Focus on Commitment
‘Commitment is an act, not a word.’ Jean-Paul Sartre Two years ago, I decided to launch a weekly newsletter in the form of Friday Focus....
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Amy Rowlinson
- Jul 29
- 1 min
Focus on Personal Development
How do you practice personal development? Considering myself to be late to the party of personal development in my early forties, I threw...
Amy Rowlinson
- Jul 22
- 2 min
Focus on Lifestyle
Looking out of the bedroom window as I write this, I can see the morning sun cast its light across the tops of the trees and the...
Amy Rowlinson
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Focus on Games
Fun, fun, fun! Games are not just for kids and certainly not just for Christmas or the summer holidays! I love playing all sorts of...
Amy Rowlinson
- Jun 24
- 3 min
Focus on Genius
This week, Lysette Offley in Focus on WHY episode 284 The Genius Maker said that ‘we’re all geniuses’ and I have been reflecting on this...
Amy Rowlinson
- Jun 10
- 2 min
Focus on Serendipity
What role does serendipity play in your life? Do you call it serendipity or do you choose to call it luck, synchronicity or coincidence?...
Amy Rowlinson
- Mar 25
- 3 min
Focus on Joy
What brings you joy in life? Today I bring you three short stories of joy: The White Rose, The Snowdrop and The Orchid. The White Rose...
Amy Rowlinson
- Jan 29
- 3 min
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,...
Amy Rowlinson
- Jan 21
- 4 min
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
- Dec 4, 2021
- 2 min
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 20, 2021
- 3 min
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 6, 2021
- 4 min
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
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
Focus on Seeds
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 6, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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...
Amy Rowlinson
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
Focus on Consistency
What you do today matters. In fact what you do every day matters. If you want to design your future and create the success you really...
Amy Rowlinson
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
Focus on Freedom
As we emerge from our homes after another extended period of compulsory confinement, it seemed appropriate that the focus this week...
Amy Rowlinson
- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
Focus on WHY
It’s never too late... Are you living or are you existing? Is your work fulfilling or are you just filling in the moments? Have you ever...
Amy Rowlinson
- Mar 18, 2021
- 4 min
Focus on Time
“The trouble is you think you have time.” Buddha David sat in a state of shock. Five years left to live, his doctor had just told him,...
Amy Rowlinson
- Feb 19, 2021
- 2 min
Focus on Direction
Do you feel you are at a crossroads in life and are unsure which direction to take? Do you feel that your life lacks meaning or purpose...