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Category: adapting

  • Blame it on the Greeks!

    The Greeks certainly know a thing or two about life. After all, our entire civilisation was founded on Greek philosophy and teaching. The following story goes back a way although not quite as far back as the early Greek philosophers (I’m not that senior) although it is thanks to the Greeks I now understand where…

  • Banzai or Bonsai?

    I’m into Bonsai just now, it’s easier on the bones than digging the borders and I like the idea that once the initial planting is done we now ‘just’ need to give it time, some TLC over time. With the holiday season bringing more time for most there is a certain reflective period that many…

  • Pre-sales over espresso?

    Deirdre and I were enjoying our ‘one to one’ over a great espresso – right after our network Forum when suddenly she came out with a statement that took me back a little … “I really do need to start getting some orders out of the group soon; I need to make it pay.” I…

  • Need a little job done…

    I picked up the telephone. Do you know anyone who can help me with a little job I need done? It was Karen, a friend who helps out with email marketing, a good egg and we enjoy working together. I know that most of you who know me understand that I’ll help Karen, of course…

  • Driven. Or being driven? So what’s new? We all have that sinking feeling at times. Take a step back and smell the roses. It’s tough being us sometimes innit? Especially for the self employed, the multi-tasking ‘all things being mastered’ professional of today. It depends on how long you’ve been in business of course although with…

  • Decisions, those decisions

    In business as in everyday life we make choices of what purpose to pursue, whom to engage or avoid, whether to answer mail, make that call, attend the meeting, leave ‘stuff’ for another day or clear the desks. We decide whether we beat the traffic to the ‘pumps’ via the take-away or hit the supermarket…

  • The Inner Circle thing … A guy called Bill was in touch recently and asked whether I could help him sort out with preparation to a press release he was writing. It was issues with  editing he was having trouble with and even though I didn’t yet know him well and given that it’s not…

  • The positive, and where to find it.

    Positive: a desirable or constructive quality or attribute.                “take your weaknesses and translate them into positives” It’s easy to be influenced by all that mainstream media brings to the doorstep, good and bad (sad), all of this conspires to influence our own thinking and in some instances, our well-being. These days I tend not…

  • Patience is indeed a virtue.

    Darren had ‘bought in’ to the commitment of spending time to realise a return on his efforts, so when we met up recently I was pleased to see he was now participating within a vibrant Network Forum, with a determination to help ‘grow’ with the group. ‘How do I give?’ was the question. In short…

  • Team, time and biz.