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Be careful with that goal - it might destroy you
This may sound strange, coming from a business coach who spends most of his days working with clients on setting goals (and the rest...
Chris Barrow
Feb 21, 20202 min read
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Is Britain going back to work?
I find myself working for the third consecutive weekend this month and it’s not making me happy. The first two weekends I worked on...
Chris Barrow
Jan 19, 20202 min read
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Why I’m pulling out of tomorrow’s Manchester Marathon
With less than 24 hours notice (and after many a conversation in the last week about “just doing it”) I’ve reluctantly decided to...
Chris Barrow
Apr 1, 20172 min read
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Ready, steady, go!
For many of us, first proper day back at work tomorrow – the party being over. It occurred to me as a jogged through a frosty Dunham...
Chris Barrow
Jan 2, 20171 min read
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Working so hard that you forget how to rest
October has established itself as the busiest month in my working calendar (and, it seems, that of many of my friends and clients who run...
Chris Barrow
Oct 15, 20163 min read
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The extra miles
Followers of my social media channels will know that on Thursday I had the privilege of joining Patrick Allen from Henry Schein and small...
Chris Barrow
Sep 24, 20162 min read
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The Frequency of Disruption
Change isn’t the challenge – the pace of change is the challenge. Disruption used to be recorded in geological eras, by reference to the...
Chris Barrow
Jul 22, 20162 min read
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Month #2 of Paleo completed
On 1st February 2016 I weighed in at 12 st – always a tipping point for CB where the pain of my self-loathing becomes greater than the...
Chris Barrow
Apr 2, 20162 min read
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Paleo (again)
Two years ago this weekend I was sat under a jungle canopy on the tropical island of Contadora, Gulf of Panama, sweating in the heat and...
Chris Barrow
Jan 30, 20165 min read
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Broken
I’m sick of being broken and at risk of sounding like a whingeing hypochondriac. left knee has been inoperative since August. I can’t run...
Chris Barrow
Jan 10, 20162 min read
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Anxiety
I don’t know about you but I’ve had enough of alcohol, food, late nights and partying after an exceptional 10 days. After tonight’s...
Chris Barrow
Jan 3, 20162 min read
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Failure, fallibility and burn out
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better by Pema Chödrön My rating: 5 of 5 stars I arrived home last Friday evening, completely burned out by...
Chris Barrow
Nov 1, 20153 min read
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Stop!
Having recently completed (and shared) my own 28-day Positive Focus I was chatting to a friend over the weekend who wanted some...
Chris Barrow
Oct 5, 20152 min read
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