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Volume 8
Welcome to Volume 8 of Living on the Edge, the fortnightly newsletter from Living Edge Life Coaching, designed to inform, educate, challenge and inspire you!
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Since the last issue the office has moved. The move was exhausting but done quickly and we are now settled in. I think I am going to enjoy working from home more than I expected. Thank you to all my clients who have been so accommodating with changing locations with me.
Annabel Varvel
Life Coach BA.LLB
COACHING CORNER
Lessons from the life of Leonardo da Vinci
I recently attended a business leader's breakfast the topic of which was "Learning from Leonardo". The speaker, Phil Baker, drew out a number of principles from the life of Leonardo that are useful to us all both in business and in developing ourselves personally. I thought I'd share with you his major points:
Cultivate Curiosity
Leonardo was an intensely curious individual. He was inquisitive about many varied things from the human anatomy to art to science. He wanted to know and understand how things worked. Here are a few tips on how to cultivate curiosity:
- Write things down - Leonardo carried his notebooks everywhere he went and recorded his observations. Get a journal or a note book and start writing!
- Ask questions - people are fantastic resources - ask, find things out, don't be satisfied with the amount you already know.
- Keep learning - apparently studies have shown that life long learning can help to stave off dementia!
Stimulate Your Senses
You have 5 senses - use them all deliberately. Sight, sound, taste, touch & smell.
- Make your workplace multi-sensory. Don't have a bland one dimension work environment. Add flowers for colour and smell, use colour and texture in the furnishings, play music. If all or many of your senses are being stimulated it makes you more productive.
- Exercise your senses deliberately. Take notice of what you hear, touch, smell.
- Try new things. Chose an unusual dish at a restaurant, buy a different perfume. Lash out - be different!
Fine Tune Your Physique
Not only did Leonardo have a finely tuned brain, he also kept himself in top physical condition. In our culture we tend to associate intelligent people with not being particularly active and top sports people with not being particularly intelligent. Our brains use 30% of the oxygen we breathe and exercise gets more oxygen to our brain, so we need to be fit to keep the brain active! Here's how:
- Eat well.
- Improve your fitness.
It's not magic - just have to do it!
Broaden Your Mind
Use your whole brain - not just the left or right side - use both.
- Develop different aspects of your brain. If you tend to be a right brain thinker make deliberate choices to say read poetry or take up painting.
- Grow your brain. Never stop learning.
- Realise that you are smarter than you think you are. Don't limit your capabilities by having a small picture of yourself.
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BOOK REVIEW
Oh, the places you'll go - Dr Seuss
Yes, I am recommending a children's book to you. This is once of the most profound children's books you'll have ever read. In fact, it really is more for adults. It talks really about the journey of life and all the twists and turns it can take. It is also about your ability to cope and learn along the road...
"You will come to a place where the streets are mot marked. Some windows a lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?"
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