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‘Eat That Frog’ and make progress with your to-do list There are many tools and tips out there for beating procrastination and getting down to tackling the to do list. Perhaps the most intriguing and fun sounding is Brian Tracey’s Eat that Frog. If you regularly use to do lists you probably have that one…
Read MoreThis was originally written for my local magazine Bletchley Buzz. It’s a topic that comes up regularly with many finding it harder to love themselves than to love and care for others. So with thanks to Bletchley Buzz I’m replicating it here, with a few tweaks, for those who aren’t lucky enough to get a…
Read MoreNew Year, New Options New options is the way I prefer to see the whole business of New Year resolutions. After all the idea is about creating something different for the year ahead. There is something inspiring about that first blank page of the calendar. A fresh start, a new beginning. Of course we can…
Read MoreIn my last post I talked about who has success teams and what roles may need to be filled. Today I’d like to share with you some of my thoughts about how to select the people to fill these roles. Like with any vacancy, this is going to depend on the exact nature of the…
Read MoreHave you noticed how many celebrities have their success teams in place? Yet some how we think we need to reach success before we employ the people who will make our lives easier or who will get us on the right track. I read an article in Tesco magazine about Davina McCall and her team (the online version…
Read MoreAre you ready for a break? It looks as though Pickle is! I’ve never really understood the whole ‘rest is for the weak’ approach. I know some people thrive on very little sleep but for me it’s essential. I know that working for myself makes it harder to take a proper break. In part because…
Read MoreIt’s 3pm on Monday as I write this and overwhelm has already struck (and to think I normally love Monday). Does that sound familiar? Along with all the usual work and home stuff I’ve signed up for two online programs for work, I’ve got a growing list of books I want to read, I’m developing a…
Read MoreResolutions, Goals, Dreams, Intentions – Using them all together for optimum results Now this is the option I personally prefer for creating optimum results: DREAM, lots – to work out what you really want. Take time, try out your dreams for size. Change them, have new ones that are the complete opposite. I like to…
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