Thoughts and Opinions

If I have seen further it is from standing on the shoulders of giants

Isaac Newton is famed for saying "if I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of giants". The more modern version is a phrase I have often heard in speeches given by some of the most inspirational women I've met. I often think who have influenced me most in my career, whose shoulders am I standing on?  read more ...

Too clever to care, or too caring to be clever?

(Or 'Do-ers can be thinkers too')

On leaving school aged 17 to start my nurse training, I knew I wanted to be a nurse. I felt it.

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