Tag: leadership
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Today, I Have Reached18 Months Alcohol-Free.
Going alcohol-free had been a long-term ambition of mine. I tried…many times. Some attempts lasted a few days.Some a few weeks.Most never really got going. Looking back, I think there were two reasons. Firstly, I wasn’t completely ready. Secondly, I simply didn’t know how to make lasting change. I thought I needed more willpower. What…
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How Disciplined Are You… Really?
Not for a day. Not for a week. But when it’s cold, wet, you’re tired, and nobody would blame you for skipping it. Because that’s when discipline actually matters. At the end of May, I ran a 10km race. To be honest, it wasn’t great. I felt sluggish, heavy, and underprepared. It was probably my…
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“Why did you do it?” “How did you do it?”
When I first went alcohol-free, I kept it to myself. Partly because I’m naturally introverted. Talking about personal challenges has never come easily to me. But there was another reason. For years, I’d been what I call a middle-lane drinker. I wasn’t drinking every day. I wasn’t hitting rock bottom. From the outside, everything looked…
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Brain Drain
I used to think the most exhausting part of my job was the constant decision-making. The more senior you become, the more decisions land on your desk. Some affect your team. Some affect your customers. Some affect the business. And in manufacturing, engineering, and operations, those decisions can have real consequences. The decision-making at work…
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Why I Didn’t Quit Alcohol Overnight
For years, I might have looked successful professionally, but I was relying on routines that were quietly costing me more than I realised. I worked.Led teams.Handled pressure.Delivered results. From the outside, everything looked great. But had habits had quietly become part of how I managed stress, switched off, and rewarded myself after difficult days. When…
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I Got My Weekends Back
For years, my weekends disappeared without me really noticing. I thought I was resting. In reality, I wasn’t recovering from the thing that was exhausting me. Alcohol didn’t recharge me.It delayed me. Everything changed when I removed the routine. This weekend was a perfect example. I got up early both days. No fog.No sluggish starts.No…
