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  • please, tell me your story

    Del and I had met for a one to one. We were discussing the illustrations for a forthcoming booklet, amongst other things. The subject we spent time on had the common interest of networking. How the path to tangible results varies from person to person, industry to industry. The networking process usually offers time of… Read more

  • The Bad Boy (2)

    (an excerpt from a forthcoming book of the same name by Kevin John Ragnarsson Wilson Lee Clarke) PART 2 I sat in my cell at my small wooden table, beside me was my solicitor, opposite me was the investigating detective beside my ‘jailer’new friend) PC Lonigan. Just tell us your story Michael, start from the… Read more

  • Here’s what sells

    One of the great things I’ve learned whilst working for myself, and I’ve learned a lot of really great stuff … is that I wasn’t really going to be happy until I accepted the idea that I couldn’t be all things to all people … It wasn’t until I embraced my own fallibility that I began… Read more

  • After the holiday

    Hello Bill, are you OK for our catch-up next week? Can we leave the catch up until after August, Charlie? Most of us have had to make adjustments this time of the year. For me, August always seems like the world and his P.A. are on, or planning a holiday. Everyone but me …( just… Read more

  • Being a habit

    Most of you know that I love my networking. It’s not the fact that I have found a modicum of success through direct business either. All my contacts know precisely what I’m good at although the fact is … not everyone is in the marketplace for my particular services, all of the time. This is… Read more

  • Maria Popova and Hermann Hesse ponder how to be more alive. Read that full story here: https://mailchi.mp/themarginalian/change-wonder?e=73733b688f Read more

  • The Bad Boy

    (an excerpt from a forthcoming book of the same name by Kevin John Ragnarsson Wilson Lee Clarke) Chapter 1 It was a quiet, cool, and beautifully crisp Irish lakeside morning as I busied myself tending to the deck of a recently moored motor launch, returned early after an overnight fishing expedition.  I was happily lost… Read more

  • I’m not going to tell you how to run your business. I’m going to try and help you realise your goals and make business more enjoyable. Here are four questions to ask yourself that may help you: Do I have direction? Who (or what) is your audience … Is the business visible (bizable?) Am I… Read more

  • Time for passion

    A friend had been having trouble negotiating a demanding work-life balance. A passion for the side-hustle seemed to be getting in the way of prioritisation. Cathy was so busy with the day job when she realised she was unhappy. What she wanted most was a business that reflected her passion. … You’re in the wrong… Read more

  • Learn and move on

    As business owners we understand that tough times can beset the best intentions. We’ve all been there, haven’t we? We’re trying to stick to the plan, the strategy is in place and suddenly … it all goes pear-shaped. Why? It may be because of market conditions, budget cuts, a rise in operating costs, mortgage rates,… Read more