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
- May 20
- 2 min
Focus on Solidarity
What do you do when you witness or experience sexism, misogyny or marginalisation? Do you ignore it or do you stand up for what you...
Amy Rowlinson
- Mar 18
- 4 min
Focus on Podcasting
To pod or not to pod, that is the question! Or should that be, to cast or not to cast? If you want to inspire, inform or influence your...
Amy Rowlinson
- Mar 4
- 3 min
Focus on Seeds
“This morning before my day started I listened to another one of your podcasts. Loving it. It is the water to a seed I planted that is...
Amy Rowlinson
- Feb 11
- 2 min
Focus on Milestones
In life there are many milestones for you to focus on. Some are easier to achieve than others. There will be peaks and troughs where you...
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
- 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 25, 2021
- 2 min
Focus on Meeting
“So, what do you do?” I wince. I falter. My hackles instinctively go up. I stop, shift a little on my feet, smile and politely give my...
Amy Rowlinson
- Jul 20, 2021
- 2 min
Focus on Strategy
When I was a kid I used to love playing games many of which involved a clear strategy. Games such as Backgammon, Othello, Mastermind,...
Amy Rowlinson
- Jul 13, 2021
- 4 min
Focus on Ideation
What do penicillin, Post-it notes, the pacemaker, Coca Cola, chocolate chip cookies and the slinky toy all have in common? They were all...
Amy Rowlinson
- Apr 6, 2021
- 4 min
Focus on Fools
Who knew that when I woke up on April Fools' Day last year that I would wake up with an idea that would totally change the course of my...
Amy Rowlinson
- Dec 18, 2020
- 2 min
Focus on Visibility
Growing up it wasn’t as easy as it is today to be visible. There was no internet, no mobile phones and no social media. The closest I...