The ability to recognise one’s own achievement/s: is an important factor within ‘self-care’ - and, with the average British employee maintaining over 35-hours at work, each week (2023), many factors of ‘achievement’ might well be factored within working hours.

This case study draws insights on the perceived value of “Coaching for student success” and assess the impact on the different aspects of emotional intelligence.

You are part of a much bigger picture, and you are just an aspect of that picture (a mere brushstroke if you will). BUT (and it is a big but) that does not give you permission to diminish yourself either.

Happily, I’m beginning to see the word “coach” show up in education literature when speaking of teachers working with students.

Whether leading others or leading your own life it seems to me there are two primary paths you can take. You either spend most of your time reacting to circumstances, acting mostly out of habit and at the effect of what others want of you (the drift) OR you are conscious and purposeful in designing how you spend your time, and with whom, as a reflection of what matters most to you.