27/03/2019
shared a great metaphor for life last night, taken from Coca Cola’s ex CEO Bryan Dyson, whereby he addressed the priorities of life using the metaphor of juggling 5 balls - work, family, health, friends and spirit. Only you’ll discover the work ball is rubber and can bounce back, but the others are made of glass and if dropped, can be irrevocably scuffed, damaged or even shattered. I.e. they will never be the same, so it’s important you understand that and strive for balance in your life.
Which reminded me it’s so easy to forget that work will be OK! So time to take a pause (meditation works for some - Headspace app came widely recommended by the panel), de-stress and bring that balance back and give your 🧠 a little breathing space.
So thanks to for providing a space for guys to get together and talk openly and special guest and the other panellists for sharing surprisingly personal experiences about their own mental health and life challenges which just goes to show, we’ve all experienced stressful or deeply unhappy times, so it’s👌🏼for us to admit it to ourselves and most importantly share it. It’s what makes us who we are.
So guys, let’s take a 🍁 out of women’s 📖 and build better personal communities in which we can talk and feel stronger in ourselves, so we can start to reduce the number of male su***des which represents 75% of UK su***des (thanks to for the stats). Last but not least as said so well, guys, ask your mates if they’re OK and don’t just accept the immediate “I’m fine” response. Caring is sharing 😁
@ Gieves & Hawkes
