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It's Only a Biscuit. Except When It Isn't.
Fancy a biscuit? Even if it's the last one?

Bernard Kates
16 minutes ago3 min read


The Beliefs That Feel Like Facts
What do you believe about yourself, and about the world and your place in it?

Bernard Kates
Jul 164 min read


A Declaration Worth Making
Who are you, at your best?

Bernard Kates
Jul 94 min read


Your Values Are Already Running Your Life. The Question Is Whether You Know What They Are.
Your values already run your life. Do you know what they are?

Bernard Kates
Jul 24 min read


The Common Denominator Nobody Wants to Name
The common denominator in every difficult situation is you.

Bernard Kates
Jun 254 min read


The Invisible Gravity: How Fear of Other People's Opinions Shapes Your Life
How FOPO shapes your life - if you let it.

Bernard Kates
Jun 184 min read


There Must Be More to Life Than This
There must be more to life than this. Surely?

Bernard Kates
Jun 113 min read


Where Are You on the Journey? Introducing the HEART Model
Introducing the HEART model

Bernard Kates
Jun 44 min read


When Did You Last Check Your Inner Compass?
When did you last check your inner compass?

Bernard Kates
May 214 min read


Fine Is Not the Same as Fulfilled
Fine is not the same as Fulfilled.

Bernard Kates
May 214 min read


The Zaphod Principle
When the figurehead is outrageous enough, deeper dysfunction disappears from view.

Bernard Kates
Apr 12 min read


Leadership From The Heart
There’s a way of speaking about leadership that feels familiar. It’s structured, well-defined, often persuasive. It talks about vision, strategy, performance, results. It offers models and frameworks, each one promising clarity in a world that can feel uncertain and demanding. None of that is wrong and in many situations, it’s necessary. And yet, if you’ve spent any time in leadership, particularly with responsibility for real people rather than abstract outcomes, you may hav

Bernard Kates
Mar 255 min read


Presence in Everyday Life
There’s a certain idea we tend to carry about presence. It belongs, we think, to quiet places: to meditation cushions, early mornings, retreat centres, or those rare moments when life briefly loosens its grip and gives us space to breathe. Presence, in this sense, feels like something we step into when everything else has been set aside. Then we return to real life. To the emails, the conversations, the demands, the noise. And somewhere along the way, presence slips quietly o

Bernard Kates
Mar 255 min read


Deepening the Inner Turn
There’s a moment that doesn’t look like much from the outside. Nothing dramatic has happened. No crisis, no collapse, no sudden awakening. Life carries on much as it always has. You get up, you move through the day, you speak to the same people, deal with the same responsibilities. If anything, things may even be going reasonably well. And yet something has shifted. Not outwardly. Inwardly. It’s not a thought in the usual sense. Not a decision, not a plan, not even a clear in

Bernard Kates
Mar 255 min read
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