Author Archives: Nick Cork

Foundation

There is no society without people and no people without love. Love is the foundation for everything and without it we are baseless creatures snarling in the darkness. We cannot take love out of what we do – we must always … Continue reading

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Glow

We all know someone who embodies the phrase ‘free spirit’. They are the dreamers, searchers and innovators in life, destined to shine their light briefly into our world and move on. Experimental, passionate, they pick us up and carry us … Continue reading

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Stillness

There is a tendency in both our business and private lives to hide how we really feel. This can lead to us going a long way down a particular road before we are finally forced to admit that it wasn’t … Continue reading

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Loss

Around 500 BCE, the Buddha said that life is suffering. This was such an important revelation for him that it was the first of his 4 Noble Truths. Today, over 2500 years later we may use different words or longer … Continue reading

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Challenge

One of the most over-used words in business and public life today is ‘challenge’. It has become a noun, usually employed in the context of euphemistically referring to some major foul up: “Yes, the fact that our MD ran off with … Continue reading

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Inspiration

What inspires us to follow our dreams or to try something new? For each person the answer will be different – perhaps the words of a great leader from history, such as Gandhi, Winston Churchill or George Washington. For some, … Continue reading

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Understanding

If you listen to the politicians and media, you would think that the public and private sectors are inhabited by completely different species. Ideologies have replaced common sense, soundbites in place of rational discussion. If we are really all in … Continue reading

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Balance

We hear a lot about work/life balance these days and it can mean different things to different people. Some think we have the work/life balance right if we work from home. On the surface, this seems like a reasonable assumption: … Continue reading

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Perspective

  The further away you are from something, the more you realise how much it means to you. I was born and raised in Plymouth, but have not lived there for over 20 years. My family still live in the … Continue reading

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