
Same school, same year, different trajectories. In 2019, two 16 year old girls sat next to one another in their GCSE Biology class. They...
Amy Rowlinson
Sep 13, 20214 min read
Focus on Energy
On Monday I was asked to share on Derek Arden’s Web Chat Show Live what I had learned over the summer. Initially I thought I wouldn’t...
Amy Rowlinson
Sep 6, 20214 min read
Focus on Abundance
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist What does it take to...
Amy Rowlinson
Aug 30, 20213 min read
Focus on Rapport
If you have it, you’ll know. If you don’t have it, you’ll know. What am I referring to? Rapport. The close and harmonious relationship...
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