Apart from the fact that life is precious and the people who work for the NHS need a pay rise more than they need Susan over the road banging on a saucepan on a Thursday night, what have you learnt during the Coronavirus pandemic? That people apparently needed lessons on washing their hands? That there …
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Here are ten tips to improve your business leadership style. Take a second to think back over your working life, in particular the people we used to work for. We’ve all had a boss we hate, haven’t we? And normally for one of two reasons: they were either a tyrannical a-hole who wouldn’t listen to …
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A client of mine is currently writing his first novel, and last week he sent me a few chapters to read and asked for my ‘constructive criticism’. Now, this is a phrase I hate, so I responded by telling him I will give him my ‘Feedback’ not ‘Criticism’. The word ‘criticism’ is mired in negativity; …
Time flies when you’re having fun, doesn’t it? That’s what they say. Although it’s often less about the ‘fun’ you are having, and more about how engaged you are in the activity. We’ve all had days at work that have dragged, for instance, and ones that have flown – and often the only difference is …
Why Business Networking Is The New Sex ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get’, that’s what we’re told isn’t it? But unless we are talking about something transactional – ie: a purchase, how can we expect to get what we want if we haven’t laid the groundwork first? In this case, by ‘groundwork’ I mean …
Improving our personal activity is something we all strive for, but it’s so easy to get distracted by daily life isn’t it? The kids, your mates, your phone, the internet, CORONAVIRUS..and we’ve all experienced procrastination at some point our lives. But in the spirit of, ‘why put off until tomorrow something that you can do …
Hope for the best, plan for the worst is one of my favourite strategies of all times, is very stoic and over the years has served me well! On the face of it ‘Hope for the best, plan for the worst’ sounds like quite a pessimistic phrase, doesn’t it? Maybe it’s the ‘hope’ part; it …
Here is a classic example of when all roads lead to procrastination. Years ago, a good friend of mine was commissioned to write an article for a mate’s website. He had been given quite a tight deadline, but it wasn’t a particularly long piece, and he was very familiar with the industry in question, so …
When I was a young man of 23, my business partner and best mate Jamie and I used to stop off on a Friday night and have a beer in a pub called the Queens Head and as we were enjoying our pint a young ex public school boy used to drop in and have …
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It’s coming up to 6 years since the unexpected passing of my mum. This weekend I caught myself reflecting on the morning when I received the news, and how since, lots of people who I barely know came up to me over the subsequent days and gave me a pat on the back, a hug, or …
I’m glad you’re reading this… Because today I am going to share a powerful technique with you. But first I want you to imagine this… Imagine jumping out of bed each morning with a surge of motivation. With a huge smile on your face because of your passion of just being alive. Imagine feeling complete …
It’s fairly obvious what situation I’m referring to at the moment isn’t it? But during any difficulty you may experience in life it is important to take care of your mind as well as your body. At the moment, while we are all staying at home in the wake of the recent coronavirus outbreak, feelings …
Sometimes the only consistency in people’s lives is the consistency to be inconsistent! Many years ago I worked with a bloke who was always banging on about how motivated and hardworking he was. He always has plenty to say about how much he had to do, how much he had done, how he never stopped …
Recently I had to attend the funeral of my aunt, very sad occasion as you would expect. From a large East London family, she was one of nine siblings, my dad being one of them so you can imagine the number of cousins that were there mourning my aunts passing. As is usual at these …
