Tag: Personal

  • Life Worth Living

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    Simon Scullion

    This unstable economy and society has shown us that comfort and stability are dead. We need to make our lives worth living. We need to be who we always dreamt of being. Credit: http://almostbohemian.com/you-are-not-your-junk/

  • Early reflections on my StrengthsFinder Top 5 Strengths

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    Simon Scullion

    I have been finding an odd moment here and there to delve deeper into what my My Top 5 Strengths mean and what lies behind them. Each of the 34 StrengthsFinder strength “themes” has a shared description, however the “Strengths Insight and Action-Planning Guide” provides a personalised take on your talents, and some questions to…

  • New Year’s Non-resolutions

    New Year’s Non-resolutions

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    Simon Scullion
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    Photo Credit: Tapping a Pencil by Rennett Stowe First of all, a belated “Happy New Year” to you all! I’m not a big maker of New Year’s resolutions, never have been. Not that I haven’t made resolutions, or attempted to make a personal commitment or an effort to change something, just that I tend not…

  • Hello from Orlando!

    Hello from Orlando!

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    Simon Scullion

    Photo Credit: Snow White by dawvon This post comes from the comforts of the Radisson Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, where I have spent a weekend relaxing, catching up on sleep and, yes doing a little tourism! I flew out on Friday, arriving shattered after what was nearly 24 hours on the road. I’m now rested…

  • Three months into a “new” role…

    Three months into a “new” role…

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    Simon Scullion

    Photo Credit: stress-and-sleep by kroszka So, three months have flown by already since I took  a role internally as the Business Analyst for C3, CSC’s social collaboration platform. Time flies when you’re having fun, and I guess (hope) it means I’ve managed to get through the probation period! I wrote a similar post internally a…

  • Skiing in Formigal, Spain

    Skiing in Formigal, Spain

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    Simon Scullion

    A couple of weekends back, my wife and I abandoned the children with their grandparents and escaped for a couple of days skiing in the Spanish ski resort of Formigal in Huesca. We stayed in a lovely modern hotel next to the spa in Panticosa. The spa was lovely! The mornings were rather cold, the…