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Work Life Balance

I can honestly say that I have reached a healthy place in my relationship to work. I never take work home. Now I am very lucky I have a great team of people that support me and it eliminates the need. In the past I would always bring work home. At work when I hire [...]

A note to the Universe!!!

Today, yet again I was given the gift of awareness. This awareness revolves around an underlying story that has been playing out in my life. My story is that i grew up in a situation that involved a lack of money. The story was played out over and over as I grew up. Of course [...]

Free tele-class Mp3′s

I just posted two recordings to recent tele-classes on my website. They are available free for download. 1) Inspired Communication – exploring the possibilities of meaningful connection 2) Transforming Communication in personal relationships Follow this link to download Ross Tayler www.workplacealchemy.com

Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve

I love how music can speak to you in a way that the mind can’t really translate or understand. There is simply a knowing that exists when you hear a certain song or chord or melody. It moves you! My fellow blogger Linda has a link to this song on her likes page (Thanks Linda) [...]

Living life powerfully and purposefully

During coaching one of the areas that is explored is getting clear on your life purpose. This is often talked about in the context of “power”. Owning and discovering what makes you, “you”.  I believe that we all have a unique way of showing up in this world, which can have a profound impact on [...]

The “F” word is it really all that bad?

The “F” word I am referring to is FAILURE. In my work as a coach and also as a manager i seem to run into my fair share of perfectionists. I am certainly all for giving your best effort in any situation. However, when it begins to have an emotional and physical effect on your [...]

Success and Failure

Recently I have seen and heard lots of discussion around the idea of success and failure. The F word is certainly something that we can struggle with. Below there is a link to a great TED talk: Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two [...]

Ode to Joy

I googled “Joy” and the video below was in the top 3. I love it. I mean, who doesn’t love The Muppets? Perhaps it’s a reminder, of what happens when we forget about following our joy and take life or ourselves to seriously. Enjoy

Emptiness

In their pursuit of happiness, I often hear people say that they have followed their path in life, they have the career they always wanted, a loving family the ability to easily acquire all the things they want. Yet they quietly share that there also exists an emptiness within them. I wonder about the term [...]