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Merry Christmas, and a thoughtful toast to the year ahead

Dave Cordle

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Published: 24/12/2025 @ 09:03AM

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Merry Christmas to one and all. This is a warm invitation to pause, and take time to dream of 2026, and align work with life-giving inspiration. It's reflective, friendly, and hopeful ...

Merry Christmas time, Joy and love fill the mountain air, Peaceful winter's rhyme

Merry Christmas time, Joy and love fill the mountain air, Peaceful winter's rhyme

This season invites a deep breath and a gentle smile - Merry Christmas to each person celebrating in their own way, whether it's a quiet day with a good book, a busy shift serving others, or a joyful table filled with chatter and roast potatoes.

It's the ideal moment to step back from the immediate noise, resist rushed resolutions, and instead run a calm experiment in future thinking - imagining 2026 as it unfolds, month by month, with steady progress and humane pace.

This reflective approach starts with January as
a clear desk and a clear head!

February becomes a month of momentum rather than pressure, with projects mapped cleanly and expectations agreed early, making space for thought and craft. By March, weekly routines hold firm: communication is concise, decisions are informed by data and perspective, and the team knows both the plan and the why.

This imagined year continues with April bringing refinement rather than reactivity, where feedback loops are short and honest, and May offering visible results that match the intent set in winter. June might be the point where collaboration turns from coordination to cohesion, with fewer handovers and more shared ownership, proving that clarity is kinder than constant urgency.

This calendar of calm achievement is not sterile - it lives alongside what happens beyond the office door. There's a Saturday at a gallery that sparks an idea for a simpler product flow, a dawn run by the river that quietly solves a tangled problem, a weekend of cooking that reminds the mind that patient processes create better outcomes. These outside moments are not distractions; they are the compost that grows good work.

There's value in noticing that the best ideas often arrive in the quiet margins. A long train journey becomes an unexpected strategy session, a handwritten note clarifies a whole quarter's priorities, and a Sunday climbing a mountain resets perspective so that Monday's challenge is just that: a challenge, not a crisis. Contrary to the myth, pausing is not the enemy of progress - it's the mechanism that enables it.

There's also room for kindness in this vision!

Colleagues are human, and the calendar is finite; boundaries are not barriers, but coordinates. The day ends at a sensible hour without apology, and the morning begins with a plan rather than a scramble. When something slips, it's handled with candour and context, not panic.

There's a financial realism, too. Projects are scoped with care, budgets tracked weekly, and the value created is tangible enough to be seen and felt, not just forecast in spreadsheets. Pound Sterling spent on tools and training is treated as an investment with clear returns, not a line item to justify after the fact.

There's an understanding that rituals matter. A Friday debrief with a cup of tea, a monthly review that asks what to stop as well as what to start, a seasonal reset that aligns the team around the next deliberate step. These are small acts, yet they accumulate into culture.

There's a practical optimism woven through this entire picture: a belief that disciplined dreaming leads to concrete outcomes. The 2026 that is envisioned here is not a fantasy; it's a blueprint shaped by intention, patience, and the courage to say no when no is the honest answer.

This Christmas, whether on shift, off-grid, or somewhere in between, there's permission to imagine a year that works because it's designed to. There's permission to be both ambitious and kind, decisive and unhurried, rigorous and human.

And there's a warm wish to close with: Merry Christmas, and may the New Year unfold exactly as you choose to build it.

Until next time ...


DAVE CORDLE
Career Development Professional

07941 690 391

www.davecordle.co.uk / www.linkedin.com/in/davecordle

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About Dave Cordle ...

Dave Cordle 

I began my professional life training as a cartographer with the Directorate of Overseas Surveys, a department of the British government. I made maps of places such as Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Sudan and the British Virgin Islands. It was a fascinating time, being involved in planning the flights for aerial photography, interpreting the photographs and eventually producing the plates for the different layers of the final map.

It was during my latter years as a cartographer and my career in computing that I undertook bigger mountaineering expeditions to the Andes, the Himalayas, the Tien Shan and the Caucasus. At that time I also held various leadership roles in scouting. I coached and trained young people successfully leading them to develop themselves and embrace new experiences. So that’s where my passion comes from to help young people learn the strategies for success that I share with my business and career clients.

My journey in personal professional development and coaching has been amazing, and will continue to be so: it’s why I’m here, it’s my big passion. It’s what has informed my vision and mission.

However unlikely your dream might seem, if you keep taking steps towards it, even small steps, you may well just surprise yourself.

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