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Buck the Trend – lessons from a horse whisperer
I watched a great programme on iplayer last night about Buck Brannaman, a real life horse whisperer and the guy who made Robert Redford’s film, The Horse Whisperer, believable. What struck me most...
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Process creativity
Almost without fail, whenever I say the word ‘process’ in a conversation I can see the other person glaze over. It’s almost instantaneous …’process’…gone! It has the same effect on people as the...
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You gotta do the work…
Am I alone in thinking that 2013 has the feel of the ‘end of an era’ about it? People who have been big players in my life have passed away, or look like they will before too long – my lovely dad, my...
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Put me with the Crazy People
My mother used to tell me that I should have joined the army… as a gunner, because I was always ‘gonna do’ something. I had so many ideas, but I was happy to let life happen to me rather than actively...
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Networking notworking? 7 steps to ease your pain
What is it about networking? Who really enjoys it…and who would rather stick pins in their eyes than go to a networking event? Networking has become a line on the to do list of every small business...
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So you want to sell your business..?
I’ve been reading a book this week called ‘Built to sell’ by a guy called John Warrillow. So many business experts have been telling me either face to face, or in the pages of their books, that ‘you...
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Just follow the instructions…
This week I bought an A3 printer…it’s a bit of a beast to be honest, but it gets rave reviews and I need it for my reports. So anyway, it arrived, I lifted it out of the box, removed the 30 ft of...
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Put me with the Crazy People
My mother used to tell me that I should have joined the army… as a gunner, because I was always ‘gonna do’ something. I had so many ideas, but I was happy to let life happen to me rather than actively...
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You gotta do the work…
Am I alone in thinking that 2013 has the feel of the ‘end of an era’ about it? People who have been big players in my life have passed away, or look like they will before too long – my lovely dad, my...
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Networking notworking? 7 steps to ease your pain
What is it about networking? Who really enjoys it…and who would rather stick pins in their eyes than go to a networking event? Networking has become a line on the to do list of every small business...
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So you want to sell your business..?
I’ve been reading a book this week called ‘Built to sell’ by a guy called John Warrillow. So many business experts have been telling me either face to face, or in the pages of their books, that ‘you...
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Just follow the instructions…
This week I bought an A3 printer…it’s a bit of a beast to be honest, but it gets rave reviews and I need it for my reports. So anyway, it arrived, I lifted it out of the box, removed the 30 ft of...
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How strong is your spine?
I’ve always loved team sports, playing them, watching them, just love them. So with the Ashes in full swing, and the Premier League season about to kick off, it was no surprise that my thoughts turned...
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Who’s your role model?
We all want to be better than we are…want to look better…have a better six-pack, thinner thighs…a smaller nose! We want to act differently…often like famous people who we see as cooler, funnier,...
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The Communication Process…it’s personal
I’ve got a bit of a bee in my bonnet this week about communication…not the big customer communication stuff we’d usually talk about here…it’s the little stuff that’s got me all hot under the collar...
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Is your Passion driving your Profits?
Why are you in business? It’s one of the most fundamental questions that every business owner should be able to answer. What is the underlying reason behind why you set up your business? The most...
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Business is all about Relationships. True or False?
Back in the day, an old boss once said to me ‘It’s not about relationships Marianne, it’s about results’. I disagreed with her at the time, and over the years I have become even more convinced that...
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Tell me WHY?
The question why is usually associated with small children… ‘Why is that lady fat mummy?’ ‘Why is the sky blue? Why do I have to wear those shoes? …the bane of every parent’s life, the ‘but WHY..?’...
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