So it’s been a while since my last post. Have I got nothing to say? Nope (well yes), I keep thinking of no end of ideas of posts but it’s simply been a lack of time for various reasons I’ll detail below. Last month I thought to myself “Christmas is coming that’s a great time to catch up on blogging” or catch up on this or that and a whole number of things but...
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My late father left many legacies. Some good, some not so but one thing he taught myself and my siblings was that if a job’s worth doing it’s worth doing well. Perfection was to be strived for. This blog post is about that subject and how many seem to not bother. By 13 I could not only fix a puncture I could service my bike, by 14 decorate my room and I could fix a car before I could...
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A couple of weeks back I had the privilege of  being a mentor on a schools enterprise day working with a bunch of year 9′s (that’s 13 yr olds ). The idea was to come up with a new smoothie flavour and market it including branding, packaging design and strategy including competitor research. This is a complete day out for the youngsters from their regular lessons and for many of them...
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I’ve been thinking today how powerful a single person is. At one end of the scale a single person can start a war and bring around peace or a single person can build a business empire and destroy it (Ratners). Then maybe at the other end of the scale a single person can choose to smile or be miserable and make or break someone’s day. The power of one is very powerful. In the world of...
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In the film the 5th element we see Korben Dallas (played by Bruce Willis) chasing across space to collect 4 stones representing the 4 classic elements and then a 5th element, a women called Leeloo, which makes the other 4 ‘come alive’ in order to fire a weapon and ultimately save the planet. Know – Like – Trust we’re told are the 3 classic elements for people to do...
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Whether you’re a business owner, middle management or a customer facing shop assistant; engaging with your prospects, customers or service users is absolutely vital and now is integral with providing the best customer service that you can. This interactive talk, yes you will have to give some input too, should leave you pepped up to go and engage with your customers in a meaningful and...
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