Hi Reader, Welcome to this week's Rev Up for the Week. You know the drill by now - Sunday. 4.05pm UK time. Something useful to lift you in the days ahead. I've mentioned before that I always write these emails during the week they go out. Mostly, I write them on Weds or Thurs, but sometimes, like today, I'm sailing a little close to the wind, and you join me writing this lunchtime on Sunday. I think there's something comforting about me sharing this - after all, lots of folks who've read How...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, Welcome to Rev Up for the Week, where each Sunday I give you an idea to help navigate the week ahead. It feels pretty hard to be positive about the world this week. I know many of you will be worried about the future of the USA, Ukraine, Gaza, women's rights, democracy... There's a lot to process right now. If you feel fearful, worried, powerless and in despair, then I want to send you all the love, care and solidarity. In what feels like a difficult moment for humanity, we should...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Welcome to another Rev Up for the Week, where every Sunday at 4.05pm, I give you a thought to help drive you forward in the coming days. This week, I want to talk about toxic bosses. Well, I don’t really want to talk about them at all, to be honest, but it seems every time I’m interviewed about ‘KIND’, someone asks me “what about the toxic bosses?”. So I figured it’s a question people want to know the answer to: “Should I still be kind if someone isn’t being kind back?”, “How can...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Welcome to Rev Up for the Week, where every Sunday I send out a positive or productive idea for the week ahead, at 4.05pm (and occasionally, when I screw it up, 4.05am). This week I've been thinking a lot about comfort zones. I've been 'putting myself out there' a lot recently, in service of getting publicity for my book (I don't know if you've heard, but I've got a book out). You may have seen I had a big double page spread interview in The Times. I'm really happy with how it came...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Welcome to Rev Up for the Week, where each week I send you an idea to help set you up for the week ahead. Let’s talk about how busy you are right now. There’s loads happening. Perhaps some big projects getting stuck in the sticky middle, perhaps a list of new things to start. You feel tired and a bit fried. But more importantly, you feel busy. As you sit there staring at that long list, the inbox and the notifications, you tell yourself about a distant land. It’s a world where the...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Welcome to Rev Up for the Week, where every Sunday at 4.05pm UK time, I deliver a positive or productive thought for the week ahead. If you’re new here, then a very warm welcome to you. This weekend I’m catching up on sleep (daytime nap for the win today!) and I can feel my body ‘adrenaline dumping’ quite hard. It’s a weekend for doing very little except catching a breath, after Wednesday’s ‘launch eve’ Digital Launch, Thursday’s London launch and Friday’s Brighton launch of KIND....
2 months ago • 6 min read
Hi Reader, So I’ve been doing a few interviews over the last week: a few podcasts and even a national newspaper (get me!) to promote the book. Lots of the interviewers have focussed on my distinction between being nice and being kind. Some people think of them as one and the same, whereas I actually think they’re often closer to being opposites. I think this is an important distinction, because people fear being ‘too nice’ and worry that weakness means stuff doesn’t get done. I talked to a...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader Welcome to Rev Up for the Week - my weekly Sunday 4.05pm dose of positivity for the week ahead. If you're new here, perhaps because of Talking Kindness, then welcome. I'm here every Sunday and my goal is that you'll find these emails useful, that they set you up for the week, and that maybe sometimes you'll even reply and tell me what you think. As you've probably seen this week, we've been busy running the Talking Kindness podcast summit, hosting conversations about kindness with...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, Welcome to this week's Rev Up for the Week. If you're new here, perhaps because one of your colleagues recommended it (see below!), or because you're buzzing for Talking Kindness tomorrow, then a very warm welcome to you. The plan is simple. Every Sunday at 4.05pm I'll send you a positive or productive idea for the week ahead. I've been sending these emails every Sunday for the last four years. It's always me writing it (never AI or someone else), and I always write it during the...
3 months ago • 3 min read